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Sicangu Oyate Ho, INC
SD
Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Reporting
2022-004 Late Single Audit Submission (Compliance) New Finding This Year Recommendation: Management develop and implement policies regarding the retention of employment contracts. Action Taken: Due to the HR Generalist?s accident, the contracts were not filed in a timely manner in the employees pers...
2022-004 Late Single Audit Submission (Compliance) New Finding This Year Recommendation: Management develop and implement policies regarding the retention of employment contracts. Action Taken: Due to the HR Generalist?s accident, the contracts were not filed in a timely manner in the employees personnel file. We have developed a checklist to ensure all the requirements are met on what needs to be filed immediately with signed copies to payroll for data entry. We are recommending that the school start utilizing Personnel Actions for those employees that do not require contracts per regulations.
View Audit 55377
Finding 58547 (2022-003)
Material Weakness 2022
Sicangu Oyate Ho, INC
SD
Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Material Weakness § 200.303
2022-003 Payroll (Material Weakness) New Finding This Year Recommendation: Management should restrict payroll module access to those with a logical need for such access. Action Taken: St. Francis Indian School has checks and balances in place when changes need to be made in the payroll module. The o...
2022-003 Payroll (Material Weakness) New Finding This Year Recommendation: Management should restrict payroll module access to those with a logical need for such access. Action Taken: St. Francis Indian School has checks and balances in place when changes need to be made in the payroll module. The only employees who have access are those who need to input data and make changes such as Human Resources and of course Payroll.
View Audit 55377
Finding 58540 (2022-002)
Material Weakness 2022
Frankton Lapel Community School Corporation
IN
Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Special Tests & Provisions § 200.303
FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Candace McDonald Contact Phone Number: 765-734-1261 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Going forward, Frankton-Lapel Schools will no longer plan on entering into a ...
FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Candace McDonald Contact Phone Number: 765-734-1261 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Going forward, Frankton-Lapel Schools will no longer plan on entering into a construction project through the Education Stabilization Fund. Anticipated Completion Date: Already completed.
View Audit 50226
Finding 58531 (2022-001)
Material Weakness 2022
Catherine Booth Friendship House Residence Inc., A Texas Corporation
TX
Questioned Costs HUD Housing Programs Reporting
Project Legal Name: Catherine Booth Friendship House Fort Worth, TX (A Project of Catherine Booth Friendship House Residence, Inc., A Texas Corporation) HUD Project No.: 113-EE021 Audit Firm: CohnReznick LLP Period covered by the audit: 10/1/2021-9/30/2022 Corrective Action Plan prepared by: Name:...
Project Legal Name: Catherine Booth Friendship House Fort Worth, TX (A Project of Catherine Booth Friendship House Residence, Inc., A Texas Corporation) HUD Project No.: 113-EE021 Audit Firm: CohnReznick LLP Period covered by the audit: 10/1/2021-9/30/2022 Corrective Action Plan prepared by: Name: Sriparna Mitra Position: HUD Specialist, THQ (Legal) Telephone Number: 404-728-6700 The following is a recommended format to be followed by the auditee for preparing a corrective action plan: A. Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings, Questioned Costs and Recommendations 1. Finding 2022-001 a. Comments on the Finding and Each Recommendation The auditee agrees with the finding. The auditee agrees with the recommendation that management should obtain HUD approval of repayment of advances outstanding in the amount of $23,000 to cover PRAC shortfalls. In the future, management will request PRAC shortfall funding advances, if needed, from the replacement reserve or residual receipts reserve, or obtain HUD approval for repayment to Owner from operations upon receipt of PRAC funds. b. Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding In the future we will obtain HUD approval prior to repayment for advances to cover PRAC shortfall -funding, or we will request withdrawal from replacement reserves or residual receipts reserve. B. Status of Corrective Actions on Findings Reported in the Schedule of the Status of Prior Year Findings, Questioned Costs and Recommendations Finding 2021-001 Cleared. Finding 2022-001 Cleared.
