Corrective Action Plans

Description of Finding: The quarterly reports for purposes of reporting use of HEERF funds for the public reporting of both the Student Aid Portion, and the Institutional Portions did not have documented evidence of review and approval of the Chief Financial Officer prior to the posting to the website, and sending to the Program Director of the HEERF funds. Corrective Action Plan: The quarterly information for both the Student Aid Portion and the Institutional Portion will continued to be reviewed by the Finance Office management team prior to reporting. In addition, it will be required that the information and the quarterly and annual reports will have documented evidence of review and approval by the Chief Financial Officer prior to posting of the reports to the website or submitting to the Program Director of the HEERF funds. The responsible parties are Lori Gordien Case at lgordien@laverne.edu , Xochitl Martinez-Eckel at xmartinez@laverne.edu, and Avo Kechichian at akechichian2@laverne.edu . This was corrected by October 2022.

Education Stabilization Fund Reporting Planned Corrective Action: The University is no longer accepting HEERF Funding. 2021 HEERF (reported 2022) has been revised and will be resubmitted March 2023, during the US Department of Education?s submission window. All future applicable reporting will be completed within the required timeframe(s). All required reports will be put on the University?s website. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Laurel Maguire, Controller Anticipated Date of Completion: March 2023

FINDING 2022-005 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: George ann Ewald, Director of Finance & HR Contact Phone Number: (574) 277-4452 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Assistant Fire Chief will ensure that all required reimbursement requests, quarterly performance reports, and semi-annual SF-425 ?Federal Financial Reports to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)? are completed thoroughly, accurately, and on-time. The Fire Chief will direct the Assistant Fire Chief to complete the reports via the FEMA GO website. Once each of the reports have been submitted, the Assistant Fire Chief will print the completed documents and obtain signatures from each of the following individuals: 1. Prepared By: (NAME), Assistant Fire Chief 2. Submitted By: (NAME), Assistant Fire Chief 3. Reviewed & Approved By: (NAME), Fire Chief Anticipated Completion Date: ? Implementation: June 2023

FINDING 2022-004 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: George ann Ewald, Director of Finance & HR Contact Phone Number: (574) 277-4452 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Director of Finance & HR will expand Fund 8700 to include adding line items for all allowable reimbursement costs associated with each firefighter position covered by the 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) federal grant. The Director of Finance & HR will ensure that all funds used to compensate each covered firefighter position will be paid entirely out of Fund 8700, only. This action will result in a negative value for Fund 8700 until which time the fund is reimbursed the allowable costs under the provisions of the federal grant. The Director of Finance & HR will generate a report for each reimbursement request, which will be limited to include only the payroll dates of the period for which the request is being submitted. The Fire Chief will review and confirm that all associated costs have been withdrawn from Fund 8700. The Fire Chief will then direct the Assistant Fire Chief to complete the reimbursement request via the FEMA GO website. Once the reimbursement request has been submitted, the Assistant Fire Chief will print the completed reimbursement request documents and obtain signatures from each of the following individuals: 1. Prepared By: (NAME), Director of Finance & HR 2. Reviewed & Approved By: (NAME), Fire Chief 3. Submitted By: (NAME), Assistant Fire Chief Anticipated Completion Date: ? Implementation: June 2023

FINDING 2022-004 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Alva Sibbitt, Jr., Superintendent, Melissa Embry, Corporation Treasurer, Brehan Leinenbach, Grant Writer Contact Phone Number: 812-547-2637 Views of the Responsible Official: We concur with the findings. Description of the Corrective Action Plan: All reports will be done by the Corporation Treasurer and/or Grant Writer and checked over by the Superintendent. Anticipated Completion Date: February 2023

Finding 2022-002 ?Internal Control Over Reporting Status: Completed. Planned Corrective Action: Management will retain documentation of review of reports. Person(s) Responsible: John Matson, Acting Executive Director Completion Date: September 26, 2023

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Nicole Wolverton, CFO Contact Phone Number: 219-881-5536 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As it relates to reporting of meal claims, a policy and procedure will be created and implemented to ensure that accurate meal counts are recorded and entered CNP web by Sodexo based off reports from Skyward recording daily meal counts, documentation and entry then reviewed by the GCSC Food Service Manager for accuracy prior to submission of claims and then reviewed by the CFO for completeness. Anticipated Completion Date: Gary Community School Corporation will implement this procedure by September 2023. INDIANA STATE

