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Finding 48283 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Inaccurate and Untimely Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: The implementation of the new student information system was completed in October 2022. This will assist in extracting timely data related to course drops and reporting LDAs. The Registrar has implemented a review o...
Inaccurate and Untimely Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) Planned Corrective Action: The implementation of the new student information system was completed in October 2022. This will assist in extracting timely data related to course drops and reporting LDAs. The Registrar has implemented a review of all data to ensure it is correct moving forward. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Derek Pritchett, Registrar and Jennifer Steed, Director of SFS Anticipated Date of Completion: Correction action steps are in place now and monitoring is ongoing.
View Audit 41825 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 2022-007 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants FFAL #10.766 Finding Summary: The fiscal year 2021 audit report was requited to be submitted to the federal agency by September 30th, 2022. We did not provide the 2021 audit report wi...
Finding 2022-007 Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Community Facilities Loans and Grants FFAL #10.766 Finding Summary: The fiscal year 2021 audit report was requited to be submitted to the federal agency by September 30th, 2022. We did not provide the 2021 audit report within the timeframe requested by the federal agency representative. Responsible Individuals: Amanda Soesbe, Chief Finance Officer Corrective Action Plan: The CFO will send the audited financial statements to USDA by the deadline. Anticipated Completion Date: 9-30-2023
Finding 2022-002 Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Program Name: Student Financial Aid Cluster CFDA # 84.268 - Federal Direct Student Loans Special Tests and Provisions ? Return of Title IV Funds Finding Summary: 1 of 30 students tested for return of Title IV had a withdrawal determina...
Finding 2022-002 Federal Agency Name: Department of Education Program Name: Student Financial Aid Cluster CFDA # 84.268 - Federal Direct Student Loans Special Tests and Provisions ? Return of Title IV Funds Finding Summary: 1 of 30 students tested for return of Title IV had a withdrawal determination date outside of the 30-day requirement. For a student who withdraws without providing notification from a school that is not required to take attendance, the school much determine the withdrawal date no later than 30 days after the end of the earlier of 1) the payment period or the period of enrollment, 2) the academic year, or 3) the student?s educational program. Responsible Individuals: Eric Schultz, Director of Enrollment and Marlene Seeklander, Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: The Registrar?s Office will take the following action: For all programs that have SOE/Internship/Clinical experiences, a roster will be generated, and the instructors will be required to verify that the student has been placed and is actively participating in the SOE/Internship/Clinical. Moving forward, this will be a reminder that is emphasized on a regular basis. At the instructor in-service sessions in August, the Director or Enrollment and Director of Financial Aid present a session which is a series of reminders and other important information that instructors need to know. While we already address the need to notify the Registration Office that a student is no longer attending, we plan to expand on that topic. We will include a slide with the audit finding as outlined so they can see the audit ramifications it has on LATC. We will also explain that this is an institutional responsibility, which includes all staff, all program instructors and all adjuncts. Anticipated Completion Date: Ongoing
Finding 48175 (2022-002)
Significant Deficiency 2022
2022-002 NSLDS Reporting Recommendation: We recommend the Organization reevaluate its procedure and review polies 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 ...
2022-002 NSLDS Reporting Recommendation: We recommend the Organization reevaluate its procedure and review polies 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 organizations last date of attendance. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Financial Aid staff will utilize the most recent NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide, and the corresponding NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide Appendices in order to evaluate current procedures and improve upon where necessary in order to be in compliance. The guide and appendices will also be shared with the Registrar?s office for review. The Registrar?s Office and Financial Aid Office will work together to ensure both departments? tasks and processing concerning NSLDS enrollment reporting are done so in a timely manner. The data provided to Financial Aid staff will be reviewed uploaded to NSLDS within one week of receiving it from the Registrar to make certain the reporting is accurate and falling within the required timeframes. The Financial Aid staff and Registrar will revamp current reporting process to reduce risk on incorrect data being reported as well as to ensure all the correct data is being compiled and reviewed prior to reporting. Note: Due to late notification of 2020-2021 Audit Findings, we were unaware of deficiencies in our process, therefore; did not begin corrective action until near the end of 2021-2022 AY. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Jennifer Haavisto Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 3/15/2023
Identifying Number: 2022-005 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Students' Satisfactory Academic Progress Ineligibility Finding: The College disbursed funds within 30 days of the first day of class for 12 first year students out of 40 students tested. Name of...
