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Untimely Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: Based on the reasoning for late R2T4 returns in the past, SDCC will implement the following steps to ensure timely returns moving forward. 1. A weekly attendance report submitted to the Registrar which details student?s whose last ...
Untimely Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: Based on the reasoning for late R2T4 returns in the past, SDCC will implement the following steps to ensure timely returns moving forward. 1. A weekly attendance report submitted to the Registrar which details student?s whose last date of attendance is currently 7 days or more old. This will serve as a warning that students are nearing the 14-day threshold for attendance and alert the registrar ahead of time regarding student who may need to be dropped in the near future. 2. A ?to-do? will be set up in the EMS (Populi) for the Registrar for any student who reaches 14 days of non-attendance in any course by the Financial Services team. A follow up will be requested regarding the status of each student so that R2T4 can begin as quickly as possible. 3. E-mails detailing refunds due, due to student drops or withdraws will be submitted to both accounting and also the CFO and VP of Enrollment Management in addition to Accounting who has previously received these request. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: James McHugh Anticipated Date of Completion: 08/28/2023 (All Steps to Begin with start of Fall 2023 semester with the exception of refund notices which will begin earlier if disbursements begin earlier than that date, resulting in refunds needed
View Audit 29483 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 2022-003 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Pell Grant (b) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (c) Federal Work Study Grant (d) Federal Perkins Loan Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher education Assistance for College and Higher Education CFDA No. (...
Finding 2022-003 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Pell Grant (b) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (c) Federal Work Study Grant (d) Federal Perkins Loan Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher education Assistance for College and Higher Education CFDA No. (a) 84.063 (b) 84.007 (c) 84.033 (d) 84.038 (e) 84.268 (f) 84.379 ? Year Ended June 30, 2022 Criteria: 34 CFR 690.83 (b)(2) which states the institution shall submit "in accordance with deadline dates established by the Secretary, through publication in the Federal Register, other reports and information with Secretary requires and shall comply with the procedures the Secretary finds necessary to ensure that the reports are correct.? Condition: The College did not report current enrollment status changes for 2 out of 40 students (5%). We consider these conditions to be an instance of non-compliance to the Special Tests and Provisions compliance requirement and is a repeat finding shown in Section IV of this report as prior finding 2021-002. Statistical sampling was not used in making sample selections. Corrective Action Plan: The reporting process has been corrected and in addition, the Registrar verifies the accuracy of this report internally with the College?s technology department before submitting it each month. Responsible Person: Andra Butler, Director of Financial Aid Preshus Howard, Registrar Implementation Date: November 2022
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The financial aid team has automated the loan disbursement notification email in JFA to ensure students are notified regarding their loan disbursement amounts, dates, et...
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The financial aid team has automated the loan disbursement notification email in JFA to ensure students are notified regarding their loan disbursement amounts, dates, etc. Periodic checks are being done to ensure that the notifications are functioning as expected. Anticipated Completion Date: Completed
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The financial aid team is working in tandem with the Registrar?s Office and the IT deparment to report enrollment information via the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC...
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The financial aid team is working in tandem with the Registrar?s Office and the IT deparment to report enrollment information via the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). This will be up and running by June 2023, enabling timely reporting of future enrollment status changes to NSLDS. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The University has since transitioned to a new Financial Aid processing system, Jenzabar Financial Aid (JFA), that automatically sends updates daily, making regular uplo...
Name of Responsible Individual: Aaron Carlson, Executive Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action: Corrective action was taken. The University has since transitioned to a new Financial Aid processing system, Jenzabar Financial Aid (JFA), that automatically sends updates daily, making regular uploads of files to COD much simpler. Completion Date: Completed
Finding: 2022-004 Federal Agency name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Communities Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Federal Financial Assistance Listing: #10.766 Compliance Requirement: Reporting Finding summary: The fiscal year 2021 audit report and fiscal year 2022 operating budget wer...
