Audit 52138

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$1.95M
Findings
2
Programs
11
Organization: Unified School District No. 466 (KS)
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2023-02-26

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
51982 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
628424 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P

Contacts

Name Title Type
K934N7PU5W77 Courtney McEachern Auditee
6208727600 Aaron Koehn Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounting Policies: The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity ofthe Unified School District No. 466, Scott City, Kansas (the District) under programs of the federal government for theyear ended June 30, 2022. The information in the Schedule is presented on the Kansas regulatory basis of accountingas described in Note 1 to the financial statement and includes cash receipts, disbursements and encumbrances. Theinformation in this Schedule is also presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of FederalRegulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for FederalAwards (Uniform Guidance). Therefore, some amounts presented in this Schedule may differ from amounts presentedin, or used in the preparation of the basic financial statement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate. Expenditures in the Schedule 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.

Finding Details

Finding 2022-001 - Lack of Segregation of Duties CONDITION: Lack of segregation of duties due to the small number of employees involved in the accounting function of the District. CRITERIA: Segregation of duties should be in place to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statement is fairly stated and free of material misstatement. CAUSE: Small number of employees in the accounting function makes proper segregation of duties impossible. POTENTIAL EFFECT OF CONDITION: Errors or irregularities could occur that would not be prevented or detected in a timely manner that would cause a misstatement of the financial statement that is more than inconsequential. RECOMMENDATION: To mitigate this deficiency we recommend that the Superintendent and Board of Education consider this condition while performing their monitoring and review of the financial statement activity and reports. CLIENT RESPONSE: The District is in agreement with this finding. The District's response is in the attached Corrective Action Plan.
Finding 2022-001 - Lack of Segregation of Duties CONDITION: Lack of segregation of duties due to the small number of employees involved in the accounting function of the District. CRITERIA: Segregation of duties should be in place to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statement is fairly stated and free of material misstatement. CAUSE: Small number of employees in the accounting function makes proper segregation of duties impossible. POTENTIAL EFFECT OF CONDITION: Errors or irregularities could occur that would not be prevented or detected in a timely manner that would cause a misstatement of the financial statement that is more than inconsequential. RECOMMENDATION: To mitigate this deficiency we recommend that the Superintendent and Board of Education consider this condition while performing their monitoring and review of the financial statement activity and reports. CLIENT RESPONSE: The District is in agreement with this finding. The District's response is in the attached Corrective Action Plan.