Identifying Number: 2022-005 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Students' Satisfactory Academic Progress Ineligibility Finding: The College disbursed funds within 30 days of the first day of class for 12 first year students out of 40 students tested. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial AidCorrective Action Plan: The College will create, follow, maintain, and monitor an appropriate satisfactory academic progress (SAP) policy that meets USDOE requirements. The USDOE requires all institutions to sustain an SAP policy that requires students to maintain a 2.0 GPA and successfully complete 67% of their educational program in order to be eligible for financial aid. Anticipated Completion Date: Beginning August 2022
View Audit 54135 Questioned Costs: $1
Identifying Number: 2022-004 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Early Disbursements to Students Finding: The College disbursed funds within 30 days of the first day of class for 12 first year students out of 40 students tested. Name of Contact Person: Karen ...
Identifying Number: 2022-004 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Early Disbursements to Students Finding: The College disbursed funds within 30 days of the first day of class for 12 first year students out of 40 students tested. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: The College will not disburse any Title IV federal aid until after the first 30 days of classes each semester for all students. Faculty are required to take attendance. On the 30th class day, staff will submit attendance reports for all students. After a review of the reports, staff will only disburse aid for students who have been attending the College for the first 30 days per USDOE regulations. Anticipated Completion Date: Beginning August 2022
View Audit 54135 Questioned Costs: $1
Identifying Number: 2022-003- USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster-Special Tests and Provisions: Exit Counseling Support Finding: The College could not produce support showing completed exit counseling or proof of an attempt to send exit counseling for 19 students that graduated/withdrew out o...
Identifying Number: 2022-003- USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster-Special Tests and Provisions: Exit Counseling Support Finding: The College could not produce support showing completed exit counseling or proof of an attempt to send exit counseling for 19 students that graduated/withdrew out of 40 students tested. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: The College will provide and document exit counseling information ( or proof of an attempt to send exit counseling) to all graduated and withdrawn students. The College will maintain the evidence through email communication, certified mail receipts, and USDOE Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) reports.
Identifying Number: 2022-002 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Enrollment Status Reporting Finding: The College did not report status changes for various students, primarily withdrawn students, within a timely manner as required. Name of Contact Person: Kar...
Identifying Number: 2022-002 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Enrollment Status Reporting Finding: The College did not report status changes for various students, primarily withdrawn students, within a timely manner as required. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: The College will report status changes for all students, including withdrawn students, every 30 to 45 days which is required by National Student Clearinghouse and National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). All faculty are required to take attendance. Faculty report excessive absence concerns to lcabscences@louisburg.edu. During the first seven days of classes all students who are identified as 'No Shows' will be reported to the Registrar's Office. After Census Day (the end of Drop/Add), students will be identified who have missed the equivalent of 14 class days per USDOE regulations. These students will be withdrawn according to USDOE regulations. This process will be initially completed in National Student Clearinghouse, per regulations, and then reconciled in NSLDS. Anticipated Completion Date: Monthly, beginning August 2022
Identifying Number: 2022-001 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Borrower Data Transmission and Reconciliation Finding: The College was unable to produce the reconciliations for review. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial Aid Correcti...
Identifying Number: 2022-001 - USDOE Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Special Tests and Provisions: Borrower Data Transmission and Reconciliation Finding: The College was unable to produce the reconciliations for review. Name of Contact Person: Karen Overton, Director of Financial Aid Corrective Action Plan: Using the data files, provided by USDOE Common Origination and Disbursement (COD), the College will upload the files every month into CAMS to perform COD reconciliation monthly. A specific staff has been assigned to perform this task each month. Anticipated Completion Date: Monthly, beginning August 2022
Finding Number: 2022-002 Condition: The University initiated certain returns of Title IV funds after the required timing and, for other students, did not initiate certain returns. The University performed certain return calculations using inappropriate inputs. There were three errors that attributed...
