Corrective Action Plans

FINDING 2022-007 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kristin Nass Contact Phone Number: 812-752-8935 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: In addition to on-going training and support of the Director of Grants/Programs who oversees Title I, a comprehensive checklist which includes required documentation and actions (including the verified data from non-pub school) is being developed and will be implemented in the spring of 2023. Checklist completion and reviewed data will be signed off by the CFO. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023

FINDING 2022-006 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Casey Brewster Contact Phone Number: 812-752-8935 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS 67 Description of Corrective Action Plan: Additional training related to grant budgets entered into and monitored within the financial software will occur, as will the new practice of having the program directors initiating monthly reimbursement requests informed by the accurate reports from the software (ledger), with documented review by the Treasurer or CFO. Additional training over the reporting requirements is taking place with the Treasurer, CFO and Directors overseeing federal funds provide accurate reporting. Anticipated Completion Date: June 2023

FINDING 2022-005 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Casey Brewster Contact Phone Number: 812-752-8935 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Instead of utilizing journal entries for corrections or adjustments in generic form, corrections to large or for multiple disbursements or receipts should be completed by reversing the action within the financial software and then correctly processing the disbursements or receipts. The on-going training and the related corrective actions which ensure more frequent and more in-depth reviews of reports on a monthly basis will also reduce the need for corrections in general. However, in the event there must be journal entries for corrections, documentation supporting and related to any journal entry will be input into the financial management software, as will any related notes, and any journal entry will have documented approval contained in that software, all completed by separate people ? the Treasurer and CFO. Additional, related training will also be sought to ensure related processes and controls are understood and followed. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023

FINDING 2022-011 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Casey Brewster Contact Phone Number: 812-752-8935 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Additional training related to grant budgets entered into and monitored within the financial software will occur, as will the new practice of having the program directors initiating monthly reimbursement requests informed by the accurate reports from the software (ledger), with documented review by the Treasurer or CFO. Additional training over the reporting requirements is taking place with the Treasurer, CFO and Directors overseeing federal funds provide accurate reporting. Anticipated Completion Date: June 2023

FINDING 2022-010 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Casey Brewster Contact Phone Number: 812-752-8935 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Instead of utilizing journal entries for corrections or adjustments in generic form, corrections to large or for multiple disbursements or receipts should be completed by reversing the action within the financial software and then correctly processing the disbursements or receipts. The on-going training and the related corrective actions which ensure more frequent and more in-depth reviews of reports on a monthly basis will also reduce the need for corrections in general. However, in the event there must be journal entries for corrections, documentation supporting and related to any journal entry will be input into the financial management software, as will any related notes, and any journal entry will have documented approval contained in that software, all completed by separate people ? the Treasurer and CFO. Additional, related training will also be sought to ensure related processes and controls are understood and followed. Anticipated Completion Date: June 2023

Program: Immunization Cooperative Agreements Federal Financial Assistance Listing Number: 93.268 Federal Grantor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Passed-Through: California Department of Public Health Award No. and Year: 17-10336 A02 and 2021 Compliance Requirements: Reporting Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control and Instance of Noncompliance Criteria: 2 CFR Section 200.303(a), Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. 2 CFR Section 200.334, Retention requirements for records, states that financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other non-Federal entity records pertinent to a federal award must be retained for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report, or, for Federal awards that are renewed quarterly or annually, from the date of submission of the quarterly or annual financial report, respectively, as reported to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity in the case of a subrecipient. Condition: During our testing of the HCA?s provisions for reporting requirements, we noted the following instances for two (2) out of two (2) reports: ? The performance reports were not reviewed or approved prior to submission to the State. ? The department did not retain any supporting documents for the performance reports. Cause: The HCA department personnel prepared program required performance reports and submitted to the State without retaining evidence that the reports were reviewed and approved by a separate individual prior to submission. The HCA department did not retain any supporting documents for the performance reports submitted. Effect: The County?s control was not consistently followed, which requires reports to be reviewed and approved by a separate individual prior to submission to the State. Additionally, the HCA department did not adhere to their policies and procedures in place requiring record retention of supporting documentation. Questioned Costs: No questioned costs were identified as a result of our procedures. Context/Sampling: The entire population of two (2) performance reports were selected for report testing for the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program. Repeat Finding from Prior Years: No. Recommendation: We recommend the HCA adhere to their policies and ensure the review and approval of reports are clearly documented prior to the report?s submission and adhere to their policies of record retention of supporting documents for the performance reports submitted to the State. Management Response and Corrective Action: Health Care Agency: 1. Person Responsible: Joshua Jacobs, HCA Public Health Services - Communicable Disease Control Division Director 2. Corrective action plan: HCA Public Health Services Communicable Disease Control Division will ensure retention of proper documentation supporting the performance reports and substantiating the review/approval prior to report submission to the State for the Immunization Cooperative Agreement. 3. Anticipated Implementation date: March 27, 2023