View Audit 55320 Questioned Costs: $1
Trustees of Amherst College
MA
Student Financial Aid Eligibility Reporting
Finding No. 2022-002 Enrollment reporting Cluster: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Grantor: Department of Education Award Name: Federal Direct Student Loans Award Year: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 Award Number: Not applicable Assistance Listing Number: 84.268 The College agrees with the find...
Finding No. 2022-002 Enrollment reporting Cluster: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Grantor: Department of Education Award Name: Federal Direct Student Loans Award Year: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 Award Number: Not applicable Assistance Listing Number: 84.268 The College agrees with the finding noting that this exception is an unusual occurrence as a result of improper recording of the leave status in Colleague, the student information system. The record in Colleague should have had hiatus data entered on April 11, 2022, the date in which the College was aware of the student?s enrollment change, which would allow the change in enrollment information to be queried and transmitted to the National Student Clearinghouse (?NSC?) in in the May 17, 2022 submission. As this hiatus data was not updated, the student?s enrollment record was reported as enrolled at that time, which is attributed to an error in data entry of the multiple fields required in Colleague to reflect a leave from the College. The student?s transcript was correctly marked as ?W? as of April 8, 2022. However, the effective date was not correctly reported to the NSLDS. Management is in the process of correcting the effective date reporting to the NSLDS. The College has since implemented Workday Student, the College?s new student information system, in August of 2022. New business processes for entering student leaves have been documented and staff have been trained. The Office of Student Affairs initiates the leave process and a system process prompts records, financial aid, and billing to review the student record. The leave is updated within the student information system once all of the relevant offices have completed their processing. Training was done as a part of the implementation and testing process. The NSC enrollment reporting in Workday is automated. Jesse Barba, Director of Institutional Research and Registrar Services, is responsible for the implemented corrective action plan.
View Audit 55292
Trustees of Amherst College
MA
Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Reporting
Finding No. 2022-001: Review of Return of Title IV Funds calculation Cluster: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Grantor: Department of Education Award Names: Federal Pell Grant Program, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Direct Student Loans Award Year: July 1, 2021 ? J...
Finding No. 2022-001: Review of Return of Title IV Funds calculation Cluster: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Grantor: Department of Education Award Names: Federal Pell Grant Program, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Direct Student Loans Award Year: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 Award Number: Not applicable Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.063, 84.007, 84.268 The College agrees with the finding noting that a business control process was in place for a review of all Return of Title IV aid calculations, however, the College did not retain documentation evidencing this review. The College confirmed none of the Return of Title IV aid calculations selected had errors and the control was working as it was designed. The control is taken seriously and both training and oversight of personnel performing return of title IV calculations is exercised. As of March 31, 2023, the review will be noted on the change sheet at the time of award revision with the signature stamp in Perceptive Content (imaging and workflow software). Gail Holt, Dean of Financial Aid is responsible for implementing this corrective action plan.
View Audit 55292
Iona College
NY
Student Financial Aid Special Tests & Provisions Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking
Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Eileen F. Doyle, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Services, (914) 633-2483 Corrective Action Plan: In this instance, there was a manual intervention which caused a loan to credit to the student account. A decision was made to l...
Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Eileen F. Doyle, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Services, (914) 633-2483 Corrective Action Plan: In this instance, there was a manual intervention which caused a loan to credit to the student account. A decision was made to leave the credit but not refund as a motivation for the student to complete the required Entrance Counseling. The student subsequently completed the Entrance Counseling when the loan credit was reversed. As soon as the Entrance Counseling was completed the loan was recredited and the refund was processed within the appropriate timeframe. The individual who made the decision to not refund is no longer with the University. Staff have been trained that, unless the borrower has completed all requirements, loans cannot be credited to an account and the ?do not refund? option is not an appropriate tool in such an instance. Anticipated Completion Date: Completed.
View Audit 55015
Iona College
NY
Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Special Tests & Provisions
Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Eileen F. Doyle, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Services, (914) 633-2483 DJ Arndt, Registrar, (914) 633-2520 Corrective Action Plan: Iona University?s Registrar?s office updated the Holiday Calendar schedules in PeopleSoft, ...
