Audit 293653

FY End
2020-06-30
Total Expended
$72.07M
Findings
2
Programs
34
Organization: University of Central Missouri (MO)
Year: 2020 Accepted: 2024-03-05
Auditor: Rubinbrown LLP

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
372571 2020-002 Significant Deficiency - N
949013 2020-002 Significant Deficiency - N

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $41.70M Yes 1
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $12.39M Yes 0
84.038 Federal Perkins Loan $4.82M Yes 0
20.106 Airport Improvement Program $3.11M - 0
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $2.42M Yes 0
84.031 Higher Education_institutional Aid $426,362 - 0
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $313,822 Yes 0
84.042 Trio_student Support Services $310,394 - 0
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $269,417 - 0
84.217 Trio_mcnair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement $265,433 - 0
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $194,732 Yes 0
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $181,707 Yes 0
10.326 Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (nlgca) $141,457 - 0
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $88,592 Yes 0
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $77,428 - 0
93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research $68,519 - 0
84.016 Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs $65,943 - 0
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $59,899 - 0
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $36,074 - 0
17.502 Occupational Safety and Health_susan Harwood Training Grants $35,229 - 0
45.310 Grants to States $24,934 - 0
93.856 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research $10,000 - 0
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $4,530 - 0
47.076 Education and Human Resources $3,560 - 0
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $2,609 - 0
84.325 Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities $2,559 - 0
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $195 - 0
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $182 - 0
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $-4 Yes 0
20.607 Alcohol Open Container Requirements $-10 - 0
20.616 National Priority Safety Programs $-14 Yes 0
45.129 Promotion of the Humanities_federal/state Partnership $-28 - 0
84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $-155 - 0
20.218 National Motor Carrier Safety $-1,303 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
X25YXXV3PNA6 Belinda Bell Auditee
6605434429 Kaleb Lilly Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: ORGANIZATION Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. 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 University has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards presents the activity of all federal award programs of University of Central Missouri (the University) for the year ended June 30, 2020. All federal awards received directly from federal agencies, as well as federal awards passed through other governmental agencies, are included on the schedule.
Title: BASIS OF PRESENTATION Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. 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 University has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards includes the federal grant activity of the University under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2020. The information in this 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 (the Uniform Guidance). Because the schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the University, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows of the University.
Title: FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. 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 University has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The federal student loan program listed subsequently is administered directly by the University, and balances and transactions relating to this program is included in the University’s basic financial statements. Loans made during the year are included in the federal expenditures presented in the schedule. The loans outstanding at June 30, 2020 consists of: "See the Notes to the SEFA for chart/table". The University is responsible only for the performance of certain administrative duties with respect to the Federal Direct Loan Program.

Finding Details

Finding 2020-002 – Significant Deficiency Federal Award. No. 84.268 U.S. Department of Education Student Financial Aid Cluster Criteria: According to the 2019-2020 COD Technical Reference and 2019-2020 SFA Handbook, the University must report accurate disbursement dates to Common Origination Disbursement (COD) for all direct loan disbursements made to students. Condition: In our nonstatistical sample of 40 students, we noted 36 students whose disbursement dates listed in the University’s student records (1/17/20) differed by one day from the disbursement dates reported to COD (1/16/20) for the students’ direct loans disbursed in the Spring 2020 semester. In our nonstatistical sample of 40 students, we noted 9 students whose disbursement dates listed in the University’s student records (8/23/19) differed by one day from the disbursement dates reported to COD (8/22/19) for the students’ direct loans disbursed in the Fall 2020 semester. Effect: Improperly reported disbursement dates could impact the amount of interest charged to the student. Questioned Costs: There were no questioned costs identified related to this finding. Cause: The University had delayed their disbursement processing on the anticipated disbursement dates reported to COD which resulted in some of the disbursements not being made by the University until after 12 AM the next morning. Therefore, many of the disbursements intended to be processed on the anticipated disbursement date were not processed until the next day, and the University did not check to ensure that the disbursement dates matched as it was anticipated the disbursement processing would be completed within the anticipated disbursement date reported to COD. Recommendation: The Financial Aid office should put in place controls that would ensure that all disbursements would be processed on the anticipated disbursement dates as planned and controls that would detect if disbursements were processed at a later date and adjustments to amounts reported to COD were necessary. View of Responsible Officials (Unaudited): See the corrective action plan provided by management included in their response included with this report. Anticipated Completion Date: August 2020 Responsible Official: Director of Student Financial Aid
Finding 2020-002 – Significant Deficiency Federal Award. No. 84.268 U.S. Department of Education Student Financial Aid Cluster Criteria: According to the 2019-2020 COD Technical Reference and 2019-2020 SFA Handbook, the University must report accurate disbursement dates to Common Origination Disbursement (COD) for all direct loan disbursements made to students. Condition: In our nonstatistical sample of 40 students, we noted 36 students whose disbursement dates listed in the University’s student records (1/17/20) differed by one day from the disbursement dates reported to COD (1/16/20) for the students’ direct loans disbursed in the Spring 2020 semester. In our nonstatistical sample of 40 students, we noted 9 students whose disbursement dates listed in the University’s student records (8/23/19) differed by one day from the disbursement dates reported to COD (8/22/19) for the students’ direct loans disbursed in the Fall 2020 semester. Effect: Improperly reported disbursement dates could impact the amount of interest charged to the student. Questioned Costs: There were no questioned costs identified related to this finding. Cause: The University had delayed their disbursement processing on the anticipated disbursement dates reported to COD which resulted in some of the disbursements not being made by the University until after 12 AM the next morning. Therefore, many of the disbursements intended to be processed on the anticipated disbursement date were not processed until the next day, and the University did not check to ensure that the disbursement dates matched as it was anticipated the disbursement processing would be completed within the anticipated disbursement date reported to COD. Recommendation: The Financial Aid office should put in place controls that would ensure that all disbursements would be processed on the anticipated disbursement dates as planned and controls that would detect if disbursements were processed at a later date and adjustments to amounts reported to COD were necessary. View of Responsible Officials (Unaudited): See the corrective action plan provided by management included in their response included with this report. Anticipated Completion Date: August 2020 Responsible Official: Director of Student Financial Aid