Redesign Schools Louisiana respectfully submits the following schedule of current year audit findings for the year ended June 30, 2025. Audit conducted by: Kolder, Slaven & Company, LLC 1428 Metro Dr. Alexandria, LA 71301 Audit Period: Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 The findings from June 30, 2025 ...
Redesign Schools Louisiana respectfully submits the following schedule of current year audit findings for the year ended June 30, 2025. Audit conducted by: Kolder, Slaven & Company, LLC 1428 Metro Dr. Alexandria, LA 71301 Audit Period: Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 The findings from June 30, 2025 schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the number assigned on the schedule. FINDING – FINANCIAL AUDIT Material Weaknesses Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 2025-001 Federal Grant Awards Reporting Fiscal year finding initially occurred: 2025 RECOMMENDATION: Management should strengthen internal controls over financial reporting, including reconciliation of grant expenditures to reimbursement requests and review of grant receivable balances prior to issuance of the financial statements. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN: 1. Management’s Response & Context Redesign Schools Louisiana (RSL) acknowledges the auditor’s position regarding the period of recognition for $862,239 in federal ESSER grant revenue. RSL maintains that the timing of this revenue recognition was driven by specific administrative guidance from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) to prevent the expiration of federal funds. While management acted in accordance with grantor instructions to secure critical resources, we recognize that GAAP (ASC 250) requires a prior-period adjustment for material misstatements regardless of grantor timing. 2. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned To ensure future compliance with GAAP and Uniform Guidance reporting requirements, RSL will implement the following: ● Enhanced Year-End Reconciliations: Management will continue to perform robust year-end reconciliation procedures for all federal grant expenditures. These procedures will specifically require cumulative eligible federal expenditures to be reconciled against recorded grant receivables and revenue for every federal program. ● Period-End Cutoff Review: RSL will refine its accrual process to ensure that revenues are recorded in the fiscal year in which the underlying expenditures are incurred, provided they meet the "available and measurable" criteria, even if grantor reimbursement authorization is pending. ● SEFA Accuracy Controls: RSL will utilize these reconciliations to ensure the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) is accurate and complete, specifically verifying that expenditures are reported in the period they were incurred. ● Technical Accounting Oversight: All grant-related year-end adjustments and reconciliations will be reviewed and approved by personnel with specific expertise in federal grant compliance and GAAP accounting to ensure proper fiscal year alignment. ● Standardized Grant Close-out: RSL will implement a formal grant close-out checklist that includes a review of "availability" and "realizability" of funds to ensure transparency and accuracy in both the financial statements and the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). Internal Control Over Compliance – Uniform Guidance U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2025-002 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Reporting Fiscal year finding initially occurred: 2025 Education Stabilization Fund #84.425 RECOMMENDATION: Management should enhance its year-end grant close-out reconciliation process by requiring cumulative eligible federal expenditures to be reconciled to recorded grant receivables and revenue for each federal program. Any adjustments identified should be reviewed and approved by personnel with federal grant and accounting expertise prior to issuance of the financial statements. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN: 1. Management’s Response & Context Redesign Schools Louisiana (RSL) acknowledges the auditor’s position regarding the period of recognition for $862,239 in federal ESSER grant revenue. RSL maintains that the timing of this revenue recognition was driven by specific administrative guidance from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) to prevent the expiration of federal funds. While management acted in accordance with grantor instructions to secure critical resources, we recognize that GAAP (ASC 250) requires a prior-period adjustment for material misstatements regardless of grantor timing. 2. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned To ensure future compliance with GAAP and Uniform Guidance reporting requirements, RSL will implement the following: ● Enhanced Year-End Reconciliations: Management will continue to perform robust year-end reconciliation procedures for all federal grant expenditures. These procedures will specifically require cumulative eligible federal expenditures to be reconciled against recorded grant receivables and revenue for every federal program. ● Period-End Cutoff Review: RSL will refine its accrual process to ensure that revenues are recorded in the fiscal year in which the underlying expenditures are incurred, provided they meet the "available and measurable" criteria, even if grantor reimbursement authorization is pending. ● SEFA Accuracy Controls: RSL will utilize these reconciliations to ensure the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) is accurate and complete, specifically verifying that expenditures are reported in the period they were incurred. ● Technical Accounting Oversight: All grant-related year-end adjustments and reconciliations will be reviewed and approved by personnel with specific expertise in federal grant compliance and GAAP accounting to ensure proper fiscal year alignment. ● Standardized Grant Close-out: RSL will implement a formal grant close-out checklist that includes a review of "availability" and "realizability" of funds to ensure transparency and accuracy in both the financial statements and the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). The findings noted above will be evaluated and corrective action will be taken as indicated in each respective finding. If there are questions regarding this corrective action plan, please contact Mrs. Ashley Eason, Associate Superintendent of Operations, at aeason@rsl.org or 225-348-7823. Sincerely, Dr. Megan McNamara Superintendent