Corrective Action Plans

Finding 530343 (2024-008)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Corrective action plan: HHSC has already implemented a final review by all agencies who receive SSBG funding and all HHSC staff. In the future, the federal funds office will coordinate efforts with the Federal Reporting personnel to ensure the amounts noted on the ACF-196 report are consistent wit...

Corrective action plan: HHSC has already implemented a final review by all agencies who receive SSBG funding and all HHSC staff. In the future, the federal funds office will coordinate efforts with the Federal Reporting personnel to ensure the amounts noted on the ACF-196 report are consistent with the amount on the Post Expenditure Report. Implementation dates: March 30, 2025 Responsible persons: Racheal Kane, Director, Federal Funds

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Finding 530339 (2024-007)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Period of Performance § 200.303 § 200.308 § 200.403

Corrective action plan: Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Actions Taken: HHSC Fund Management worked with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Operations Support to develop a query to identify journal transactions that post in the CAPPS Financials General Ledger module prior to the start date of the p...

Corrective action plan: Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Actions Taken: HHSC Fund Management worked with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Operations Support to develop a query to identify journal transactions that post in the CAPPS Financials General Ledger module prior to the start date of the project. This query has been run monthly since May 2024, and it was fully implemented as of August 31, 2024. Planned: Additional training on the review process for Accounting and Budget staff, and revisions to the process to emphasize meeting deadlines while new federal grants and old federal grant close out transactions occur. An expenditure transfer voucher (ETV) to correct reconciliation issue will be completed by CFO Budget staff. Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (MHBG) Actions Taken: HHSC Fund Management will run the monthly query and take corrective action on any resulting journals prior to the close of the fiscal year. In addition, HHSC Fund Management/Cash Management does not draw federal funds past the liquidation date. These dates are denoted in their draw ledgers. Cash Management also sends a semi_x0002_monthly email during the fiscal year and a weekly email from mid-June through the end of July to HHSC Budget identifying transactions by fund source that should be cleared from the draw down report prior to the close of the fiscal year. HHSC Cash Management will continue to send the draw down clean up report and start the weekly emails the first week of June. HHSC Budget will complete any ETVs resulting from the draw down clean up report to HHSC Fund Management General Ledger for processing by July 15 to ensure the draw down accurately reflects federal expenditures for the SEFA population. Planned: Budget Management will revise the coordination process with Behavioral Health Services program financial staff administering MHBG to prioritize addressing encumbered balances on expiring block grant years at the beginning of the liquidation period and set deadlines for Program input on required financial adjustments to ensure sufficient time for processing. ETV to correct reconciliation issue will be completed. Implementation dates: February 28, 2025 Responsible persons: SSBG: Heather Nevill, Fund Management Director, Fund Accounting Raymond Jasik, Budget Director, CFO Budget Heather Anderson, Budget Manager, CFO Budget MHBG: Marcie Ochoa-Gamez, Budget Manager, Budget Management

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Finding 530336 (2024-006)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.332

Corrective action plan: TANF: The Early Childhood Intervention program will amend all out of compliance contracts to reflect the correct UEI information prior to end of fiscal year 2025. For each new contract moving forward, Program will update its internal contract development checklist to add a...

Corrective action plan: TANF: The Early Childhood Intervention program will amend all out of compliance contracts to reflect the correct UEI information prior to end of fiscal year 2025. For each new contract moving forward, Program will update its internal contract development checklist to add an item to confirm the UEI is included and correct. SSBG: New contract development procedures will include updated templates that include the most current federal award requirements, including the documentation of UEI. Implementation dates: TANF: May 30, 2025 SSBG: September 1, 2025 Responsible persons: TANF: Janene Roch, Manager of Contracts and Finance, Early Childhood Intervention SSBG: Amy Pedersen, Director of Contracts, Fiscal and Data Management

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Finding 530320 (2024-005)

Material Weakness 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring Material Weakness § 200.303

Corrective action plan: HHSC cannot commit to the specific designation of CAPPS-Financials as the improvement solution for FFATA reporting. However, HHSC is currently engaged in long-term planning related to improving FFATA reporting. HHSC continues to implement a quality review of selected progr...