Finding Number: 2022-002 Condition: The University initiated certain returns of Title IV funds after the required timing and, for other students, did not initiate certain returns. The University performed certain return calculations using inappropriate inputs. There were three errors that attributed to this finding: 1.Of the 60 students tested, there were 29 students with discrepancies between the date utilized in return to Title IV calculations and the date required to be utilized based on Federal regulations resulting in $5,990 in questioned costs. 2.Of the 60 students tested there were 18 students identified where the University had returned the funds untimely (45 days if student attended, 30 days if never attended). 3.Of the 60 students tested, there were 4 identified where no return to Title IV calculation was performed and therefore no return of funds until students were selected for testing for the audit resulting in $1,715 in questioned costs. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan - The University agrees with the finding. Planned Corrective Action: The procedures used to monitor, calculate, report, and return Title IV funds are being updated in the following ways to address the errors found and the cause of the errors: ?All procedures will be tied to FSA Handbook and regulatory guidance with references linked as appropriate. This will clarify the procedures being used for the return to Title IV process. ?Procedures will include updated regulations related to module courses. This will address the errors that were caused in misinterpreting these new regulations. ?Methodology for dates being used for end of semester and date of determination will be clearly documented for each semester along with the actual dates used. For non- modular courses, the end of semester date will be the Friday of final exam week. (This will be verified via guidance received from the ask regs function of NASFAA.) This will clarify the required deadlines for each semester. ?A new report generated from our Data Warehouse system will be used to reconcile all required returns for a given semester have occurred. This will address students who were also missed in the prior year process. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Brian Bell, Director Student Account Services Anticipated Completion Date: 10/31/2022
View Audit 53360 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding Number: 2022-001 Condition: The University did not report certain students' status to NSLDS in an accurate and timely manner during the fiscal year. There were three errors identified that attribut...
Finding Number: 2022-001 Condition: The University did not report certain students' status to NSLDS in an accurate and timely manner during the fiscal year. There were three errors identified that attributed to this finding. 1. Of the 40 students tested, there was 15 students who withdrew/graduated whose status change was not reported accurately to the NSLDS. Student withdrew or graduated and was reported but with an incorrect effective date. 2.Of the 40 students tested, there were 7 students who withdrew/graduated whose status changes were not reported to the NSLDS within 60 days. 3.Of the 40 students tested, there were 6 students who withdrew/graduated whose status change were not reported to the NSLDS. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan - The University agrees with the finding. Planned Corrective Action: Following guidance provided via Plante Moran and the Dept, of Education (2020-2021 desk file review and NSLDS direct support), we will be implementing the following changes effective Fall 2022 to address correct enrollment status change reporting by: ? Adopt the use of the published academic semester end date for enrollment reporting vs using the long-standing use of the SAP/SLCM 100 Date or end of a semester payment period. It was learned that published end of an academic semester, per the Academic Calendar, is expected to be reported for use in applicable enrollment compliance timing calculations. ? Registrars will update NSLDS with the actual status effective date when learned for all unofficial withdrawal or graduated statuses. This date will be the earliest date at which Registrars retroactively learns was the actual last date of attendance that created an enrollment status change. Our past practices did not update such students but used the end of the previous semester date (SAP/SLCM 100 Date) if a student was shown to be enrolled in the next upcoming semester. This corrective action will occur for all cases even if the student is not required to have a R2T4 initiated, due to having attended at least 60% of the semester. Students who officially withdraw, in part or total, during a given semester are found in our monthly enrollment reporting as last date of attendances are supplied at the time of formal withdrawal. ?Registrars will enhance or develop (if not already in place), in conjunction with SASUB, necessary control reports to ensure accuracy of identifying students who are unofficial withdrawals at the end of an academic semester and adjust staffing resources as necessary to account for critical time periods such as the period between CMU?s Fall and Spring semesters when the university is closed. This will be necessary due to using the published last date of the semester instead of the end of the payment period date that was used in prior years. ?Planned timeline to complete corrective actions is February 2023 to account for end of Fall 2022 grading processes and manual updating of NSLDS as necessary for identified unofficial withdrawals. ?Contact person responsible for corrective action: Keith Malkowski, Registrar ?Anticipated Completion Date: February 2023 following end of semester grading and subsequent student record updating per our Date of Determination process.
Finding 47679 (2022-001)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Identifying Number: 2022-001 Finding: During the course of testing, the University incorrectly calculated Pell grant on one student from a sample of 40, incorrectly calculated a Title IV refund on one student from a sample of 2, and did not complete a Title IV refund within 14 days on one student ...