Finding: 2022-004 Federal Agency name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Communities Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Federal Financial Assistance Listing: #10.766 Compliance Requirement: Reporting Finding summary: The fiscal year 2021 audit report and fiscal year 2022 operating budget were not submitted to USDA until requested during the audit. Responsible Individuals: Carmen Weber, Administrator and Joyce Schwingler, CFO Corrective Action Plan: Administrator will put reminders on her calendar to send the yearly budget approved by the board and the completed yearly audit reports to USDA. Anticipated Completion Date: January 2023
Explanation of disagreement with the audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: In April of 2022, after the Single Audit for 2021 was completed, the Financial Aid Director implemented a 100% secondary review of all R2T4 calculations. On Septe...
Explanation of disagreement with the audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: In April of 2022, after the Single Audit for 2021 was completed, the Financial Aid Director implemented a 100% secondary review of all R2T4 calculations. On September 6, 2022, during this secondary review the return of funds error was identified and returned on that day. The amount that was returned has been adjusted to reflect the correct amount that should have been returned. This was all adjusted, before the close-out and reconciliation of the 2021-2022 aid year. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Virginia Zawodny, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Several staff have been trained to assist with the 100%, secondary review of all R2T4 calculations. Plan to monitor completion of corrective action: The Director of Financial Aid will closely monitor the progress of the secondary review and address any errors that may be identified.
2022-001: Late Return of Title IV Financial Aid - Student Financial Aid Cluster ? Assistance Listing #s 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 - Grant Period - Year Ended June 30, 2022 Con...
2022-001: Late Return of Title IV Financial Aid - Student Financial Aid Cluster ? Assistance Listing #s 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 - Grant Period - Year Ended June 30, 2022 Condition Found During our Return of Title IV Fund testing, we noted that the College did not calculate or return Title IV Student Financial Aid for two out of twenty-five students tested until after 45 days when the student ceased attendance. We consider the untimely calculation and Return of Title IV Student Financial Aid to be an instance of noncompliance relating to the Special Tests and Provisions Compliance Requirement. Corrective Action Plan The Financial Aid Department has developed a timeline in which Return of Title IV will be performed that will not interfere with the awarding and disbursing of funds within McHenry County College?s processing system. To ensure that there is no system generated issues while awarding and disbursing funds, Return of Title IV will be completing after this has been performed for the day allowing for clean interaction. The Financial Aid Department will also have a review of the student?s accounts for funds being returned after the calculation has been performed and fund processing has taken place. Responsible Person for Corrective Action Plan Financial Aid Director, Chris Heftka Financial Aid Technical Specialist, Jason Nerby Implementation Date of Corrective Action Plan 8/1/2022
2022-001 Student Financial Assistance ? Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the University reevaluate its procedures and review policies surrounding reporting status changes to NSLDS to put a process in place to ensure the enrollment effective date reported to NSLDS on the ca...
2022-001 Student Financial Assistance ? Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the University reevaluate its procedures and review policies surrounding reporting status changes to NSLDS to put a process in place to ensure the enrollment effective date reported to NSLDS on the campus and program level is aligning with the University. We also recommend the University review its reporting procedures to ensure all status changes are updated with the appropriate timeframe as required by regulations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Enrollment Reporting for our campus is done through our Registrar?s office. In situations where students receive F grades, the date reported to NSLDS from Banner has typically been recorded as the last day of the semester. For students who are considered unofficially withdrawn due to receiving all F?s, their R2T4 calculation is based off of their last date of academic related activity. The shared mechanism that is in place to notify the Registrar?s office of differences in those dates was not being utilized to update the LDA?s in NSLDS due to a lack of understanding the process and staffing turn over. The responsibility of updating the LDA?s for students in NSLDS who are recalculated due to a total unofficial withdraw, was moved to the Financial Aid Office in January 2023 to ensure that the dates used to calculate the unofficial withdraw is the same date that is reported to NSLDS. A secondary review will be completed by the associate director to verify the process was completed correctly at the end of each semester. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: LaNita Robinson Planned completion date for corrective action plan: January 26, 2023
Finding 28260 (2022-070)
Material Weakness 2022
Department: Health and Human Services Title: Internal control over TANF client child support sanction procedures needs improvement Questioned Costs: None Status: Management?s opinion is that corrective action is not required Corrective Action: The Department disagrees with this finding. The Office f...
