Audit 394256

FY End
2025-06-30
Total Expended
$3.16M
Findings
2
Programs
12
Organization: Long Beach City School District (NY)
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-03-25

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1182848 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B
1182849 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B

Contacts

Name Title Type
PSRLD3ZXH5E1 Michael Devito, Esq. Auditee
5168972090 Jill S. Sanders, CPA Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

No insurance is carried specifically to cover equipment purchased with federal funds. Any equipment purchased with federal funds has only a nominal value, and is covered by the District’s casualty insurance policies. There were no loans or loan guarantees outstanding at year end.
Expenditures for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants are recognized on the Schedule in the year the related project worksheet is approved by the oversight entity or the year expended, whichever is later. The expenditures recorded on the June 30, 2025 SEFA for ALN 97.036, are related to project worksheets related to damage sustained in October 2012, as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Through June 30, 2025, reimbursable expenditures to date total $30,618,420.
The accompanying schedule reflects only those expenditures that are subject to the requirements of the Uniform Guidance, and thus excludes certain items reported in the District's financial statements. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the District reported $94,796 in surplus food commodities received from the federal government as federal sources revenue in its governmental funds financial statements. However, in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, the value of surplus food commodities used during the fiscal year is required to be reported as federal awards expended. Therefore, an adjustment of $7,913 was reflected, resulting in a total of $102,709 reported as non-cash assistance (food distribution) for surplus food commodities used in the National School Lunch Program, ALN: 10.555. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the District reported $1,293,533 in reimbursements received from the federal government as federal sources in its governmental funds financial statements for award 4085- DR-NY. The related expenditures incurred as a result of the recovery from Superstorm Sandy were reported on the Schedule under ALN 97.036 in the year in which they occurred. Therefore, an adjustment of $1,085,275 was reflected, resulting in total expenditures of $208,258. Additionally, for the year ended June 30, 2025, a difference of $4,200 existed between federal sources revenues reported in the governmental funds financial statements and the Schedule resulting from adjustments made during the closeout process of the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants. The following is a reconciliation of the federal revenues reported in the financial statements to the federal awards expended, as reported in the Schedule:

Finding Details

Significant Deficiency 2025-001. Allowed Costs/Cost Principle United States Department of Education, Passed Through New York State, Department of Education: Special Education Cluster Special Education Grants to States: IDEA Part B ALN: 84.027 Special Education Preschool Grants: IDEA Preschool ALN: 84.173 Criteria: Salaries and wages charged to federal awards must be supported by documentation prescribed by the Uniform Guidance at Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430. Condition: Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430 of the Uniform Guidance requires that charges to “Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed.” The documentation should support the distribution of the employee’s compensation among specific activities if the employee works on more than one federal award, or a federal award and non-federal award. The preparation of personnel activity reports (PAR) or periodic certifications or the equivalent is the most effective way to comply with this requirement. During the current year, the District did not prepare this documentation, and, therefore, did not comply with Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430. Cause: The staff that were responsible for maintaining records that accurately reflect the work performed, as described in Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430, to support salaries charged to federal awards, did not prepare PARs or certification reports related to work being completed. Effect: Noncompliance could result in the incorrect amount for services rendered being charged to the federal award. Questioned Costs: Dollar amount undetermined as adequate documentation was not available. Context: The District maintains time records for employees charged to federal awards in accordance with approved budgets, and determined that individuals assigned to provide services meet the criteria necessary in accordance with the grant requirements. Identification of a Repeat Finding: This is a repeat finding from the previous audit, item No. 2024-001 related to the Special Education Cluster. Recommendation: The District should revise its procedures to prepare documentation to support actual salaries and wages charged to federal awards after the work was performed in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Guidance at Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430. Views of Responsible Officials of Auditee: The District will adopt procedures to ensure appropriate documentation will be prepared to comply with Subpart E, 2 CFR §200.430.