Identifying Number: 2022-001 Finding: During the course of testing, the University incorrectly calculated Pell grant on one student from a sample of 40, incorrectly calculated a Title IV refund on one student from a sample of 2, and did not complete a Title IV refund within 14 days on one student from a sample of 25. Corrective Action Taken or Planned: Wittenberg University's Office of Financial Aid has seen changes in staffing over the last two years with new employees having limited experience regarding student financial aid federal, state and institutional regulations. These changes have caused delays and misunderstandings related to Pell grant calculations and Title IV refund calculations. As of November 2021, one part-time financial aid employee was hired and in December 2021, the other open position (full-time status) was filled. With new employees being continuously trained and developed on federal, state and institutional guidelines, the Director of Financial Aid, or their designee, will review all calculations performed by employees moving forward. The institution will also implement reporting tools to ensure Pell, Title IV refunds, and other calculations are correct based on federal, state and institutional guidelines. Wittenberg University's Office of Student Accounts has also seen changes in staffing over the last two years with new employees having limited experience regarding accounts receivables and Title IV regulations. These changes have caused misunderstandings around Title IV refunds. The Office will implement new reporting tools where all credit balances on students' accounts will be reviewed and, if applicable, refunded at least once per week. The weekly reports and refunds will be monitored and reviewed by the Controller, or their designee, per week in consultation with the Office of Student Accounts. Completed Date: Fiscal year 2023
A control has been added to require a member of the accounting department to review the FISAP prior to submission
A control has been added to require a member of the accounting department to review the FISAP prior to submission
The Title IV withdrawal calculation was complete on COD, but the amount the student was eligible for was transposed when entered on the internal withdrawal calculation form. A secondary review will be done prior to adjusting federal funds in the College?s internal system. This process was implemente...
The Title IV withdrawal calculation was complete on COD, but the amount the student was eligible for was transposed when entered on the internal withdrawal calculation form. A secondary review will be done prior to adjusting federal funds in the College?s internal system. This process was implemented February 15, 2023, and the responsible college official is Tina Wiseman, Director of Financial Aid.
The Registrar?s Office will use the date the student confirms their intent to withdraw. If that isn?t available, then the last available date of attendance will be used. The College is not an attendance taking college according to its policy and procedures and that has been revised in the academic c...
The Registrar?s Office will use the date the student confirms their intent to withdraw. If that isn?t available, then the last available date of attendance will be used. The College is not an attendance taking college according to its policy and procedures and that has been revised in the academic catalog. This process was implemented February 15, 2023, and the responsible college official is Tina Wiseman, Director of Financial Aid.
The Financial Aid Office has updated its internal procedures to ensure disbursements for first-time borrowers will not occur until after the 30 day delayed requirement. To ensure this procedure, the disbursement date has been calculated for 30 days after the first day of class for first-time borrowe...
The Financial Aid Office has updated its internal procedures to ensure disbursements for first-time borrowers will not occur until after the 30 day delayed requirement. To ensure this procedure, the disbursement date has been calculated for 30 days after the first day of class for first-time borrowers on the Period of Enrollments (POE). This process was implemented October 1, 2022, and the responsible college official is Tina Wiseman, Director of Financial Aid.
The College has implemented a weekly review and refund of student account credit balances to maintain compliance with this requirement. This process was implemented August 22, 2022, and the responsible college official was Diane Bozarth, Chief Financial Officer, who retired January 6, 2023. The new ...
The College has implemented a weekly review and refund of student account credit balances to maintain compliance with this requirement. This process was implemented August 22, 2022, and the responsible college official was Diane Bozarth, Chief Financial Officer, who retired January 6, 2023. The new responsible college official will be Julie Straus, Chief Financial Officer.
The district has entered into a contract with Huron Consulting Group to address the internal controls pertaining to returning funds and reissuing funds back to students. District Finance has been working closely with each College to return funds to the Department of Education. Queries have been crea...
The district has entered into a contract with Huron Consulting Group to address the internal controls pertaining to returning funds and reissuing funds back to students. District Finance has been working closely with each College to return funds to the Department of Education. Queries have been created to identify returned checks which will be monitored on a regular basis to reverse financial aid disbursements and re-report changes to COD. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 31, 2023.
View Audit 51569 Questioned Costs: $1
The District Administration & Records will perform a study of the current business processes to identify data discrepancies. The District will engage the Clearinghouse and review the applicable reporting procedures with the financial aid offices to ensure sound internal controls over reporting and u...
The District Administration & Records will perform a study of the current business processes to identify data discrepancies. The District will engage the Clearinghouse and review the applicable reporting procedures with the financial aid offices to ensure sound internal controls over reporting and updating of NSLDS enrollment data. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023.
