Audit 398656

FY End
2025-08-31
Total Expended
$23.37M
Findings
4
Programs
20
Organization: Broome Community College (NY)
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-04-14
Auditor: BONADIO & CO LLP

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1206595 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B
1206596 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B
1206597 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B
1206598 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes B

Contacts

Name Title Type
MA2YMDBA4LN5 Jeanette Tillotson Auditee
6077785291 Joseph Heroux Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (Schedule) includes the federal award activity of Broome Community College (College) under programs of the federal government for the year ended August 31, 2025. The information is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the College, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or the respective changes in the financial position of the business-type activities and the discretely presented component units of the College.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and the amounts presented are derived from the College’s general ledger.
When the College receives funds from a government entity other than the federal government (pass-through), the funds are accumulated based upon the Assistance Listing number advised by the pass-through grantor. Identifying numbers, other than Assistance Listing numbers, which may be assigned bypass-through grantors are not maintained in the College’s financial management system. The College has identified certain pass-through identifying numbers and included them in the Schedule, as available.
The College has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Matching costs, i.e., the College’s share of certain program costs, are not included in the Schedule.
The College participates in the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (Assistance Listing #84.268) which offers low-interest loans to students and parents. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, the College processed $11,520,457 of new loans under the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. With respect to the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, the College is only responsible for the performance of certain administrative duties; therefore, the College’s financial statements do not include any amounts relative to these loans. The cumulative amount of total loans guaranteed and outstanding at August 31, 2025 is undeterminable.

Finding Details

Finding 2025-001 – Student Financial Assistance Cluster Federal Agency – U.S. Department of Education Grant Period – Year ended August 31, 2025 Compliance Requirement – Return of Title IV Funds Criteria – Federal regulations require institutions to calculate and return unearned Title IV funds. Condition – During our testing for Return of Title IV (R2T4) calculations, we identified 2 instances out of 25 students selected for testing where the R2T4 was properly calculated. However, the Title IV funds were not correctly and accurately returned. Cause – The College had a lack of review controls and segregation of duties in their Return of Title IV Funds process. Based on discussion with the client, these errors were manual errors that were not identified due to a lack of review control and segregation of duties. As a result, the controls over Return of Title IV funds were not operating effectively. Effect – The amount and type of Title IV funds were not being returned correctly. Recommendation – We recommend that management strength internal controls over correctly and accurately returning Title IV funds by implementing formalized procedures to ensure proper review of the R2T4 calculation and review that the correct type and amount of funds are returned. Management Response – The College acknowledges the instances identified during testing where the errors in the calculation of Return to Title IV (R2T4) funds, resulted in incorrect amounts of federal aid being returned for certain withdrawn students. These instances were the result of manual processing errors that were not identified due to a lack of review control and segregation of duties. R2T4 calculations and return amounts were completed and finalized by a single staff member without a required secondary review, increasing the risk of calculation errors.