Individuals Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Eileen F. Doyle, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Services, (914) 633-2483 DJ Arndt, Registrar, (914) 633-2520 Corrective Action Plan: Iona University?s Registrar?s office updated the Holiday Calendar schedules in PeopleSoft, the Student Information System, to ensure that institutionally scheduled breaks of 5 or more consecutive days are properly reflecting weekend days. These updates will be used to accurately calculate the percent of a term attended and federal aid earned for federal aid recipients who withdraw from the University during a term as part of the Return to Title IV aid mandatory calculations. The calendar entries will be made by the Associate Registrar and reviewed and approved by the Registrar during the academic year set up process each academic year. Anticipated Completion Date: Completed.
View Audit 55015
Finding 58453 (2022-003)
Material Weakness 2022
North Spencer County School Corporation
IN
Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328 § 200.329 § 200.334
FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Gerri Ford Contact Phone Number: 812-937-2400 Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Corporation Treasurer will prepare the annual reports and ensure the amounts agree t...
FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Gerri Ford Contact Phone Number: 812-937-2400 Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Corporation Treasurer will prepare the annual reports and ensure the amounts agree to the accounting records. The annual reports prepared by the Corporation Treasurer will be provided to the Director of Learning who oversees the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant to review and approve the amounts reported are accurate. After review and approval from the Director of Learning, the annual reports will be submitted by the Corporation Treasurer. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023
View Audit 54408
Finding 58451 (2022-002)
Material Weakness 2022
North Spencer County School Corporation
IN
Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.208 § 200.303 § 200.403
FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Dan Scherry Contact Phone Number: (812) 937-2400 Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: At each Co-Op Board Meeting, the Superintendent will request a copy of the reimbursem...
FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Dan Scherry Contact Phone Number: (812) 937-2400 Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: At each Co-Op Board Meeting, the Superintendent will request a copy of the reimbursement requests submitted indicating the amount in North Spencer?s non-public expenditures along with the supporting documentation (timesheets showing time spent with non-public students). Superintendent will make sure the two (requests and timesheets) agree in order to ensure a percentage is not used for the reimbursement requests. Anticipated Completion Date: March 15, 2023
View Audit 54408
East Peoria Elementary School District No. 86
IL
Subrecipient Monitoring Cash Management Reporting § 200.305
Finding No.: 2022-001 Condition: The District's expenditure report filed for June 30, 2022 included expenditures paid in July and August 2022. These amounts were not reported as committed or obligated. Plan: Grant expenditure reports will be prepared on the cash basis and obligations reported. ...
Finding No.: 2022-001 Condition: The District's expenditure report filed for June 30, 2022 included expenditures paid in July and August 2022. These amounts were not reported as committed or obligated. Plan: Grant expenditure reports will be prepared on the cash basis and obligations reported. The liquidation of the obligations will be reported on subsequent liquidation reports. Anticipated Date of Completion: August 31, 2022 Name of Contact Person: Tony Ingold, Superintendent Management Response: There is no disagreement with this finding and management will monitor all future federal reimbursement requests. Committed and obligated expenditures will be reported appropriately, and will be paid within 90 days after project completion.
View Audit 55502
Finding 58441 (2022-101)
Significant Deficiency 2022
B J Enterprises, Inc.
AZ
Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Cash Management Eligibility § 200.303
B J ENTERPRISES, INC. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 REFERENCE: 2022-101 REPEAT FINDING REFERENCE: 2021-001 CFDA NUMBER: 10.558 ? CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - FOOD AND NUTRITION - 2022 PASSED THROUGH ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT NUMBE...