Department: Health and Human Services Title: Internal control over TANF client child support sanction procedures needs improvement Questioned Costs: None Status: Management?s opinion is that corrective action is not required Corrective Action: The Department disagrees with this finding. The Office for Family Independence (OFI) has sufficient internal controls in place to ensure compliance with Federal requirements. Specifically, based on the finding's stated condition, OSA did not take exception with the 22 items that were actually tested for compliance. Additionally, OFI has provided sufficient information for OSA to identify and conduct the audit and compliance testing of cases referred by DSER for sanction. The Department has provided OSA with the following material as requested: 1. The list of all sanction referrals generated by OFI-DSER, the Title IV-D agency. 2. The list of all OFI-TANF clients actually sanctioned by TANF Eligibility. 3. The list of all OFI-TANF clients 4. Copies of all emails pertaining to all sanction activity 5. Access to our Automated Client Eligibility System which includes all documented case notes. Completion Date: N/A Agency Contact: Anthony Pelotte, Director, Office for Family Independence, DHHS, 207-624-4104
Finding 2022-001 Condition Found During our audit, we noted an instance where 2 dual degree graduated students were inappropriately reported as withdrawn. Upon further review by the Seminary staff, an additional 6 students were identified with the same issue. Corrective Action Plan The Degree Ver...
Finding 2022-001 Condition Found During our audit, we noted an instance where 2 dual degree graduated students were inappropriately reported as withdrawn. Upon further review by the Seminary staff, an additional 6 students were identified with the same issue. Corrective Action Plan The Degree Verify report that is generated by our Student Information System (CAMS) and submitted to the National Student Loan Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) would produce a separate line item for each degree when a dual degree student would graduate with both degrees in the same semester. This would not be accepted by the Clearinghouse and neither degree would be updated. When the student was reported as not enrolled in subsequent semesters, the Clearinghouse would update the student?s degree status to withdrawn. We have since converted to a new Student Information System (SONIS) and we have also updated the instructions concerning the Degree Verify report. We will now identify each dual degree student and submit only one degree through the report submitted to the Clearinghouse. For each second degree for a student, we will manually update the record within the Clearinghouse. Responsible Party: Gregg Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, 978.646.4016 Anticipated Completion Date: November 18, 2022
Finding 26235 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Finding 2022-001 ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Enrollment Reporting Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: John Carrescia jcarresc@wagner.edu 718-420-4264 Corrective action: The College has been working diligently across multiple departments to make these historical correcti...
Finding 2022-001 ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Enrollment Reporting Name of contact person responsible for corrective action: John Carrescia jcarresc@wagner.edu 718-420-4264 Corrective action: The College has been working diligently across multiple departments to make these historical corrections. We have identified the various groupings of students that require correction, and have worked through our historical data to update the program begin date (campus level data) to be the first day of the earliest semester for which each student began attending their respective program. We have submitted the listings to the National Student Clearinghouse for revision. We currently have a process in place and are working collaboratively with our information technology system analysts to implement controls to ensure the correct program begin date is used for all future students entering the College. We are now in the process of reviewing and updating our program level enrollment data.
Condition: For 2 students tested, the incorrect enrollment status was reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). For 2 students tested, the change of enrollment status was not reported within the 60 day requirement. Corrective Action: Fielding concurs with this finding and has taken...