Corrective action plan: HHSC cannot commit to the specific designation of CAPPS-Financials as the improvement solution for FFATA reporting. However, HHSC is currently engaged in long-term planning related to improving FFATA reporting. HHSC continues to implement a quality review of selected programs to assess FFATA compliance on an annual basis. Implementation dates: September 1, 2025 Responsible persons: Racheal Kane, Director, Federal Funds

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Finding 530313 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring Significant Deficiency § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328 § 200.329

Corrective action plan: Federal Reporting will seek direction from the awarding agency if corrections are found to be needed after a report is submitted. If directed to, Federal Reporting will submit a revised report. If directed to wait until the next cumulative report to make the correction, Fed...

Corrective action plan: Federal Reporting will seek direction from the awarding agency if corrections are found to be needed after a report is submitted. If directed to, Federal Reporting will submit a revised report. If directed to wait until the next cumulative report to make the correction, Federal Reporting will save this documentation from the awarding agency. Implementation dates: February 12, 2025 (Implemented) Responsible persons: Alan Flynn, Manager, Federal Reporting

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Finding 530307 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Questioned Costs Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Reporting § 200.303

Corrective action plan: To ensure correct reporting of Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) expenditures on the SF425 report, going forward, the Office of Area Aging Agencies (OAAA) will provide updated expenditure data to HHSC Accounting after closeout for reconciliation of the final expenditures. For r...

Corrective action plan: To ensure correct reporting of Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) expenditures on the SF425 report, going forward, the Office of Area Aging Agencies (OAAA) will provide updated expenditure data to HHSC Accounting after closeout for reconciliation of the final expenditures. For record keeping, OAAA will also take a snapshot of the supporting data to document the expenditures at the point in time when the data was generated for the SF425. OAAA will provide in-service training for OAAA Budget Analyst and Financial Analysts on the updated process for generating, reviewing, and reconciliation of expenditure data for SF425 reporting. Federal Reporting has updated the reporting procedures for this award to state that no expenditures with CAPPS Short ID 4000 (sub-recipient) should be included for HHSC’s administration state match requirement. Federal Reporting will revise final SF425 reports as necessary if we receive updated information from OAAA after a final report has been submitted. Implementation dates: September 2025 Responsible persons: Lori Conner, Manager, OAAA Fiscal and Contract Oversight Alan Flynn, Manager, Federal Reporting

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Finding 530305 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Cash Management Reporting Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303

Corrective action plan: To strengthen SEFA preparation and review, DSHS has designated the recently hired DSHS Financial Reporting Unit Manager and Accounting Section Director to oversee the following corrective action plan actions:  Formal updates to procedures to better implement policy;  Co...

Corrective action plan: To strengthen SEFA preparation and review, DSHS has designated the recently hired DSHS Financial Reporting Unit Manager and Accounting Section Director to oversee the following corrective action plan actions:  Formal updates to procedures to better implement policy;  Completion of hiring key financial reporting positions;  A refresher training for staff and contractors involved in SEFA preparation and review; and  Development of an internal quality review process for implementation during the next SEFA. Implementation dates: November 30, 2025 Responsible persons: Paige Lovejoy, DSHS Financial Reporting Unit Manager

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Finding 530303 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Texas C/o Comptroller of Public Accounts

TX

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303 § 200.430

Corrective action plan: DSHS will reinforce new hire training to ensure all supervisors understand the purpose and procedures addressing labor account codes, monthly time reporting, and task profiles. DSHS will further evaluate related training materials for opportunities to strengthen understandi...