B J ENTERPRISES, INC. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 REFERENCE: 2022-101 REPEAT FINDING REFERENCE: 2021-001 CFDA NUMBER: 10.558 ? CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - FOOD AND NUTRITION - 2022 PASSED THROUGH ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT NUMBER 6AZ300003 CLIENT RESPONSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN We concur with the condition. 1. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Katie O'Neill, Director 2. Corrective action planned: a. For 2 of 40 providers files tested, menus were clerically inaccurate and did not support the meals claimed. The Area Coordinators will be retrained to double check their meal counting on their menus at least once before they submit their meal counts and one time after they submit their meal counts. See BJ Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section D, #6. b. For 1 of 40 provider files tested, meals were claimed for the provider's own child, when the provider was not eligible for free/reduced price meals. The menu reader must use the most current "Claiming Own" report while they are menu reading. The income applications have to be approved by the Assistant Director or Director prior to the menus being read. The menu reader will use this list, as well as the Master List when reading the menus. The Area Coordinators will be retrained to ensure that the provider who is claiming their own children qualify to do so. See BJ Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section C, #5. c. For 2 of 40 provider files tested meals were claimed when the provider's children were the only children present. This occurred when the day care children were disallowed. The Area Coordinators will be re-trained to disallow the day care providers own children when meals are disallowed for all of the day care children. See BJ Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section C, #5. d. For 1 of 40 provider files tested, meals were claimed outside of the current claim month. The Area Coordinators will be re-trained to disallow meals on the front end or the back end of the month. See BJ Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section B, #2. e. For 1 of 40 provider files tested, meals were claimed when the child was not indicated as being present for the meal. The times in and out were not on the day that was claimed. The Area Coordinators will be re-trained to disallow meals when the time in and outs are not written on the menu. See 8 J Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section C, #4. f. For 1 of 40 provider files tested, meals were claimed when no menu components were listed on the menu. The Area Coordinators will be re-trained to disallow meals when thy have no components listed on the menu. See BJ Enterprises Procedures for Reading Menus, Section B, #3. All of the menu mistakes were on paper menus. We are encouraging everyone to start claiming on computerized menus (KidKare) because there are less or no mistakes on those menus. 3. Anticipated completion date: June 30, 2023
View Audit 55181
Emmanuel College
GA
Questioned Costs Special Tests & Provisions Student Financial Aid
Emmanuel College Audit Response Finding number 2022-001 from the 2022 audit has been copied below with the management response and corrective action plan provided. EMMANUEL COLLEGE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS JUNE 30, 2022 Condition: Out of a sample of 108 students there were 20 who ...
Emmanuel College Audit Response Finding number 2022-001 from the 2022 audit has been copied below with the management response and corrective action plan provided. EMMANUEL COLLEGE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS JUNE 30, 2022 Condition: Out of a sample of 108 students there were 20 who withdrew. We decided to test all 20 of those students as it related to return of Title IV funds. Return of funds were sent in by the required date except for two instances. One was late due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. The school was closed on that Thursday and Friday, so the funds were not submitted until the following Monday. This was not a big deal; however, the other instance was simply late by 4 days and no Holidays were involved. Cause: Simply an oversight in which the date simply slipped by them. Effect: The Department of Education received the transferred return of funds 4 days later than they were required to be deposited into the SFA account. Recommendation: College management should design and implement procedures to ensure that there are checks and balances to make sure that when a student withdraws and the return of funds are calculated that the required return date is flagged and sent to whomever is responsible for submitting those funds to the SFA account. Management Response and Corrective Action Plan: Financial Aid personnel will utilize a built in Return to Title IV funds feature of the financial aid software, PowerFaids, to function as a quality assurance measure for Accounting Office staff. The PowerFaids function archives the date of withdrawal and calculates the deadline for return of funds. This feature will allow for quality assurance reports to be pulled no less than a week before the deadline so that Financial Aid staff can serve as an accountability partner for accounting staff in ensuring funds are returned in a timely fashion and in compliance with all federal guidelines. Contact Responsible for Corrective Action: Donna Quick, Vice President for Enrollment, 706-245-2872
View Audit 55512 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 58427 (2022-004)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Lutheran Seniorlife
PA
HUD Housing Programs Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties
2022-004 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Title: Mortgage Insurance ? Nursing Homes, Intermediate Care Facilities, Board and Care Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities Assistance Listing #: 14.129 Criteria or specific requirement: REAC Inspection Resul...