Condition: For 2 students tested, the incorrect enrollment status was reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). For 2 students tested, the change of enrollment status was not reported within the 60 day requirement. Corrective Action: Fielding concurs with this finding and has taken steps to resolve the deficiency. To resolve the issue of graduated students potentially being reported incorrectly to NSLDS, the University will provide additional training to the staff member who made the processing error (in one instance) and adjust their procedures to contact National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) to manually update records when a degree is retroactively processed to a prior term at a non-standard conferral date (the 2nd instance). In addition, to resolve the issues surrounding potential late reporting of students beyond the 60-day requirements, the University will correct the timeliness of their reporting schedule so that all files are submitted to the NSC by the 10th of the month if not sooner. The University feels that these steps will ensure that reporting requirements are met, as outlined in 34 CFR 685.309(b) of the code of federal regulations. Person Responsible For Corrective Action: Bridget Brady, Registrar Anticipated Completion Date: January 11, 2023
Finding 2022-002 Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Program Name: Student Financial Assistance Cluster FAL #: 84.063, 84.007, 84.268, 84.033 Finding Summary: 34 CFR Section 668.22 states that when a recipient of Title IV grant or loan assistance withdraws from an institution during a pa...
Finding 2022-002 Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Program Name: Student Financial Assistance Cluster FAL #: 84.063, 84.007, 84.268, 84.033 Finding Summary: 34 CFR Section 668.22 states that when a recipient of Title IV grant or loan assistance withdraws from an institution during a payment period or period of enrollment in which the recipient began attendance, the institution must determine the amount of Title IV grant or loan assistance that the student earned as of the student's withdrawal date. During our testing of compliance with Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4), there was 1 instance out of 38 where the District calculated the incorrect amount to be returned to the Department of Education (ED). Responsible Individuals: Heidi Balster, Director of Student Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: During each payment period of an award year, the Financial Aid Office will review 20% of all R2T4 calculations (unduplicated) to ensure accuracy of the calculation and students? earned aid. The Financial Aid Office will use the random (RAND) formula in Excel to randomly select the R2T4 student population for testing. Within one week after all midterm grades are posted for the payment period, the Financial Aid Office will randomly select 10% of R2T4 calculations processed and review each calculation to ensure the correct period of enrollment was used in the calculation. After the end of each payment period, within a week after all unofficial withdrawals are processed, the Financial Aid Office will randomly select an additional 10% of R2T4 calculations (unduplicated) and review each calculation to ensure the correct period of enrollment was used in the calculation. If it is determined that a student?s R2T4 calculation is incorrect, the Financial Aid Office will complete the following steps prior to processing a corrected R2T4 calculation: 1. Obtain screenshots of incorrect R2T4 calculation and print copies into the Perceptive Content imaging system 2. Purge the incorrect R2T4 calculation and leave comments in student?s record for reason of purged calculation 3. Update all Title IV aid awards back to original amounts disbursed prior to R2T4 calculation 4. Run the Colleague?s Batch FA Transmittal Register (FATR) process and review aid adjustments 5. Notify the Business Office to have them run the Batch FA Transmittal Update (FATP) process 6. Once FATP is processed, re-run R2T4 calculation with the corrected enrollment Anticipated Completion Date: January 2023
Finding: No. 2022-005- Cash Management Finding: An excess cash balance tolerance is allowed if that balance is less than 1% of the institution's prior-year drawdowns and is eliminated within the next seven calendar days (34 CFR 668.166(a) and (b)). The institution must return immediately any amount...
Finding: No. 2022-005- Cash Management Finding: An excess cash balance tolerance is allowed if that balance is less than 1% of the institution's prior-year drawdowns and is eliminated within the next seven calendar days (34 CFR 668.166(a) and (b)). The institution must return immediately any amount of excess cash over the one-percent tolerance and any amount of excess cash remaining in its account within the seven-day tolerance period. Condition: There was one drawdown from the G5 during the year for federal direct loans in which the College was in an excess cash position starting on June 29, 2022, through September 20, 2022. The maximum daily excess cash balance during this time was $51,701. Corrective Action Taken or Planned: Management will review and follow internal control to regularly monitor disbursements and reconcile to drawdowns to ensure applicable requirements are met. Corrective action has been taken to return any amount of excess cash, as of 09/30/2022 completed by the VP of Administration and Finance, William McDonald.
Finding: No. 2022-004 Enrollment Reporting Finding: Institutions are required to report enrollment information under the Pell Grant and Direct Loan programs via the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) (Pell, 34 CFR 690.83(b)(2); Direct Loan, 34 CFR 685.309). The administration of the Title IV...