The district has entered into a contract with Huron Consulting Group to address internal controls pertaining to reconciliation of Title IV funds, R2T4 processing, award packaging and verification. Huron has created more robust packaging and disbursement rules to ensure only eligible students are awa...
The district has entered into a contract with Huron Consulting Group to address internal controls pertaining to reconciliation of Title IV funds, R2T4 processing, award packaging and verification. Huron has created more robust packaging and disbursement rules to ensure only eligible students are awarded and paid. Additionally, the district has created business processes and procedures to improve internal controls over federal awards. While the cutoff date for the audit was missed for the 2021-2022 school year, corrective actions have been taken to ensure the reconciliation of Title IV funds and secondary reviews have been completed and are currently underway for 2022-2023. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2023.
View of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan The District will implement processes to ensure that student withdrawal dates match what is reported to NSLDS, that enrollment status matches and is reported accurately.
View of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan The District will implement processes to ensure that student withdrawal dates match what is reported to NSLDS, that enrollment status matches and is reported accurately.
View of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan The District will implement procedures to ensure that the student withdrawal calculations are performed accurately and occur within 45 days from the end of the academic period.
View of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan The District will implement procedures to ensure that the student withdrawal calculations are performed accurately and occur within 45 days from the end of the academic period.
FINDING 2022-005? Pell Award Calculation AL# and Program Expenditures: 84.063 ($279,693) Award Number: P063P227533 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 Questioned Costs: $-0- Condition Found: The amount of Pell grant awarded was calculated incorrectly for one of the fourteen stu...
FINDING 2022-005? Pell Award Calculation AL# and Program Expenditures: 84.063 ($279,693) Award Number: P063P227533 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 Questioned Costs: $-0- Condition Found: The amount of Pell grant awarded was calculated incorrectly for one of the fourteen students who received Pell in our sample. The student was awarded Pell grant funds as if the student was enrolled ? time when the student was enrolled full-time. Corrective Action Plan: An additional $318 of Federal Pell Grant funds was awarded to the student in question in August 2022. Communication between the offices will be improved to ensure that the financial aid office is made aware of enrollment status changes timely. Anticipated Completion Date: The corrective action was completed in August 2022. Contact Person: Stephanie Dickerson, Registrar/Financial Aid 910-323-5614
FINDING 2022-008 ? Biennial Review of the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program and Policies Program Name: Federal Pell Grant Program Federal Direct Loan Program AL# and Program Expenditure: 84.268 ($451,732) 84.063 ($279,693) Award Number: P268K227533 P063P217533 Federal Award Year: J...
FINDING 2022-008 ? Biennial Review of the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program and Policies Program Name: Federal Pell Grant Program Federal Direct Loan Program AL# and Program Expenditure: 84.268 ($451,732) 84.063 ($279,693) Award Number: P268K227533 P063P217533 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 Questioned Costs: $-0- Condition Found: The College administration did not complete the biennial review of their Drug Free Workplace Policy and drug free prevention process. Corrective Action Plan: Management will complete the biennial review after the drug free workplace and drug and alcohol abuse prevention polices have been updated and the required data has been tracked. Anticipated Completion Date: The corrective action will be completed by June 30, 2023 Contact Person: Richard Hovater, Vice President of Finance 910-323-5614
FINDING 2022-007 ? Drug Free Workplace Policy and Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program Name: Federal Pell Grant Program Federal Direct Loan Program AL# and Program Expenditure: 84.268 ($509,387) 84.063 ($331,937) Award Number: P268K217533 P063P207533 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2020 t...
FINDING 2022-007 ? Drug Free Workplace Policy and Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program Name: Federal Pell Grant Program Federal Direct Loan Program AL# and Program Expenditure: 84.268 ($509,387) 84.063 ($331,937) Award Number: P268K217533 P063P207533 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022 Questioned Costs: $-0- Condition Found: The Drug Free Workplace Policy and other drug and alcohol abuse prevention material does not include all of the required documentation. Corrective Action Plan: Management will update the drug free workplace policy and drug and alcohol abuse prevention in the 2023 fiscal year. The information will be distributed to the staff and students. Anticipated Completion Date: The corrective action will be completed by June 30, 2023 Contact Person: Richard Hovater, Vice President of Finance 910-323-5614
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