Corrective action plan: DSHS will reinforce new hire training to ensure all supervisors understand the purpose and procedures addressing labor account codes, monthly time reporting, and task profiles. DSHS will further evaluate related training materials for opportunities to strengthen understanding and compliance overall. Implementation dates: March 1, 2025 Responsible persons: Christy Havel Burton, Chief Financial Officer

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Finding 530300 (2024-005)

Material Weakness 2024

School City of Hobart

IN

Equipment & Real Property Management § 200.303 § 200.313

FINDING 2024-005 Finding Subject: COVID-19 – Education Stabilization Fund – Equipment and Real Property Management Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: ...

FINDING 2024-005 Finding Subject: COVID-19 – Education Stabilization Fund – Equipment and Real Property Management Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The corrective action plan for finding 2022-003 was effective in ensuring that equipment over the capitalization threshold was barcoded and documented in School City of Hobart’s internal asset tracking system which we began utilizing in 2024. The external consulting company we used to perform our asset inventory omitted the items in question from their report. The items in question will be added to the external consultant’s existing spreadsheet. School City of Hobart will examine other options for external asset inventory services in the future. Any future purchases will be catalogued and provided as a list to the party who conducts our next asset inventory. School City of Hobart will require written documentation from any future consultant that all new items were added into the inventory in the future. Anticipated Completion Date: 04/30/2025

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Finding 530296 (2024-004)

Material Weakness 2024

School City of Hobart

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.1 § 200.303 § 200.317 § 200.318 § 200.319

FINDING 2024-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Procurement Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Descri...

FINDING 2024-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Procurement Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As a member of the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative (NISEC), School City of Hobart usually expends contracted services out of our general education fund. For the fiscal year 2023-2024, we included our contracted speech services into our federal grant funds. During the audit, Hobart was notified that we didn’t follow the procurement procedures when expending out of the federal grant. This finding was due to Hobart not going out and receiving multiple bids for contracted companies that provide services to our students. Hobart uses three contracted companies to provide Speech Pathologist and Speech Language Assistants. We have used these three companies for many years and have built great working relationships with these providers. After receiving the finding, and discussing with the auditor, we created a memo that we took to our board. In the memo we explained why we use the three contracted vendors instead of going out for bids. Finding Speech Pathologists and Speech Language Assistants is very difficult in the school setting, and they have created great working relationships with these three contracted companies. Within the memo, we listed all the contracted vendors that they use and why they work directly with them instead of going out for bids. If any contracted services are not bid, at the beginning of each school year, they will create a new memo with any contracted companies that they will be using during that school year and the memo will be approved by the School Board. Anticipated Completion Date: 4/30/2025

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Finding 530291 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency 2024

School City of Hobart

IN

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.208 § 200.303 § 200.403

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Descrip...

FINDING 2024-003 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robert Glover Jr. Contact Phone Number: (219) 945-0250 Contact Email Address: rglover@hobart.k12.in.us Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As a member of the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative (NISEC), School City of Hobart reported their proportionate share based on a percentage of expenditures and have had successful audits in doing so. When Hobart was notified that this process was no longer acceptable, we immediately implemented an internal control process with NISEC which included detailed reporting of staff work hours for nonpublic schools related to only our school corporation. The report is then reviewed and signed by the NISEC staff working for the nonpublic school and their supervisor. The employee detailed time and effort report is then provided to the NISEC finance department for a second review and signature before being provided to payroll. NISEC payroll then charges the proportionate share to the IDEA Part B grant in the payroll system bi-weekly based on the time and effort report pertinent to just School City of Hobart Non-public schools. The time and effort reports are then used to submit the reimbursement request to the Department of Education for Hobart’s proportionate share. Anticipated Completion Date: 4/30/2025

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Finding 530280 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

City of Valdosta Board of Education

GA

Questioned Costs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303 § 200.318 § 200.320

FA 2024-001 Improve Controls over Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Compliance Requirement: Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Internal Control Impact: Significant Deficiency Compliance Impact: Nonmaterial Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Throug...