2022-004 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Title: Mortgage Insurance ? Nursing Homes, Intermediate Care Facilities, Board and Care Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities Assistance Listing #: 14.129 Criteria or specific requirement: REAC Inspection Results Condition: St. John received a REAC inspection score of less than 31, which denotes the property has physical deficiencies that do not meet contractual obligations to HUD. Context: Results of REAC inspection 613308. Recommendation: St. John should work to address all REAC inspection findings. Action taken in response to finding: Subsequent to this survey, the facility incurred significant flooding, which required immediate action. Due to this, St. John did not have the ability to address the findings from the survey. With a protracted insurance claims process and the impact of Covid-19 on building operations, work on the outstanding deficiencies has been delayed. Due to the risk to residents and staff, all outside visitors including maintenance contractors and other vendors has been limited for a number of periods during the pandemic during FY21. Management completed an assessment of the facility?s use and has begun a repositioning plan to bring new living options into the building. In order to complete the needed improvements to the building, St. John has completed a refinancing of its existing HUD debt and negotiated a construction loan to fund the improvements. The closing on the refinancing of the existing HUD loan and the construction loan took place on July 8, 2021. Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: Jeffrey Carraway
View Audit 55905
Finding 58426 (2022-003)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Lutheran Seniorlife
PA
HUD Housing Programs Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties
2022-003 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Title: Mortgage Insurance ? Nursing Homes, Intermediate Care Facilities, Board and Care Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities Assistance Listing #: 14.129 Criteria or specific requirement: Failure to Maintain A...
2022-003 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Title: Mortgage Insurance ? Nursing Homes, Intermediate Care Facilities, Board and Care Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities Assistance Listing #: 14.129 Criteria or specific requirement: Failure to Maintain Approved Management Agreements Condition: St. John Lutheran Care Center (St. John) was charged a management fee by Lutheran SeniorLife, its parent but did not have an approved management contract meeting the requirements of the regulatory agreement. Context: St. John did not have an approved management agreement. Recommendation: St. John should enter into an approved management agreement with Lutheran SeniorLife. Action taken in response to finding: St. John updated internal agreements to reflect the change from Lutheran Affiliated Services to Lutheran SeniorLife, but neglected to complete the process with HUD. St John will submit the paperwork to obtain a certified HUD approved management agreement. While the organization was operating without this agreement in place, management fees charged were only to reimburse costs incurred in performing these management functions. During Fiscal Year 2021, St John entered into a refinancing plan with a lender in order to facilitate a repositioning of the facility and to enable facility improvements that were identified. The closing on the refinancing of the existing HUD loan took place on July 8, 2021. Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: Jeffrey Carraway
View Audit 55905
Finding 58424 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Carroll Community College
MD
Eligibility Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303
Action taken in response to finding: After management was re-notified of the reporting errors in the HEERF reports on the college website, management has decided to completely reorganize the college webpage for HEERF reports. This will allow management and the reader to better understand the spendin...
Action taken in response to finding: After management was re-notified of the reporting errors in the HEERF reports on the college website, management has decided to completely reorganize the college webpage for HEERF reports. This will allow management and the reader to better understand the spending history of institutional and student portions of these grants. When the website is reorganized, quarterly reports will be reviewed and verified that student data is verified and reported correctly in the narrative of the reports. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Ms. Karen Pelton, Mr. Timothy League and Mr. John Gay. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Adjustments to the website and the review and correction of these reports, if needed, is currently in process and is expected to be completed no later than January 31, 2023.
View Audit 56029
Finding 58419 (2022-001)
Material Weakness 2022
Tuscaloosa County Board of Education
AL
Questioned Costs Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Special Tests & Provisions
Finding 2022-001: Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5, Sub-Part A Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures (the ?Davis-Bacon Act?), requires that any construction contract in excess of $2,000 that is funded wholly or in part by federal funds include prevailing wage rate ...
