Audit 57047

FY End
2022-06-30
Total Expended
$9.62M
Findings
8
Programs
9
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2022-10-20

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
61414 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
61415 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
61416 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
61417 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
637856 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
637857 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
637858 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A
637859 2022-001 Significant Deficiency - A

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $1.37M - 0
10.553 School Breakfast Program $702,888 - 0
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $583,978 Yes 0
10.555 National School Lunch Program $202,577 - 0
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $185,045 - 0
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $162,830 Yes 1
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $161,863 - 0
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $57,249 - 0
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $37,346 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
N3Q1HXEX1ZX1 Joseph Lenz Auditee
8457442031 Jennifer Capicchioni Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Accounting Policies: The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards presents the activity of federal award programs administered by the District, which is described in Note 1 to the Districts accompanying financial statements, using the modified accrual basis of accounting. Federal awards that are included in the schedule may be received directly from federal agencies, as well as federal awards that are passed through from other government agencies. The information 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 this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the financial statements. Because the schedule of expenditures of federal awards presents only a selected portion of the operations of the District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, change in net assets or cash flows of the District.Indirect costs may be included in the reported expenditures, to the extent that they are included in the federal financial reports used as the source for the data presented. The Districts policy is not to charge federal award programs with indirect costs. There is no other indirect cost allocation plan in effect. Matching costs (the Districts share of certain program costs) are not included in the reported expenditures. The basis of accounting varies by federal program consistent with the underlying regulations pertaining to each program.The amounts reported as federal expenditures were obtained from the federal financial reports for the applicable program and periods. The amounts reported in these reports are prepared from records maintained for each program, which are reconciled with the Districts financial reporting system. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.

Finding Details

A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.
A. Finding on Internal Control over Compliance Finding Reference: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program: Title I, Part A (84.010) Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Type of Finding: a) Significant Deficiencies in Internal Control Over Compliance b) Compliance Finding Criteria: According to 2 CFR, Part 430(i)(l) of the Office of Management and Budget?s Uniform Grant Guidance, charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed, which must, among other things: a) Be supported by a system of internal control which provides reasonable assurance that the charges are accurate, allowable, and properly allocated; b) Be incorporated into the official records of the non-Federal entity; c) Reasonably reflect the total activity for which the employee is compensated by the non-Federal entity; d) Encompass both federally assisted and all other activities compensated by the non-Federal entity; e) Support the distribution of the employee?s salary or wages amount specific activities or cost objectives if the employee works on more than one Federal award; a Federal award and non-Federal award; an indirect cost activity and a direct cost activity; two or more indirect activities which are allocated using different allocation bases; or an unallowable activity and a direct or indirect cost activity. Condition: The District employees whose time was being charged to the grants, who were working both 100% and less than 100% of the time in the federal award program, were required to complete semi-annual or monthly certification of the percentage of time they worked in the Federal award program however, no certification of time was completed by the employees whose time was charged to the grant. Cause: The School District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that the monthly and semi-annual certifications were being completed by each employee working in the Federal award programs. Effect: Without adequate internal controls over the employee?s time being charged to the grant and the certification requirement, the School District cannot ensure that federal funds are paid in accordance with allowable costs and the time worked in the grant. Additionally, they cannot easily monitor the amount of funds that can be charged to the grant for salaries and benefits. Payments that do not agree with the time worked are unallowable and subject to recover by the grantor. Questioned Costs: Support for the employees? whose time was charged to the Federal award programs in question was reviewed and it was determined that the time being charged to the grant was appropriate, therefore, there were no questioned costs. Recommendation: We recommend that the District have proper internal controls in place to ensure that the employees working in the grants are certifying their percent of time and effort that is being spent working in the federal award programs. Monthly certifications should be completed if less than 100% of time is being worked in the federal award program or semiannually if 100% of time is being spent. Managements Response: Please refer to the District?s corrective action plan on the following page.