FA 2024-001 Improve Controls over Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Compliance Requirement: Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Internal Control Impact: Significant Deficiency Compliance Impact: Nonmaterial Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity: Georgia Department of Education Assistance Listing Number and Title: 84.027 - Special Education Grants to States 84.173 - Special Education Preschool Grants Federal Award Number: H027A220073 (Year: 2022), H027A230073 (Year: 2023), H173A230081 (Year: 2023) Questioned Costs: $44,955 Description: A review of expenditures charged to the Special Education Cluster revealed that the School District's internal control procedures were not operating appropriately to ensure that the School District's procurement and suspension and debarment procedures were followed. Corrective Action Plans: We are implementing a more structured approach to larger purchases, which should help improve oversight and accountability. A new purchasing policy was implemented to ensure that significant expenditures are carefully reviewed and align with the district's financial strategy. Having the new CFO involved in reviewing and overseeing large purchases, as they'll be able to bring financial oversight to the process. Offering training to staff members who need help understanding the new policy will also ensure smooth adoption and compliance across the board. Estimated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Contact Person: Shannon White, Business Services Director Telephone: 229-671-6045 Email: swhite@goats.org

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Finding 530275 (2024-001)

Material Weakness 2024

Richmond Community Schools

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness Reporting § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328

Future reporting of ESSR information will be noted wherever possible either in written notation or email format to document who worked on and reviewed reporting information and submissions. We will attempt to take screenshots of any forms that are not available for printing

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Finding 530271 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Olivet Nazarene University

IL

Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Student Financial Aid § 200.303

The University understands the importance of timely R2T4 calculations. The committee review of all R2T4’s every other Wednesday did not properly catch the mistake in the two R2T4’s that were late. Even though the original calculations were done on-time, the committee did not meet before the campus c...

The University understands the importance of timely R2T4 calculations. The committee review of all R2T4’s every other Wednesday did not properly catch the mistake in the two R2T4’s that were late. Even though the original calculations were done on-time, the committee did not meet before the campus closed for the two-week Christmas/New Year’s break, due to several of the members having been away from the campus while traveling. As a result, when the committee met in January, they found an error in the denominator calculation. It was returned to the processor to correct the dates and re-calculate, and when the committee met again both were corrected. However, this caused the process to stretch past the 45-day requirement. While this indicates that the committee reviews and corrects R2T4’s properly, this certainly caused these two to be late. The University will change the committee meetings to every Wednesday, instead of every other Wednesday. This will shorten the time that any changes/mistakes are recognized and corrected. In addition, if a member is unable to meet, the remaining members will still meet and review all withdrawals. The University believes this will prevent R2T4’s missing the appropriate deadlines established by regulation. This process will begin immediately, and will be the responsibility of the Executive Director of Student Financial Services, Tiffany McCann.

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Finding 530238 (2024-008)

Significant Deficiency 2024

Bloomfield School District

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Special Tests & Provisions Reporting § 200.303

FINDING 2024-008 - Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Special Tests and Provisions - Wage Rate Requirements Context: For the one project subject to Davis-Bacon requirements, the School Corporation did not obtain the weekly payroll reports certifications from the company that performed renovati...

FINDING 2024-008 - Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Special Tests and Provisions - Wage Rate Requirements Context: For the one project subject to Davis-Bacon requirements, the School Corporation did not obtain the weekly payroll reports certifications from the company that performed renovations on the School Corporation. Therefore, no review was performed to ensure that pay rates complied with the federal wage rate requirements. Additionally, the School Corporation did not have a contract with the company that included the clauses for the federal wage rate requirements. The amount disbursed and reported on the SEFA during the audit period is $64,720. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Michelle L. Keene Contact Phone Number: (812) 384-4386 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We will ensure any future federal construction projects comply with the Davis-Bacon requirements. Anticipated Completion Date: Next federally funded construction project.

