Audit 331079

FY End
2024-06-30
Total Expended
$42.81M
Findings
14
Programs
17
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2024-12-05

Organization Exclusion Status:

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
513104 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513105 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513106 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513107 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513108 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513109 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
513110 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089546 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089547 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089548 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089549 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089550 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089551 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B
1089552 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - B

Contacts

Name Title Type
L16FNF4WAWE4 Tina Meunier Auditee
8438732901 Emily Sobczak Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Accounting Policies: GENERAL: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the “Schedule”) presents the activity of all federal award programs of Dorchester County School District Two (the “School District”) for the year ended June 30, 2024. All federal awards received directly from the federal agencies, as well as those passed through other government agencies, are included on the Schedule. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING: The accompanying Schedule is presented using the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is described in the notes to the School District’s financial statements. RELATIONSHIP TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Federal award expenditures are reported in the School District’s financial statements as expenditures in the General Fund, Special Revenue Fund, and Special Revenue – Food Service Fund. RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS: Amounts reported in the accompanying Schedule agree with the amounts reported in the related federal financial reports except for timing differences relating to expenditures made subsequent to the filing of the federal financial reports. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The School District elected not to use the de minimis indirect cost rate of 10%.

Finding Details

CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.
CONDITION: The School District did not obtain proper documentation of time and effort to support payroll expenditures charged to the IDEA programs on a timely basis for the year ended June 30, 2024. CRITERIA: The Uniform Guidance requires documentation of time and effort as support for payroll expenditures charged to federal programs. This documentation can be in the form of semiannual certifications for those employees charged 100% to a federal program or the documentation must show a daily breakdown of the employee's time if the employee is allocated between programs. CONTEXT, CAUSE, AND EFFECT: The District did not obtain the documentation of time and effort on a timely basis for three employees whose payroll costs were charged to the IDEA program as a result of management oversight. One of the three employees did not qualify to be charged to the IDEA program, resulting in known questioned costs of $37,000. The District’s auditors tested approximately $211,000 in key items related to the IDEA program and noted no exceptions. The District’s auditors tested a random sample of 25 other IDEA payroll expenditures and noted one employee totaling approximately $37,000 that were improperly charged to the IDEA program. This known questioned costs extrapolated to the remaining population resulted in estimated questioned costs of approximately $179,000. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the School District prepare/obtain sufficient documentation of time and effort for all employees paid using federal funds, as required by the Uniform Guidance, in order to ensure that only eligible payroll expenditures are charged to the program. RESPONSE: The School District agrees with this finding and will ensure sufficient documentation of time and effort is obtained in the future.