Finding 2022-001: Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5, Sub-Part A Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures (the ?Davis-Bacon Act?), requires that any construction contract in excess of $2,000 that is funded wholly or in part by federal funds include prevailing wage rate clauses. The laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors to work on construction contracts in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds must be paid wages not less than those established for locality of project (prevailing wage rates) by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the contractor or subcontractor must submit to the nonfederal entity weekly, for each week in which any contract work is performed, a copy of the payroll and a statement of compliance (certified payrolls). During fiscal year 2022, the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education (the ?Board?) entered into nine construction project contracts totaling $4,576,909.23 that did not include prevailing wage rate clauses. As of September 30, 2022, the Board expended $2,803,189.31 of COVID-19 Education Stabilization Funds (?ESSER?) on the projects. The Board did not have controls in place to ensure the Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements were included in construction contracts, therefore, the nine construction project contracts awarded during the fiscal year did not include prevailing wage rate clauses nor did the contractors submit weekly certified payrolls to the Board. As a result, the Board is not in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act as it pertains to wage rate requirements. Recommendation: The Board should comply with Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5, Sub-Part A Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures (the ?Davis-Bacon Act?) when using ESSER grants on construction contracts in excess of $2,000.00. Response/Views: We agree with the finding. Corrective Action Planned: The Tuscaloosa County Board has contacted all parties involved in future bids and Title 29, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5, Sub-Part A Davis Bacon and Related Acts Provisions and Procedures (the "Davis-Bacon Act") will be included in bids going forward. Anticipated Completion Date: The Tuscaloosa County Board will implement the corrective action immediately. Contact Person(s): Please contact Danny Higdon, CSFO, at 205-342-2767 or by email at dhigdon@tcss.net if you have any questions or concerns.
View Audit 55061 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 58410 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
St. Thomas University Inc.
FL
Student Financial Aid Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking
Name of Responsible Officials: Margherite Powell, Director of Financial Aid. The Policy and Procedures manual has been updated to reflect the following updated process: The Financial Aid Office has implemented measures to ensure students/parents tha...
Name of Responsible Officials: Margherite Powell, Director of Financial Aid. The Policy and Procedures manual has been updated to reflect the following updated process: The Financial Aid Office has implemented measures to ensure students/parents that have Title IV loans disbursed are sent loan disbursement notifications via Colleague once a loan disbursement has been made. The process is done via Colleague each day and captures all Title IV loan disbursements made for the previous day. The notifications are processed via the ST-PCB process in Colleague, which sends a system generated loan disbursement notification to the student/parent. Processes are being worked on with the Information Technology department to generate a copy of the notification and to put in place a paper notification if no parent email is provided.
View Audit 54014
St. Thomas University Inc.
FL
Special Tests & Provisions Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking
Name of Responsible Officials: Carlos Chaves, Business Office Manager. The Business Office processes student refunds within 14 days after a Title IV credit balance appears on a student?s account. At least once per week, the Refunds Coordinator ...
Name of Responsible Officials: Carlos Chaves, Business Office Manager. The Business Office processes student refunds within 14 days after a Title IV credit balance appears on a student?s account. At least once per week, the Refunds Coordinator generates a refund report (ARTM) which lists students with credit balances. The University?s policy is that all refunds are processed via ACH (direct deposit), and all students are required to provide their bank account information. Communication is sent to students throughout the semester reminding them to sign up for direct deposit. To ensure that all students receive their refunds by the required 14 days, a paper check is issued to students missing banking information. Checks are sent to the mailing address on file. Communication will continue to be sent to all students encouraging them to sign up for ACH refunds. However, refunds are processed timely even if the banking information is not available. The Policy and Procedures manual has been updated to reflect this process.
View Audit 54014
St. Thomas University Inc.
FL
Special Tests & Provisions Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Student Financial Aid
Name of Responsible Officials: Carlos Chaves, Business Office Manager. The Business Office has implemented measures to ensure that Perkins Promissory Notes are identified, stored, and accessible during their repayment and collection period. In a...