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Finding 530235 (2024-006)

Material Weakness 2024

Bloomfield School District

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness Reporting § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328

FINDING 2024-006 - Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Reporting Context: The School Corporation was required to submit two Annual Data Reports to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) during the audit period to meet federal reporting requirements for ESSER grant awards. We noted that the ...

FINDING 2024-006 - Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Reporting Context: The School Corporation was required to submit two Annual Data Reports to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) during the audit period to meet federal reporting requirements for ESSER grant awards. We noted that the ESSER II, and ESSER III amounts reported for the reports covering the FY22 time period ($99,969 and $251,848, respectively) did not agree to the underlying expenditure records ($105,319 and $369,743, respectively, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022). Additionally, we noted that the ESSER II, and ESSER III amounts reported for the reports covering the FY23 time period ($168,087 and $266,122, respectively) did not agree to the underlying expenditure records ($169,046 and $241,329, respectively, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023). We also noted there was no documented, secondary review of the information in the annual data reports by someone other than the preparer. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Michelle L. Keene Contact Phone Number: (812) 384-4386 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We will ensure all ESSER reports include accurate information that agree to the underlying disbursement records. Anticipated Completion Date: Next report due to IDOE.

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Finding 530232 (2024-005)

Material Weakness 2024

Bloomfield School District

IN

School Nutrition Programs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Eligibility § 200.303

FINDING 2024-005 – Child Nutrition Cluster - Eligibility Context: During sample testing of 60 students for eligibility, we noted 5 instances where there was no documented review by someone other than the individual making the eligibility determination. Additionally, we noted 4 instances where the ...

FINDING 2024-005 – Child Nutrition Cluster - Eligibility Context: During sample testing of 60 students for eligibility, we noted 5 instances where there was no documented review by someone other than the individual making the eligibility determination. Additionally, we noted 4 instances where the School Corporation was unable to provide the application. The issues were isolated to paper applications Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Michelle L. Keene Contact Phone Number: (812) 384-4386 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The treasurer will formally review a sample of applications and the School Corporation will ensure all supporting applications and reviews are maintained. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2025

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Finding 530229 (2024-004)

Material Weakness 2024

Bloomfield School District

IN

School Nutrition Programs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Cash Management § 200.303

FINDING 2024-004 – Child Nutrition Cluster - Reporting Context: We noted that for all sponsor claim reimbursements in a sample of four claims, the sponsor claim reimbursement was prepared without a secondary, documented review before the submission of the claim to ensure the accuracy of the sponsor...

FINDING 2024-004 – Child Nutrition Cluster - Reporting Context: We noted that for all sponsor claim reimbursements in a sample of four claims, the sponsor claim reimbursement was prepared without a secondary, documented review before the submission of the claim to ensure the accuracy of the sponsor claim reimbursement summary. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Michelle L. Keene Contact Phone Number: (812) 384-4386 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The treasurer will formally review and document the review of all reimbursement claims Anticipated Completion Date: March 2025

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Finding 530226 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Bloomfield School District

IN

Questioned Costs School Nutrition Programs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

FINDING 2024-003 - Child Nutrition Cluster - Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Context: During testing we noted the following issues in a sample of forty child nutrition cluster payroll claims: ● 6 of 40 payroll transactions where a timecard was not completed by the ...

FINDING 2024-003 - Child Nutrition Cluster - Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Context: During testing we noted the following issues in a sample of forty child nutrition cluster payroll claims: ● 6 of 40 payroll transactions where a timecard was not completed by the employee to validate their hours worked and the time charged to food service. ● 19 of 40 payroll transactions where the School Corporation was unable to provide supporting documentation for approval of the hourly rate paid to employee. The noncompliance was isolated to the payroll periods through August 4, 2023. The School Corporation corrected the issues starting with the next payroll period. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Michelle L. Keene Contact Phone Number: (812) 384-4386 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: In FY24, the issue was corrected to ensure all employees were only paid for time supported by a time a card and a board approved rate schedule. Anticipated Completion Date: August 19, 2023

View Audit 348324 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 530207 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Northeast Dubois County School Corporation

IN

School Nutrition Programs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Eligibility § 200.303

FINDING 2024-003 Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or...