Finding 2022-03 - Source Documentation (Significant Deficiency) CFDA Title and Number: 20.513 (5310) Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities. Grant Agreement 33573 (City of Reedsport). Name of Federal Agency: Transit Services Program Cluster Internal Control over Compliance: Cash Management CFDA Title and Number: 20.509 (5311) CARES 5311 Operating Assistance. Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program. Grant Agreement 34196. Name of Federal Agency: Transit Services Program Cluster Internal Control over Compliance: Cash Management Criteria: 2 CFR Part 200.302(b)(1) The financial management system of each non-federal entity must provide for the following: Identification, in its accounts, of all Federal awards received and expended and the Federal programs under which they were received. 200.302(b)(2) Accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the financial results of each Federal award or program in accordance with the reporting requirements set forth in 200.328 and 200.329. Condition: The District prepared drawdown calculations according to an internal reconciliation spreadsheet tool outside of the General Ledger rather than utilizing proper General Ledger expenditure and supporting backup information. Cause: General ledger reconciling procedures were not enforced or completed. Effect or Potential Effect: Activities or costs that are allowed or allowable could potentially be overpaid or underpaid. Questioned Cost: No Context: During our testing of expenditures, we found no Federal drawdown reimbursement requests selected for testing that did not reconcile to their corresponding expenditures. Repeat of a Prior-Year Finding: Yes, Findings and Questioned Costs 2021-8 Recommendation: The District should establish policies and procedures to ensure that each drawdown is reconciled with supporting expenditure documents and general ledger postings prior to reimbursement being requested. District's Response: The District had relied on inadequately skilled or trained individuals for recording activity in the general ledger. General ledger activity was not available timely, or in sufficient quality such that the General Manager could rely upon the general ledger to gather information for reporting to grantors. Consequently, the General Manager developed and relied upon their own spreadsheet records for grant reimbursement requests. Corrective Action Plan: The District has hired a Finance Manager to oversee the day-to-day financial operations of the District. The Finance Manager has made improvements in the general ledger recording and reporting for federal award requirements, but had not yet been able to eliminate the reliance upon the General Manager?s spreadsheet tool for grant management. The Finance Manager will continue to develop the general ledger procedures such that all necessary federal and state grant reporting requirements will be met within the general ledger. This will allow the activities of the district to be recorded and managed on a timely basis. Planned Implementation Date: July 1, 2022 Responsible Person: General Manager, Umpqua Public Transit District

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Supporting Data will be retrieved and documented for FY 2021. Furthermore, all future reports will require detail list of all numbers associated with the report will be filed or stored for future possible inquiries from official or responsible parties

HEERF Reporting Requirements (Student Portion) Planned Corrective Action: The College is in process of completing the student grant reports for December 2021, March 2022 and June 2022. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Kayleigh Reyes, Staff Accountant Anticipated Date of Completion: 7/31/2023

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Jason R. Watson, Assistant Superintendent Contact Phone Number: O?ce 812-866-6244 Cell: 812-599-0627 Contact Email: jwatson@swjcs.us Views of Responsible O?cial: We concur with this audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Action taken in an e?ort to remedy finding 2022-003 includes, but is not limited to, the following: ? Beginning December 27, 2022, an e?ective internal control system was implemented related to grant agreement and the reporting compliance requirements. ? The Assistant Superintendent prepares and formats the data for required reporting. ? The prepared and formatted data, and supporting documentation is shared via a DocuSign Envelope to be reviewed for accuracy. ? The DocuSign Envelope is routed to the Treasurer for the initial review. His/her eSignature indicates its completion. ? It is then routed to the Deputy Treasurer for a second review. His/her eSignature indicates its completion. ? The DocuSign envelope is then routed back to the Assistant Superintendent for submission, barring any required corrections. ? In the event that corrections to the report are required, the Assistant Superintendent?s eSignature in the appropriate location indicates that corrections are needed prior to submission. ? A second DocuSign Envelope, with the needed corrections, is then generated and proceeds through the process again. ? When the report is o?cially submitted, the Assistant Superintendent indicates its completion by eSignature in the appropriate location. ? The Superintendent monitors the internal controls by confirming that both the Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer have completed their review and indicates as such via eSignatures. ? The Chief Financial O?cer receives a carbon copy of the completed DocuSign Envelope. Anticipated Completion Date: December?27,?2022?

