Audit 16884

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$2.92M
Findings
2
Programs
16
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2022-12-27

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Contacts

Name Title Type
P3JEK2TYZNA3 Connie Ayres Auditee
5207206732 Michael A. Hoerig, CPA Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Assistance Listing Numbers Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Schedule) includes the federal grant activity of Benson Unified School District No. 9 under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2022. The information in the Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows of the District. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Any negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. Pass-through entity identifying numbers are presented where available. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. The program titles and Assistance Listing numbers were obtained from the federal or pass-through grantor or through sam.gov. If the three-digit Assistance Listing extension is unknown, there is a U followed by a two-digit number in the Assistance Listing extension to identify one or more Federal award lines from that program. The first Federal program with an unknown three-digit extension is indicated with U01 for all award lines associated with that program, the second is U02, etc.

Finding Details

Finding Number: 2022-001 Repeat Finding: No Program Name/Assistance Listing Title: COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.425U Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Award Numbers: S425U210038 Pass-Through Agency: Arizona Department of Education Questioned Costs: N/A Type of Finding: Noncompliance, Significant Deficiency Compliance Requirement: Special Test and Provisions CRITERIA All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on construction contracts (including minor remodeling, renovation and repair) in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds must be paid wages not less than those established for the locality of the project (prevailing wage rates) by the Department of Labor (DOL) (40 USC 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147). CONDITION The District did not determine whether laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on contracts in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds were paid equal to or in excess of the prevailing wage rate for the locality. CAUSE The District was unaware that a project completed during the year was subject to prevailing wage rate requirements. EFFECT The District could not demonstrate that prevailing wage rates were paid on all applicable projects during the year. CONTEXT The District did not obtain copies of certified payrolls for one project funded with federal grant monies. The project was for District-wide carpeting removal and installation of approximately $331,000. The sample was not intended to be, and was not, a statistically valid sample. RECOMMENDATION The District should review all federally-funded projects and determine which are subject to prevailing wage rate requirements. When applicable, the District should obtain certified payrolls from contractors and subcontractors to determine that prevailing wage rate requirements are met. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS See Corrective Action Plan.
Finding Number: 2022-001 Repeat Finding: No Program Name/Assistance Listing Title: COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.425U Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Award Numbers: S425U210038 Pass-Through Agency: Arizona Department of Education Questioned Costs: N/A Type of Finding: Noncompliance, Significant Deficiency Compliance Requirement: Special Test and Provisions CRITERIA All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on construction contracts (including minor remodeling, renovation and repair) in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds must be paid wages not less than those established for the locality of the project (prevailing wage rates) by the Department of Labor (DOL) (40 USC 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147). CONDITION The District did not determine whether laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on contracts in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds were paid equal to or in excess of the prevailing wage rate for the locality. CAUSE The District was unaware that a project completed during the year was subject to prevailing wage rate requirements. EFFECT The District could not demonstrate that prevailing wage rates were paid on all applicable projects during the year. CONTEXT The District did not obtain copies of certified payrolls for one project funded with federal grant monies. The project was for District-wide carpeting removal and installation of approximately $331,000. The sample was not intended to be, and was not, a statistically valid sample. RECOMMENDATION The District should review all federally-funded projects and determine which are subject to prevailing wage rate requirements. When applicable, the District should obtain certified payrolls from contractors and subcontractors to determine that prevailing wage rate requirements are met. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS See Corrective Action Plan.