U.S. Department of Education Mississippi University for Women (MUW) and Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) respectfully submit the following corrective action plans for the year ended June 30, 2022. Audit period: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 The findings from the schedule of findings and que...
U.S. Department of Education Mississippi University for Women (MUW) and Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) respectfully submit the following corrective action plans for the year ended June 30, 2022. Audit period: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 The findings from the schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. FINDINGS?FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS AUDITS 2022-007: Outstanding Student Refund Checks (MUW) Student Financial Assistance cluster - Assistance Listing No. 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the institutions review the requirement and implement a monitoring control to monitor the checks throughout the year. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: All students listed on outstanding refund checklist were not Title IV refunds, with the exception of five students. Two were corrected after the last audit on November 2, 2020. Three students have now been updated. The university created a policy for reviewing outstanding refund checks. Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: Nicole Patrick, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan is May 8, 2023. If the Department of Education has questions regarding this plan, please call Nicole Patrick at 662-329-7114. 2022-007: Outstanding Student Refund Checks (MVSU) Student Financial Assistance cluster - Assistance Listing No. 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the institutions review the requirement and implement a monitoring control to monitor the checks throughout the year. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The refund was set up under the wrong user on December 11, 2019. The refund was removed and set up under the correct user on December 11, 2019 and the student received the funds on December 12, 2019. The refund was set up on April 26, 2019. Student did not have a refund preference set up with Bank Mobile, therefore the funds were returned to the university. The funds were resent to Bank Mobile on August 1, 2019. Funds were returned to the university and resent on May 24, 2021. Funds returned to the university and were resent on August 27, 2021. Funds returned to the university and resent on May 10, 2022. The funds were returned to the university and were resent on September 20, 2022. The student received the funds on September 23, 2022. Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: Brittany Manuel, Office of Student Accounts Supervisor Planned completion date for corrective action plan is April 14, 2023. If the Department of Education has questions regarding this plan, please call Deborah Banks at 662-254-3335.