FINDING 2022-009 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kasey Clark Contact Phone Number: 574-772-1604 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the findings Description of Corrective Action Plan: Internal controls will be in place for ESSER funds so that Treasurer and Superintendent or Title I specialist will sign off on annual reports to ensure accuracy of ESSER dollars spent. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2023

FINDING 2022-006 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kasey Clark Contact Phone Number: 574-772-1604 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the findings Description of Corrective Action Plan: We will take the set aside amount and make a specific line in the financial software and report the amount that is needed as needed to be reported. The Treasurer will prepare the final expenditure report and the Title I Specialist will review the report to ensure the set asides are accurately reported. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2023

FINDING 2022-006 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Schauna Relue Contact Phone Number: 260-665-2854 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The ESSER reports requested by IDOE will follow the same procedures of all FER reports. The ?data collection? for the ESSER grants was not identified as a financial report, and thus did not follow these processes. Now that we know this is a financial report, the steps below will be followed. The grant was initially not set up correctly and expenses were expended to and then transferred to the correct accounts once the grants were set up correctly. These changes were in flux when the report was requested, so what was reported at the time of the report is no longer what is reflected in grants? ledgers. The corrective action will require that the program director gathers the initial data, the data will be reviewed by the administrative assistant to the grants? director, and then reviewed by the Treasurer. All three employees will sign/initial a printed copy of the report before it is submitted. Data regarding students served by programs and staff reports will be reviewed by the program director and the data specialist and signed off on by both parties to ensure accuracy. Anticipated Completion Date: Effective Immediately; Completion will occur when the next report is requested.

Condition: For the annual report covering January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, a number of the HEERF section (a)(1) and (a)(3) amounts reported as institutional portion spending were incorrect based on supporting documentation provided by the University. In addition, for the fourth quarter 2021 (quarter ending December 31, 2021) and the first quarter 2022 (quarter ending March 31, 2022) institutional portion reports, the University reported the full amount of section (a)(1) student portion of HEERF awarded to the University on the section (a)(3) line, when the amount on the section (a)(3) line should have been the total Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) funding awarded to the University. Also, for the quarterly student portion reports, the University reported the incorrect number of students who were eligible to receive a CRRSAA emergency financial aid grant during the fall of 2021. Corrective Action: We have updated our procedure for preparing and reviewing the required reports, and we have established a team from the finance department to discuss issues that arise. The team will handle the identified discrepancies through their resolution. The team will meet at least monthly, and as requested by the Senior Accountant of Grants or the Director of Finance and Accounting (DFA). The team is receiving training on procedures, guidelines, and terminology to ensure accuracy on completed reports to ensure compliance. The updated procedure is that the Senior Accountant of Grants will prepare the quarterly and annual reports based on data provided in the accounting system and from the Office of Financial Aid and assure that the reported data ties to the University?s records. The completed reports will be reviewed by the Director of Finance and Accounting. When needed, the finance team will meet to handle apparent discrepancies. Approved reports will be returned by the DFA to the Senior Accountant who will then post the reports for public viewing and submit a copy to the funder. Person Responsible For Corrective Action: Cedric Lewis, Director of Finance & Accounting Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

Higher Education Stabilization Fund Reporting Planned Corrective Action: We uploaded the quarterly report for the use of the ARP student portion on the institution?s website late in August 2022. Now that both the student portion and the institution portion are required to be reported on one quarterly report provided by the Department, we will make sure the report is filed on time and concurrently post it on the institution?s website. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Diane Ahn, VP for Finance and CFO Anticipated Date of Completion: Completed

FINDING 2022-002 (Auditor Assigned Reference Number) Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Micah Williams Contact Phone Number: 765-832-2426 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Director of Finance and Facilities and Payroll Personnel Director will work together to confirm the information to be submitted in regards to the ESSER/GEER Funds. Both will sign off on the information. The information will then be reviewed by the Director of Curriculum and Superintendent to ensure that the reporting is accurate. Additionally, one of those individuals will sign off on the reporting. Anticipated Completion Date: Implemented Immediately

2022-004: Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 84.425F, 84.425M Recommendation: We recommend the University review its policies and procedures for the filing of the HEERF to ensure that there is sufficient time in the process to meet the due date in accordance with the stated criteria. The evidence of submission should include the original supporting documentation for the information published. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The University has scheduled data gathering and reconciling processes to ensure timely 2023 filing. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Michael Moos Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 06/30/2023

Finding No. 2022-002 Corrective Action Plan University Response: The University concurs with the finding concerning quarterly reporting of HEERF funds. Corrective Action: Rockhurst will conduct an additional review of the released guidance and reporting requirements to ensure compliance of any published, missing or future reports. In accordance with HEERF guidance, any reports with expenses that were incorrectly reported will be revised and publicly published, if applicable. Responsible Official: Kris Pace, Controller Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

