Audit 39162

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$1.63B
Findings
0
Programs
12
Organization: The City University of New York (NY)
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2023-03-19

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ZQ5JYL7HQFS7 Sara Montero Auditee
6466643125 Claire Esten Auditor
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Title: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant awards of The City University of New York (the University), for the year ended June 30, 2022,except as noted below. The Schedule has been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in the Schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. In addition, the University did not provide any federal funding to subrecipients.Federal awards received by the University but administered by the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RF-CUNY) are not included in the accompanying Schedule because RF-CUNY prepares a separate report for the federal awards it administers on behalf of the University. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance. The student financial assistance cluster includes those awards that provide general student financial assistance. These include the Federal Pell Grant (Pell), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH), Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs. The University manages a portfolio of loans related to the Federal Perkins Loan Program and Nursing Student Loan Program. Federally guaranteed loans are issued to students of the University under the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. In addition, the Pell, FSEOG, and FWS programs provide for recovery of administrativecost allowances which are presented and included in the accompanying Schedule.
Title: Other Grant Expenditures Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant awards of The City University of New York (the University), for the year ended June 30, 2022,except as noted below. The Schedule has been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in the Schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. In addition, the University did not provide any federal funding to subrecipients.Federal awards received by the University but administered by the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RF-CUNY) are not included in the accompanying Schedule because RF-CUNY prepares a separate report for the federal awards it administers on behalf of the University. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance. During FY22 the University was granted $22.2 million under the Supplemental Support under the American Rescue Plan (SSARP). As of June 30, 2022 none of this funding has been spent. The University spent a portion of its CARES, CRRSAA and ARP Act grants in FY22 and the remaining will be spent during FY23. For the year ended June 30, 2022 grant funds were expended on emergency grants to students, offsetting purchases of goods and services specifically related to the University's transition to remote learning as a result of the pandemic and revenues lost as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Expenditures for other federal awards are determined using the cost principles and procedures set forth in OMB Uniform Guidance, Cost Principles. Under these principles, certain expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.Expenditures consist of direct and indirect costs. Direct costs are those that can be specifically identified with a particular sponsored project. Indirect costs are the costs of services and resources that benefit sponsored projects as well as non-sponsored projects and activities.The University and federal agencies use an indirect cost rate to charge facility and administrative costs to particular sponsored projects. The rate is the result of a number of cost allocation procedures that the University uses to allocate its facility and administrative costs to both sponsored and non-sponsored activities. The rate that the University uses to charge indirect costs to federally sponsored projects is subject to review and approval by the U.S. Department of Education. The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance.
Title: Institutional Share - FSEOG and FWS Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant awards of The City University of New York (the University), for the year ended June 30, 2022,except as noted below. The Schedule has been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in the Schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. In addition, the University did not provide any federal funding to subrecipients.Federal awards received by the University but administered by the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RF-CUNY) are not included in the accompanying Schedule because RF-CUNY prepares a separate report for the federal awards it administers on behalf of the University. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance. Under the terms of the FSEOG Program, the University is required to match 25% of the costs associatedmwith grants to students. Similarly, under the terms of the FWS Program, the University is required tommatch 25% of the costs of student wages earned. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Universitymmet its matching requirements for FSEOG and FWS with unrestricted expenditures totaling $5,630,738 and $1,176,652, respectively.The University participates in the Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI) created by the Department of Education under the FWS program. As part of the Universitys participation in this program it allows 100% of the compensation paid to student participants from the Universitys Federal share.
Title: Federal Student Loan Programs Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant awards of The City University of New York (the University), for the year ended June 30, 2022,except as noted below. The Schedule has been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in the Schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. In addition, the University did not provide any federal funding to subrecipients.Federal awards received by the University but administered by the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RF-CUNY) are not included in the accompanying Schedule because RF-CUNY prepares a separate report for the federal awards it administers on behalf of the University. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance. The University is responsible for certain aspects of the Federal Perkins Loan and Nursing Student Loan Programs. During the year ended June 30, 2022 the University did not make any loans under the Nursing Student Loan Program and Federal Perkins Loan Program. The University's basic financial statements include the programs' net position and transactions. The ending balances of loans outstanding under these programs at June 30, 2022 are presented below:Student Loan Programs:Federal Perkins Loan Program(CFDA # 84.038) $10,593,744 Nursing Student Loan Program(CFDA# 93.364) $243,531; Total $ 10,837,275. The beginning balances of loans outstanding under these programs at July 1, 2021 were $21,453,875 and $247,024 for the Federal Perkins Loan and Nursing Student Loan Programs, respectively.With respect to the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, the University is only responsible for the performance of certain administrative duties. Therefore, the net position and transactions for this program are not included in the University's basic financial statements, and it is not practicable to determine the balance of loans outstanding to students of the University under this program at June 30, 2022.
Title: Subrecipients Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant awards of The City University of New York (the University), for the year ended June 30, 2022,except as noted below. The Schedule has been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in the Schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. In addition, the University did not provide any federal funding to subrecipients.Federal awards received by the University but administered by the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RF-CUNY) are not included in the accompanying Schedule because RF-CUNY prepares a separate report for the federal awards it administers on behalf of the University. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: The University elected to use the 10% de-minimus indirect cost rate for the year ended June 30, 2022,as permitted by Uniform Guidance. The University did not pass any funding through to subrecipients during the year ended June 30, 2022.