Finding: No. 2022-004 Enrollment Reporting Finding: Institutions are required to report enrollment information under the Pell Grant and Direct Loan programs via the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) (Pell, 34 CFR 690.83(b)(2); Direct Loan, 34 CFR 685.309). The administration of the Title IV programs must review, update, and verify student enrollment statuses, program information, and effective dates that appear on the Enrollment Reporting Roster file. The Department of Education lists several certification methods for enrollment reporting, including certifying directly through the NSLDS website, certifying through the NSLDS?s batch enrollment reporting process, or through certification of rosters provided to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). Per 2 CFR 200.303, a non-federal entity must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-federal entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statues, regulations, and terms and conditions of the federal award. Corrective Action Taken or Planned: The College, more importantly the Financial Aid Director, Erin Hanlon will review its processes and internal controls to ensure that all enrollment information and status changes are reported completely, accurately, and in a timely manner, effective immediately. Additionally, a review of the submitted enrollment data to the NSLDS be performed to ensure current student information and status is properly reflected. Enrollment reporting corrections have been corrected as of 03/29/2023.
2022-002 Eligibility Recommendation: The College implement procedures in order to strictly comply with the requirements of 34 CFR 668.173 as it relates to the return of Title IV funds. Corrective Action Taken: The College's Financial Aid Office has implemented new procedures. When final high school ...
2022-002 Eligibility Recommendation: The College implement procedures in order to strictly comply with the requirements of 34 CFR 668.173 as it relates to the return of Title IV funds. Corrective Action Taken: The College's Financial Aid Office has implemented new procedures. When final high school transcripts come in during a semester, the Office will add a step to review the actual graduation date to make sure that the College is not paying a student for an ineligible semester. Anticipated Completion Date: Fall semester 2022.
FINDING - MAJOR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM UNIT 2022-001 Special Test and Provisions - Return of Title IV Funds Recommendation: We recommend the College implement procedures to strictly comply with the requirements of 34 CFR 668.32 as it relates to student eligibility. Corrective Action Take: The College...
FINDING - MAJOR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM UNIT 2022-001 Special Test and Provisions - Return of Title IV Funds Recommendation: We recommend the College implement procedures to strictly comply with the requirements of 34 CFR 668.32 as it relates to student eligibility. Corrective Action Take: The College has well defined policies and procedures that outline attendance requirements and the process for administratively withdrawing students who have met the criterion for 14 consecutive calendar days of non-attendance. Instructors are required to adhere to the College policies. As referenced in 34 CFR 668.173(c)(2), "The Secretary does not consider an institution to be out of compliance with the reserve standard under 668.173(a)(3) if the institution is cited in any audit or review report because it did not return unearned funds in a timely manner for one or two students, or for less than 5% of the students in the sample referred to in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section". This audit indicates that only one student was found outside of the allowable timeframe in the sample. The College understands the necessity to reduce any issues with return of funds and will continue to work with instructors on a regular basis to adhere to the policies and procedures established to stay in compliance with these regulations. Anticipated Completion Date: Fall semester 2022 and ongoing.
2022-002 Student Financial Aid Cluster - CFDA No. 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the Seminary review its procedures around reporting to COD to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in ...
2022-002 Student Financial Aid Cluster - CFDA No. 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the Seminary review its procedures around reporting to COD to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Seminary will send multiple Title IV Form notices throughout the academic year. Regular reviews will be conducted regarding enrolled students and completed Title IV forms and outreach will occur for any students receiving financial aid that do not have a completed Title IV Form on file. Any students without a Title IV Form will receive a refund within the 14 day period until the Title IV Form has been secured. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Maryjo Lewis, Registrar Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023
2022-001 Student Financial Aid Cluster - CFDA No. 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the Seminary reevaluate its procedures and review policies surrounding reporting status changes to NSLDS to ensure timely reporting as well as put a process in place to ensure the enrollment effective date reported...