FINDING 2024-003 Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553, 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): FY2023, FY2024 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Eligibility Audit Finding: Material Weakness Context: During sample testing of 60 students for eligibility, we noted 14 instances where there was no documented review by someone other than the individual making the eligibility determination. The lack of review was isolated to paper applications. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Joyce Hulsman Contact Phone Number: 812-678-2781 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: A procedure has been established to ensure dual validation and paper copies are in compliance. Anticipated Completion Date: Already completed.

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Finding 530204 (2024-003)

Material Weakness 2024

Eastern Greene Schools

IN

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness Reporting § 200.302 § 200.303 § 200.328

Information on the federal program: Subject: Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Education Federal Program: COVID-19 – Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Number: 84.425D, 84.425U Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Num...

Information on the federal program: Subject: Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) – Internal Controls Federal Agency: Department of Education Federal Program: COVID-19 – Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Number: 84.425D, 84.425U Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): S425D200013, S425D210013, S425U210013 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Reporting Audit Finding: Material Weakness Condition: An effective internal control system was not in place at the School Corporation in order to ensure compliance with requirements related to the grant agreement and the Reporting compliance requirements. Context: The School Corporation was required to submit four Annual Data Reports to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) each year during the audit period to meet federal reporting requirements for ESSER grant awards. We noted that the ESSER I, ESSER III and CrossAct amounts reported on the Year 3 report ($3,070, $745,718 and 119 employees respectively) did not agree to the underlying expenditure and employee records ($7,062, $754,729 and 207 employees respectively). Additionally, we noted that the ESSER II, ESSER III and CrossAct amounts reported on the Year 4 report ($452,658, $117,344 and 117 employees respectively) did not agree to the underlying expenditure and employee records ($62,794, $459,556 and 207 employees respectively). Of the eight reports the School Corporation was required to submit during the audit period, auditable evidence of review and approval of these reports was only provided for two. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Management agrees with the finding and has prepared a corrective action plan.The Treasurer will work with the Grants Administrator to ensure that submissions are checked by both positions. Files will be kept with all documentation relating to the grant. A better understanding of the grant will result from regular meetings with the Treasurer and Grants Administrator to ensure accuracy. Both positions will sign off prior to submission. Responsible party and timeline for completion: The Corporation Treasurer will be responsible effective immediately.

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Finding 530161 (2024-013)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Arkansas

AR

Subrecipient Monitoring Eligibility Reporting § 200.303

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: ARS Discussion The Agency acknowledges the lack of adequate internal controls necessary to ensure accurate maintenance of supporting documentation during our migration to our new case management system (CMS). ARS Action Taken The Agency h...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: ARS Discussion The Agency acknowledges the lack of adequate internal controls necessary to ensure accurate maintenance of supporting documentation during our migration to our new case management system (CMS). ARS Action Taken The Agency has taken the below steps to mitigate the lack of internal controls regarding supporting documentation, mainly attachments, located in our CMS in the future. • As the transfer of data to our new CMS platform concludes, that impediment has significantly diminished. The Agency has an appropriate method of control in place to detect any case file errors that may occur because of an incomplete retrieval or an insufficient data element input. In both instances, data analyst personnel from Program, Planning, Development and Evaluation (PPD&E) employ RSA’s edit check process that identifies specific errors prior to submission of the RSA 911 report. Those errors are then methodically corrected in our CMS ensuring the RSA 911 report is error free. • In instances where information is miscoded in the client case file, or is missing, the division’s Quality Assurance (QA) team identifies those errors and employes best practice training methods to ensure the case file complies with federal regulations. • Finally, our new CMS data hosted on an AR DIS platform is regularly backed up on a separate server to ensure that if anything were to happen to the primary CMS, we have a back up of all case data, including supporting documentation, and attachments. This data would be able to be accessed as a backup if data in the CMS was compromised in any way. Anticipated Completion Date: Complete Contact Person: Robert Trevino Associate Commissioner of PPD&E Arkansas Rehabilitation Services 1 Commerce Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 296-1604 Robert.Trevino@Arkansas.gov