Name of Responsible Officials: Carlos Chaves, Business Office Manager. The Business Office has implemented measures to ensure that Perkins Promissory Notes are identified, stored, and accessible during their repayment and collection period. In addition to the current filing system, the Business Office will utilize management software for ease of access and recording. To ensure that all remaining promissory notes are kept in accordance with Department of Education regulations, the Business Office will: ? Record all incoming promissory notes internally and externally. ? Promissory notes created prior to 2013 will be made digitally accessible through Perceptive Content, a secure content management system. Access to these promissory notes will only be accessible by parties with authorized access. ? Promissory notes created after 2013 will continue to be made available through Heartland ECSI?s third party filing system. ECSI records paid, completed, cancelled, and retired promissory notes that were created after 2013. ? In accordance with the Perkins Assignment and Liquidation Guide from the Department of Education (EA ID: General-21-53), all accounts with promissory notes unable to be located will be written off and/or purchased from the Department of Education prior to the end of FY 2023. The Policy and Procedures manual has been updated to reflect this process.
View Audit 54014
Finding 58405 (2022-002)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Town of Easton
MD
Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.327
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: We recommend the Town establish and document procurement policies and procedures in conformity with the Federal requirements ?? 200.317 through 200.327. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: T...
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: We recommend the Town establish and document procurement policies and procedures in conformity with the Federal requirements ?? 200.317 through 200.327. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Town of Easton will modify the current procurement procedures to add an additional section for those services, materials or products procured that have a Federal Grant Revenue source. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Donald Richardson Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023
View Audit 54126
Finding 58378 (2022-002)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Midland Univeristy
NE
Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Subrecipient Monitoring
To Whom It May Concern: Midland University Single Audit Report: Corrective Action Plan - Year ended May 31, 2022 Finding 2022-002 ? NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Condition/Context: For 6 of 25 students tested, the status effective date or program was reported incorrectly or the student was not reporte...
To Whom It May Concern: Midland University Single Audit Report: Corrective Action Plan - Year ended May 31, 2022 Finding 2022-002 ? NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Condition/Context: For 6 of 25 students tested, the status effective date or program was reported incorrectly or the student was not reported to NSLDS. ? Two students' withdrawn dates reported to NSLDS did not agree to the support provided from the University's system. Additionally, one of these student's enrollment status was reported incorrectly as full time not 3/4 time. The University subsequently corrected these students? records in NSLDS and the auditor viewed the screen prints with the corrections. ? One student's graduated date reported to NSLDS did not agree to the support provided from the University's system, however the University believes the date reported to NSLDS was correct and the system's date was incorrect. ? One student's full time status effective date was reported incorrectly as January 10, 2022 not August 30, 2021. The University subsequently corrected the student?s record in NSLDS and the auditor viewed the screen print with the corrections. ? One student was incorrectly not reported to NSLDS when they attended and had Title IV loans during 2021-22. The University subsequently corrected the student?s record in NSLDS and the auditor viewed the screen prints with the corrections. ? One student's status dates reported to NSLDS for campus level January 10, 2022 did not agree to the support provided by the University's system of April 4, 2022. The University subsequently corrected the student?s record in NSLDS and the auditor viewed the screen print with the corrections. The sample was not a statistically valid sample. Corrective Action Plan The University has made all corrections to the identified records. The University is reviewing its current processes and evaluating if additional review controls need to be put in place to ensure timely and accurate NSLDS data.
View Audit 54189
Finding 58377 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Midland Univeristy
NE
Questioned Costs Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking
To Whom It May Concern: Midland University Single Audit Report: Corrective Action Plan - Year ended May 31, 2022 Finding 2022-001 ? Title IV Credit Balances Condition/Context: For 4 of 25 students tested, the credit balance was not resolved in compliance with the regulations, the student?s Title I...
To Whom It May Concern: Midland University Single Audit Report: Corrective Action Plan - Year ended May 31, 2022 Finding 2022-001 ? Title IV Credit Balances Condition/Context: For 4 of 25 students tested, the credit balance was not resolved in compliance with the regulations, the student?s Title IV credit balances on their accounts were held and applied to future charges without student or parent authorization. The first student?s Title IV credit balance was $759 of Direct Loan funds, the second student?s was $3,702 of Direct Loan funds, the third student?s was $390 of Direct Loan funds and the fourth student?s was $2,850 of Direct Loan funds and $943 of Teach Grant funds. The sample was not a statistically valid sample. Corrective Action Plan The University agrees with the finding. The occurrence of Title IV credit balances occurs primarily with graduate program students. A review is being conducted of current internal control processes and evaluating what additional reporting is capable within the student information system to assist in identifying these Title IV credit balances in a more timely manner. Title IV credit balances are being monitored during the Spring 2023 terms and new procedures will be put in place for the Fall 2024 term.