Compliance requirement ? Reporting Institutional Comments on Findings and Recommendations: 1. The institution does not concur with the auditor finding because the institution strictly followed and used the recommended HEERF methodology and reporting guidelines to prepare the quarterly and annual reports. Since the institution used the reimbursement method, the drawdown were the actual expenditures/costs incurred and requested for reimbursement. The HEERF reporting requirement does not make any indication nor reference to GAAP. The Institutional aid portion expenditures were supported by the proper invoice or check. The evidence was available to the auditors. 2. The institution concurs with the auditor finding. The institution inadvertently, did not include a line item from one of the quarterly reports. The period to make corrections was closed and we sent an e-mail to the department to amend this annual report. 3. The institution concurs with the auditor finding. The annual report contains detail statistical information that not necessarily is supported by our institutions data base and programs. As the ED expressed, this information was unique and challenging, and accordingly, the institution made some reasonable estimates and derivatives in the information provided. As you may notice in the referenced table by the auditor, the differences were minimal. 4. a. The institution concurs with the auditor finding on the difference in Item #5 of the quarterly report. The institution will accordingly amend the report. b. The institution does not concur with the auditor finding on the timely and accurate reporting in publicly posting the quarterly Student Aid Portion. The four quarterly reports were timely submitted with an e-mail to the HEERF reporting staff and timely posted in the institution web page as required by the HEERF reporting instructions. The reports were further reviewed by an officer of the Department of Education (ED). The ED expressed that this information may be unique and challenging to an audit, and indicated that for these public reporting requirements, the auditors may accept as evidence of compliance, contemporarily produced e-mails, webmaster logs, or other relevant documentation establishing good-faith indication that the institution posted the required information at approximately the timelines established by the public reporting requirements. Copy of the e-mails were available to the auditors as evidence of compliance. ED understands that this information may be unique and challenging to audit, particularly because auditors are asked to verify information posted on a webpage which may not be accessible during audit fieldwork. For these public reporting requirements, auditors may accept as evidence of compliance, contemporarily produced emails, webmaster logs, or other relevant documentation establishing a good-faith indication that the institution posted the required information at approximately the timelines established by the public reporting requirements (HEERF Grant Program Auditing Requirements, General Requirements and Information - All HEERF Grantees). 5. The institution does not concur with the auditor finding because the referenced payment was made in accordance with the Institution's fund distribution and the student financial needs, among other factors, at the time of the evaluation and distribution of the funds. The student financial circumstances may have change after the distribution and payments of the financial aid. Additionally, this is an immaterial amount as compare to the total amount of the funds distributed ant the quantity of students served (1 out of 460). Actions Taken or Planned: The institution understands that no further is needed or required.

FINDING 2022-004 (Auditor Assigned Reference Number) Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Greg Hunt Contact Phone Number: (219) 362-7056 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: LaPorte Community School Corporation will review the Education Stabilization Fund schedule of disbursements more closely prior to submission. Anticipated Completion Date: May 15, 2023

Corrective Action Purchased orders will be prepared with the correct accounting code to reflect expenditures in the right budget line items. Person(s) Responsible Shontell McQueen, Finance Coordinator; Leslie Baynes,Chief Finance Office; Bima Baje, School Business Administrator Planned Completion Date As of July 2022, corrective action has been implemented.

All federal Project and Expenditure reports were filed timely and all actual expenditures were also reported correctly according to the report overview page. This finding deals with the body of the report which incorrectly listed the Justice Center Project twice, with the obligation amount of $880,00 listed for the project. This duplicated project has been removed from future reports. The finding noted for $175,741, once again has all the correct totals in project overview report, which should be the summation of the report. We have been rehiring staff with American Rescue Plan funds since 2021, and this has been an ongoing project. Once again, the report overview page lists the correct expenditures, however the body of the report has the project listed twice. This duplicated project has been removed from future reports. The reporting software gives a total of expenditures before you hit submit on each report, this total has always displayed the correct cumulative expenditure total. If projects were entered twice, the total expenditures should of been over by these dollar amounts, and they were not.

The finance office will ensure proper education and administration of HEERF grant requirements. Cross training and education will occur with the College?s administration and business office to ensure regulatory standards and requirements are met. Future grant requirements will be noted on planning calendars, discussed at monthly meetings, and reviewed for assignment and compliance. Cross coverage will be planned with the financial aid office and senior accountant as needed for reporting deadlines.