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Finding 530160 (2024-012)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Arkansas

AR

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: ARS Discussion The Agency acknowledges the failure to adequately submit the RSA-17 report for the quarter ending June 30, 2024, for the federal fiscal year 2023 grant award. ARS Action Taken The Agency has taken the below steps to mitigat...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: ARS Discussion The Agency acknowledges the failure to adequately submit the RSA-17 report for the quarter ending June 30, 2024, for the federal fiscal year 2023 grant award. ARS Action Taken The Agency has taken the below steps to mitigate oversight of reporting deadlines and lack of internal controls. • ARS fiscal has hired three additional staff members whose purpose will be in-part to collect, interpret, and submit data with regards to RSA17 reports. • A RSA17 policy was submitted RSA in January 2025. This policy speaks to enhanced ARS internal controls for timeliness of collecting data, and oversight to ensure proper preparation and submission of these federal financial reports moving forward. These include multi personnel responsibility checks for collection at minimum one week prior to report submission with Manager and Deputy Commissioner to ensure data collection and submission are on-time. Anticipated Completion Date: Complete Contact Person: April Cooper Deputy Director of Finance Arkansas Department of Commerce 1 Commerce Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 682-4771 April.Cooper@Arkansas.gov

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Finding 530153 (2024-005)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Arkansas

AR

Questioned Costs Cash Management Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.400

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Health and Nutrition Unit (HNU), concur with the finding. The HNU Finance staff implemented procedures for meal claim payment requests whic...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Health and Nutrition Unit (HNU), concur with the finding. The HNU Finance staff implemented procedures for meal claim payment requests which include an initial and final review of all requests to be conducted by two (2) staff. The review process includes, but is not limited to, ensuring expenditures are assigned correct codes related to the appropriate funding source within the appropriate grant year, mitigating the Child Nutrition Program (CNP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsor Administrative expenditure errors going forward. When the request is determined to be compliant, the Associate Director of Finance and Training approves payments before being forwarded to the ADE Finance team for payment. Anticipated Completion Date: March 15, 2025 Contact Person: Sheila Chastain Associate Director Arkansas Department of Education, DESE, Nutrition Services #4 Capitol Mall, Box #12 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9502 Sheila.Chastain@ade.arkansas.gov Pamela Burton Director Arkansas Department of Education, DESE, Nutrition Services #4 Capitol Mall, Box #19 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 320-8978 Pamela.Burton@ade.arkansas.gov

View Audit 348267 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 530152 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency 2024

State of Arkansas

AR

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Health and Nutrition Unit (HNU), concur with the finding. The HNU implemented a new application and payment system that began in 2024. Du...

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Health and Nutrition Unit (HNU), concur with the finding. The HNU implemented a new application and payment system that began in 2024. During implementation and subsequent operations, several issues with data transfers between the old and new system were identified and now corrected. The HNU Application and Finance staff will receive training to ensure that all criteria are met prior to the retroactive payment of claims. Anticipated Completion Date: April 1, 2025 Contact Person: Sheila Chastain Associate Director Arkansas Department of Education, DESE, Nutrition Services #4 Capitol Mall, Box #12 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9502 Sheila.Chastain@ade.arkansas.gov Pamela Burton Director Arkansas Department of Education, DESE, Nutrition Services #4 Capitol Mall, Box #19 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 320-8978 Pamela.Burton@ade.arkansas.gov

View Audit 348267 Questioned Costs: $1

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