Audit 396200

FY End
2025-06-30
Total Expended
$1.15M
Findings
6
Programs
10
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-03-30

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1202936 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1202937 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1202938 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1202939 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1202940 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L
1202941 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes L

Contacts

Name Title Type
K4W4ZKCR9MG7 Robert Bardwell Auditee
3094675735 Jason Hohulin Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the District under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2025. 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 (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the District.
Expenditures reported on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards are reported on the modified cash 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.
The District has elected not to use the 10% (or 15%) de minimis indirect cost rate as permitted by 2 CFR 200.414(f).
Non-cash assistance is reported in the schedule of federal awards at the fair market value of the nonmonetary assistance received and disbursed as follows. The District received nonmonetary assistance under Assistance Listing number 10.555 as noted in the accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards.
No federal funds were used to purchase insurance coverage during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. There were no loans or loan guarantees outstanding as of June 30, 2025. The District had no federal grants which required matching federal expenditures.

Finding Details

Criteria or Specific Requirement: The Small Purchase Procurement Method adopted by ISBE requires that public schools entering into a contract for perishable food items in excess of $10,000 but not more than $250,000 must solicit quotes or bids from a minimum of three qualified vendors. Condition: The District did not solicit quotes or bids for the purchase of milk products. Questioned Costs: None. Context: The District did not implement internal controls to solicit bids from qualifying vendors for the purchase of perishable food items. Effect: The District may pay prices in excess of fair amounts without soliciting multiple different quotes or bids. Cause: The District believed an exception to bidding requirements for contracts for the purchase of perishable foods in the Illinois School Code [105 ILCS 5/10-20.21(a)(iv)] exempted the District from solicitng more than one quote or bid for milk products. Recommendation: The District should solicit quotes or bids from qualifying vendors for milk purchases as required under the Small Purchase Procurement Method. Management's Response: There is no disagreement. The District will implement policies to solicit quotes or bids from qualifying vendors in future years. A contract had already been awarded for the 2024-25 school year before this defficiency was discovered, so this internal control will be implemented for the 2025-26 school year.