2024-003 Finding: Special Tests - Wage Rate Requirements
Federal Assistance Listing Number 84.425U - COVID-19 - Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III)
Passed-through Colorado Department of Education
Award Number - 4414/4431/9414; Award Year 2021
Summary of Finding: The Dis...
2024-003 Finding: Special Tests - Wage Rate Requirements
Federal Assistance Listing Number 84.425U - COVID-19 - Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III)
Passed-through Colorado Department of Education
Award Number - 4414/4431/9414; Award Year 2021
Summary of Finding: The District did not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that all certified
Payrolls were obtained or reviewed for both the contractor and subcontractor, so laborers and
mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors may not have been paid prevailing wage rates.
Status: Corrective action in progress
Client Planned Action: The District concurs with the recommendations and is currently developing and
implementing internal controls to ensure Compliance. Grants Dept. personnel met with Capital Construction
and Procurement Personnel to discuss the processes and procedures to implement, and internal controls
that would ensure this.
The District’s Grants Department will:
1. Require departments/teams utilizing federally funded grants which involve construction/labor, to
designate two staff members responsible for collection of wage-rate payroll certifications.
2. Conduct a meeting/training that involves all responsible parties, prior to any work being done, to
establish processes/procedures to obtain, track, monitor, and review certified payrolls and compare
them to prevailing wage rates.
Client Responsible Party: Annette Bass, Director of Grants
Completion Date: Review of process began in October 2024. Adjustments and revisions to initial processes
will be made as needed, but will be completed by June 30, 2025.