2022-001 Student Financial Aid Cluster - CFDA No. 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the Seminary reevaluate its procedures and review policies surrounding reporting status changes to NSLDS to ensure timely reporting as well as put a process in place to ensure the enrollment effective date reported to NSLDS is aligning with the Seminary's last date of attendance. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Seminary will implement a review of the listing of all potential unofficial withdrawals to ensure effective dates of withdrawal are determined correctly and will also revisit its policies and procedures around NSLDS reporting to ensure all student enrollment statuses are reported correctly and timely to NSLDS as required. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Maryjo Lewis, Registrar Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023
Finding number: 2022-001 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Education (?ED?) Programs: Federal Pell Program and Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing #?s: 84.063, 84.268 Award year: 2022 Corrective Action Plan The College agrees with the finding. The reason for the finding was due to a...
Finding number: 2022-001 Federal agency: U.S. Department of Education (?ED?) Programs: Federal Pell Program and Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing #?s: 84.063, 84.268 Award year: 2022 Corrective Action Plan The College agrees with the finding. The reason for the finding was due to a change in the National Student Clearinghouse reporting policy and process. Students who completed all course requirements but did not apply for graduation were reported as withdrawn to the clearinghouse but were not reported as graduated the following semester when they officially applied to graduate. Moving forward all graduates at the end of a term, including those who were reported as withdrawn will be included in the graduate only file sent separately from the end of term file. Timeline for Implementation of Corrective Action Plan Implemented Fall 2022 Contact Person Jennifer Vincent, Registrar, Bristol Community College
Recommendation: We recommend that the University formally document safeguards for risks identified during its formal risk assessment to demonstrate compliance with the Act. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action in Response to Finding...
Recommendation: We recommend that the University formally document safeguards for risks identified during its formal risk assessment to demonstrate compliance with the Act. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action in Response to Finding: PSU officials will take the additional steps to document the safeguards and internal control processes that mitigate the risks identified in the formal risk assessment PSU officials had performed for GLBA compliance requirements. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Ryan Bass, Chief Information Officer, and Max Parmer, Senior Information Security Analyst Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023
2022-002 DOCUMENTATION OF REPORT REVIEW Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Program Title: Foster Care Title IV-E Program Assistance Listing Number: 93.658 Pass-Through Agency: Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Numbers: 2201MNFOST Award P...
2022-002 DOCUMENTATION OF REPORT REVIEW Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Program Title: Foster Care Title IV-E Program Assistance Listing Number: 93.658 Pass-Through Agency: Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Numbers: 2201MNFOST Award Period: Year-Ended December 31, 2022 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance and Other Matter Recommendation: It is recommended the County implement procedures to ensure that reporting policies are being performed as required by federal standards, including having another member of staff review quarterly reports after they have been prepared, and document this review. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The County is going to plan a training and informational session with those involved reporting to ensure policies and procedures are followed around reporting. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action plan: Joua Yang, Deputy Director Accounting and Finance Planned completion date for corrective action plan: December 31, 2023.
2022-002 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Perkins Loan Program ? Federal Capital Contributions (d) Federal Pell Grant Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher Education Assistance for Coll...