View Audit 54189 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 58321 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Herzing University, Ltd.
WI
Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Reporting § 200.303
FY 2022 SFA Audit Corrective Action Plan Audit Firm: RSM US LLP 30 S Wacker Drive, Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60606 Audit Period: 1/1/2022 ? 12/31/2022 Comments on Findings and Recommendations: Finding 2022-001 ? Error in Reporting for NSLDS Finding: Herzing University did not properly report the studen...
FY 2022 SFA Audit Corrective Action Plan Audit Firm: RSM US LLP 30 S Wacker Drive, Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60606 Audit Period: 1/1/2022 ? 12/31/2022 Comments on Findings and Recommendations: Finding 2022-001 ? Error in Reporting for NSLDS Finding: Herzing University did not properly report the student enrollment change for a student who received federal student aid to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). Condition: The University did not report a student?s Program-Level or Campus-Level enrollment status change to NSLDS. Out of the 60 students tested, we noted 1 student (1.7%) whose status change at the Program-Level and Campus-Level was not reported to NSLDS. Action Taken: In this instance, the student identified was withdrawn from the University and was correctly reported to NSLDS as such through our standard enrollment reporting processes. The student then subsequently re-enrolled at the University in the subsequent academic period becoming an Active student, and then withdrew again prior to our next standard enrollment reporting process occurring (one month after the previously reported withdrawn status). At the point of the second standard enrollment reporting timeframe, the student status was once again withdrawn, therefore an update did not occur to their enrollment status. Our process did not have a mechanism to identify the student changing statuses in between those reporting periods so that the active enrollment status was reported and then changed back to withdrawn versus simply staying at a withdrawn status. In August 2022, Herzing University updated our enrollment reporting policy to send in enrollment reporting biweekly instead of monthly. This was done to ensure that each student?s enrollment status was accurately reported as soon as possible and to prevent issues that occur from delays in proper enrollment statuses being reported to NSLDS. This update inherently decreased the likelihood that status timing issues would occur given the condensed timeframe for reporting. In addition, as of May 1st, 2023 Herzing University has developed and implemented an exception reporting process that will identify any student that has status updates that occur but reverts back to the original status within the timeframe of the two enrollment reporting periods. Using the student identified in this finding as an example, if the student is at a withdrawn status at the first enrollment reporting period, then moves to an active status immediately after that but then withdraws again within that 2 week window and therefore goes back to a withdrawn status in the subsequent enrollment reporting period, while our standard reporting would still show the student withdrawn for both standard enrollment reporting timeframes, the exception report will flag that student for review since a status change occurred in between the two withdrawn statuses being reported out. Upon review of the exception report, all relevant status progressions will be correctly reported to NSLDS. The required corrective action for Finding 2022-001 listed in the SFA audit for the period 1/1/2022 ? 12/31/2022 was completed on 5/1/2023. The person responsible for completion of the corrective action was Kevin McShane, Vice President of Financial Aid & Compliance.
View Audit 55185
Finding 58295 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Saint Leo University, INC
FL
Reporting Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303
2022-001 HEERF Reporting Recommendation: We recommend that the University review their reporting policies and procedures to ensure accurate reporting. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Immediate act...
2022-001 HEERF Reporting Recommendation: We recommend that the University review their reporting policies and procedures to ensure accurate reporting. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Immediate action was taken to update the quarterly report and post the updated report to our university?s website. Error was made due to data file showing category under other uses in previous quarterly reports. When new quarterly report was prepared the amount was reported on proper lost revenue line but was not deducted from the other uses total. This resulted in an overstatement of expenditures. An additional step was implemented to confirm total balance with data spreadsheet balance of expenditures. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Jennifer Martell, Controller Planned completion date for corrective action plan: This was immediately corrected when brought to our attention on 5/26/22 for the quarterly report ending 3/31/22 which was originally posted to our website on 4/10/22.
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