Audit 16362

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$25.55M
Findings
2
Programs
14
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2022-11-18

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
12216 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - N
588658 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - N

Contacts

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MQG7DUYHT7M3 Edd Bigbee Auditee
9727082029 Sara Dempsey Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Accounting Policies: The District uses the fund types specified in Texas Education Agency's Financial Accountability System Resource Guide. Federal and state financial assistance is accounted for in the General Fund, Debt Service Fund, and certain Special Revenue Funds. Generally, unused balances are returned to the grantor at the close of specified project periods.The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. The Governmental Fund types are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities are included on the balance sheet. Operating statements of these funds present increases and decreases in net current assets.The modified accrual basis of accounting is used for the Governmental Fund types. This basis of accounting recognizes revenues in the accounting period in which they become susceptible to accrual, i.e., both measurable and available, and expenditures in the accounting period in which the fund liability is incurred, if measurable, except for unmatured interest on long-term debt, which is recognized when due, and certain compensated absences and claims and judgments, which are recognized when the obligations are expected to be liquidated with expendable available financial resources.Federal grant funds are considered to be earned to the extent of expenditures made under the provisions of the grant, and, accordingly, when such funds are received, they are recorded as unearned revenues until earned.The District participates in numerous state and federal grant programs that are governed by various rules and regulations of the grantor agencies. Costs charged to the respective grant programs are subject to audit and adjustment by the grantor agencies; therefore, to the extent that the District has not complied with the rules and regulations governing the grants, if any, refunds of any money received may be required and the collectability of any related receivable at June 30, 2022, may be impaired. In the opinion of the District, there are not significant contingent liabilities relating to compliance with the rules and regulations governing the respective grants; therefore, no provisions have been recorded in the accompanying financial statements for such contingencies.The following table reconciles total expenditures per the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Exhibit K-1) to the federal program revenues per Exhibit C-3: See Notes to the SEFA for table. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The District has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate.

Finding Details

Finding 2022-001 Assistance Listing # 84.010A Title I, Part A Department of Education passed through Texas Education Agency Compliance Requirements: Special Tests and Provisions - Annual Report Card, High School Graduation Rate Significant Deficiency in Controls over Compliance Criteria or Specific Requirement The District is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable provisions of the Title I, Part A Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSEA) as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Education. According to requirements included in the OMB Compliance Supplement, to remove a student from the cohort, a Local Education Agency (LEA) must confirm, in writing, that the student transferred out, emigrated to another country, transferred to a prison or juvenile facility, or is deceased. Condition and Context During internal control over compliance testing over special tests and provisions for the high school graduation rate, we noted that two (2) out of forty (40) selections of removal of a student from the regulatory adjusted cohort did not have appropriate written documentation to support the removal. Cause The District?s campus withdrawal clerk for the campus that the students were removed from resigned during the time period of the two removals and therefore the appropriate written documentation for the students that were removed was not properly completed. Effect or Potential Effect The District did not maintain the appropriate written documentation to support the removal of two students from the regulatory adjusted cohort. Questioned Costs None. Identification as a repeat finding, if applicable Not a repeat finding. Recommendation The District should cross train employees to ensure that the proper documentation is maintained even if the withdrawal clerk is unavailable. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions See corrective action plan.
Finding 2022-001 Assistance Listing # 84.010A Title I, Part A Department of Education passed through Texas Education Agency Compliance Requirements: Special Tests and Provisions - Annual Report Card, High School Graduation Rate Significant Deficiency in Controls over Compliance Criteria or Specific Requirement The District is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable provisions of the Title I, Part A Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSEA) as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Education. According to requirements included in the OMB Compliance Supplement, to remove a student from the cohort, a Local Education Agency (LEA) must confirm, in writing, that the student transferred out, emigrated to another country, transferred to a prison or juvenile facility, or is deceased. Condition and Context During internal control over compliance testing over special tests and provisions for the high school graduation rate, we noted that two (2) out of forty (40) selections of removal of a student from the regulatory adjusted cohort did not have appropriate written documentation to support the removal. Cause The District?s campus withdrawal clerk for the campus that the students were removed from resigned during the time period of the two removals and therefore the appropriate written documentation for the students that were removed was not properly completed. Effect or Potential Effect The District did not maintain the appropriate written documentation to support the removal of two students from the regulatory adjusted cohort. Questioned Costs None. Identification as a repeat finding, if applicable Not a repeat finding. Recommendation The District should cross train employees to ensure that the proper documentation is maintained even if the withdrawal clerk is unavailable. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions See corrective action plan.