Audit 365072

FY End
2024-09-30
Total Expended
$12.50M
Findings
10
Programs
14
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2025-08-27

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
574783 2024-002 Material Weakness Yes N
574784 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
574785 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
574786 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
574787 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
1151225 2024-002 Material Weakness Yes N
1151226 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
1151227 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
1151228 2024-003 Material Weakness - B
1151229 2024-003 Material Weakness - B

Contacts

Name Title Type
FL5GKDS2LDQ3 Robin Collum Auditee
2567683036 M Buddy Johnsey Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: NOTE 4—NON-CASH ASSISTANCE Accounting Policies: 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. Negative amounts, if any, shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Board has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The Board is the recipient of certain non-cash assistance in the form of donated commodities received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Revenues and expenditures are recorded for the value of commodities received. In addition, the Board may receive certain other non-cash assistance from federal and state awarding agencies.

Finding Details

ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Part 5, Subpart A-Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures requires that any construction contract in excess of $2,000 that is funded wholly or in part by federals funds include prevailing wage rate clauses. The laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on construction contract 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 and the contractor or subcontractor must submit to the nonfederal entity weekly, for each week in which any contract is performed, a copy of the payroll and a statement of compliance (certified payrolls). CONDITION: The Board had expenditures under a construction contract that did not include the prevailing wage rate clauses nor were required certified payrolls submitted to the Board that documented compliance with these regulations. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Special Tests and Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had one (1) construction contract that was subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure compliance with these regulations when federal funds are used to fund construction contracts. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: he Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Part 5, Subpart A-Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures requires that any construction contract in excess of $2,000 that is funded wholly or in part by federals funds include prevailing wage rate clauses. The laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on construction contract 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 and the contractor or subcontractor must submit to the nonfederal entity weekly, for each week in which any contract is performed, a copy of the payroll and a statement of compliance (certified payrolls). CONDITION: The Board had expenditures under a construction contract that did not include the prevailing wage rate clauses nor were required certified payrolls submitted to the Board that documented compliance with these regulations. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Special Tests and Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had one (1) construction contract that was subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure compliance with these regulations when federal funds are used to fund construction contracts. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: he Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.
ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER AND TITLE: 84.425-Education Stabilization Fund and 84.027 & 84.173-Special Education Cluster FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY: U. S. Department of Education PASS-THOUGH ENTITY: Alabama Department of Education TYPE: Internal Control and Compliance CRITERIA: Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200, Subpart E, Section 200.430-Compensation for Personal Services requires charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on recorfds that accurately reflects the work performed. These records must support the distribution of the employee's salary or wages among specific activities or cost objectives. CONDITION: In our review of supporting documentation, we noted 12 employees who failed to maintain documentation supporting the distribution of salary or wages. CAUSE: Incomplete implementation of Federal regulations. POSSIBLE ASSERTED EFFECT: The Board failed to comply with the Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Provisions set forth in the OMB Compliance Supplement. CONTEXT: The Board had 55 employees that were subject to these provisions. QUESTIONED COSTS: The questioned costs, if any, were incalculable. RECOMMENDATION: The Board should review its current policies and procedures to ensure that required supporting documentation is maintained, when applicable. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE AUDITEE: The Board agrees with the finding.