2022-002 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Perkins Loan Program ? Federal Capital Contributions (d) Federal Pell Grant Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH), Assistance Listing No. (a) 84.007 (b) 84.033 (c) 84.038 (d) 84.063 (e) 84.268 (f) 84.379 ? Year Ended June 30, 2022 Condition: The University did not properly return loan funds subsequent to the R2T4 calculation for no passing grades withdrawal students for 1 out of the 12 students tested (8.3%) due to failing to return the required PLUS loans based on the calculation. Further, the amount of direct student loan funds returned was later disbursed to the student again due to lack of documentation in the University?s system of the unofficial withdrawal. We consider this to be an instance of noncompliance in relation to Special Tests and Provisions. Statistical sampling was not used. Management Response: The error identified above was made on a student?s record who did not officially withdraw from the University. As required by federal regulation, an ?all F?s? report is pulled at the end of each term and a determination is made for all students included on the report whether or not they attended classes until the end of the term. The student identified by the auditors was determined to have not attended the full Fall term. A return of title IV calculation was promptly processed by the Associate Director on the Department of Education?s website. The R2T4 calculation could not be processed via the SIS since the student did not have an official withdrawal date entered. The student loans were returned timely, however, the parent PLUS loan was missed in returning the funds. Subsequently the student contacted our office to challenge the withdrawal date and claimed he had attended classes all term and earned all of the loan funds that were disbursed for the term. There was no documentation in our SIS so the loans were reinstated in error. Corrective Action Plan: R2T4 procedures were updated to include a secondary confirmation of the return of loan funds according to the calculation. This secondary review will be scheduled at the time the R2T4 calculation is processed. Further, the procedure was updated to include entry of notes on the student?s electronic record to avoid reversal if challenged by the student. Responsible Person: Chilwana Thompson, Associate Director Implementation Date: August 1, 2022
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2022-001 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Perkins Loan Program ? Federal Capital Contributions (d) Federal Pell Grant Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher Education Assistance for Coll...
2022-001 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Perkins Loan Program ? Federal Capital Contributions (d) Federal Pell Grant Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH), Assistance Listing No. (a) 84.007 (b) 84.033 (c) 84.038 (d) 84.063 (e) 84.268 (f) 84.379 ? Year Ended June 30, 2022 Condition: In three of the 40 student files tested (7.5%), Subsidized and Unsubsidized Direct loans were not properly awarded. The University under awarded one student $1,000 in Subsidized loans and over awarded the student by $1,000 in Subsidized loans. A second student was under awarded $2,560 in Subsidized loans and over awarded $2,560 in Unsubsidized loans. The third student was under awarded $862 in Unsubsidized loans. Management Response: All of the errors identified by the auditors were a direct result of manual miscalculation of loan eligibility. In two of the instances cited, the students had previous additional unsubsidized loans issued as a result of parent PLUS loan denials. When we received ISIR data these students were flagged with a reject due to aggregate loan limits. In order to calculate each student?s loan eligibility, a manual review of loan information via the U.S. Department of Education?s Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) portal is necessary. The additional unsubsidized loans disbursed as a result of PLUS denial, were manually removed from each student?s loan total to determine current year eligibility. In both instances, the total loan eligibility was correct, however the manual calculation of the subsidized versus unsubsidized split of the loan funds were miscalculated. In the last instance a student was under awarded $862 in unsubsidized loans, the miscalculation occurred due to receipt of an outside scholarship. In the Fall term the scholarship check was received with documentation indicating the disbursement was to be applied to the Fall term in it?s entirety and the Spring disbursement would follow. The outside scholarship caused the student to be over awarded and the student loans were adjusted to remain within cost of attendance limits. Subsequently the Spring term disbursement of the scholarship was received for $862 less than the Fall disbursement. At that time, the student should have been offered the additional $862 in unsubsidized loan funds to bring their total aid back up to cost of attendance. The staff person entering the scholarship payment on the student?s account failed to notify the loan coordinator an adjustment was warranted. Corrective Action Plan: The loan coordinator who made the errors has been in the position for just over a year. In order to prevent future issues in calculating a student?s loan limits and eligibility, the employee attended a loan regulation and processing overview course produced by the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). Further, a form was developed to help calculate aggregate limits when an ISIR reject occurs in order to avoid missed steps in the calculation process. 2022-001 ? Student Financial Aid Cluster ? (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Perkins Loan Program ? Federal Capital Contributions (d) Federal Pell Grant Program (e) Federal Direct Student Loans (f) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH), Assistance Listing No. (a) 84.007 (b) 84.033 (c) 84.038 (d) 84.063 (e) 84.268 (f) 84.379 ? Year Ended June 30, 2022 (Continued) As a result of the outside scholarship error, our procedures for entering an scholarship payment have been adjusted to include a final review of all outside scholarship disbursements entered by the loan coordinator. Responsible Person: Lynette Lambert, Assistant Director/Loan Coordinator Implementation Date: August 1, 2022
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