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Gerri Ford Contact Phone Number: 812-937-2400 Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Corporation Treasurer will prepare the annual reports and ensure the amounts agree to the accounting records. The annual reports prepared by the Corporation Treasurer will be provided to the Director of Learning who oversees the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant to review and approve the amounts reported are accurate. After review and approval from the Director of Learning, the annual reports will be submitted by the Corporation Treasurer. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Teresa Stuckey, Director of Elementary Education and Title I Contact Phone Number: 812-462-4228 Views of Responsible Official: The School Corporation will implement effective processes to ensure that the Special Tests and Provisions ? Annual Report Card, High School Graduation Rate data is solicited and maintained for audit purposes. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The School Corporation will work to develop a more defined process that ensures compliance with procedures that were established, but have not always followed, to ensure that the Special Tests and Provisions ? Annual Report Card, High School Graduation Rate compliance requirement is met. Specific employees will be placed in charge of obtaining documentation from students leaving the district and others will be asked to review and approve the documentation. If documentation is not successfully garnered from parents, schools will maintain records indicating the school?s efforts to solicit the correct documentation from parents. Anticipated Completion Date: Immediately.

FINDING 2022-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Teresa Stuckey, Director of Elementary Education and Title I Contact Phone Number: 812-462-4228 Views of Responsible Official: The School Corporation will work with non-public schools to make sure that their enrollment is properly reported. Description of Corrective Action Plan: School Corporation personnel will work with non-public school representatives to secure accurate enrollment information and maintain the proper documentation for audit purposes. Additionally, enrollment data entered on the Title I application portal will be reviewed prior to submission to ensure that data entered agrees with supporting documentation. Anticipated Completion Date: During submission of the 23-24 Title I application.

Finding Number: 2022-002 Condition: The College did not retain underlying support related to the student emergency grants information reported by the College on the annual and quarterly basis. Planned Corrective Action: Support used for reporting will be retained for all future reports moving forward including the fourth quarter 2022 report and the 2022 annual report. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Tom Reynolds, Associate Vice President of Business Services and Deputy Treasurer Lakeland Community College Anticipated Completion Date: As soon as possible moving forward for future quarterly and annual reports starting 12/19/2022

FINDING 2020-002 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Shelly Harrison, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number: 765-492-5102 Views of Responsible Official: We concur to the findings; however, while completing the ESSER Reports, some formatting errors of the provided spreadsheet created some questions by the North Vermillion officials prompting a clarification email to the DOE. Since the formatting errors were not addressed and all completed boxes on the North Vermillion ESSER Report spreadsheet turned green (indicating the correct amounts on the spreadsheet), the North Vermillion officials felt the ESSER report submitted was correct. Description of Corrective Action Plan: To correct the internal control issue, the Superintendent and Corporation Treasurer will work independently as well as collaboratively on the ESSER Reports. Prior to submitting any future report, the corporation officials will document their work by signing off and dating the report prior to submission to the DOE. To rectify the incorrect dollar amount on the Yearly ESSER Report Spreadsheet, the corporation treasurer and superintendent will work collaboratively to correct the amounts on either the ESSER I Year End Report and the ESSER II Year 2 and/or Year End Report. Anticipated Completion Date: Both the Internal Control and ESSER I corrective actions have been corrected, with the ESSER I Final Expenditure Report being completed and signed off on. The ESSER II corrective actions will be completed on the upcoming ESSER III Year End Report when that report is due.

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Jeff Gambill, Superintendent; Jennifer Barcus, Corporation Treasurer. Contact Phone Number: 812-665-3550 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Corporation Treasurer will begin reviewing all annual data reports completed by the Superintendent, prior to submission of the reports, to verify that all expenditures are reported in the correct reporting period. Anticipated Completion Date: Immediate review will begin of all annual data reports.

FINDING 2022-003 (Auditor Assigned Reference Number) Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Monica Kegerreis, Assistant Superintendent Contact Phone Number: 574-831-2188 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: March 24, 2023

FINDING 2022-017 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Tricia Malone Hudson, District Curriculum Specialist Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The school corporation will develop a protocol for ensuring that all documentation and records regarding Federal Grants will be maintained for a period of three years. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools implemented this procedure beginning in September 2022.

FINDING 2022-014 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Tricia Malone Hudson, District Curriculum Specialist Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The school district has established a process for reviewing reimbursements and district expense records to ensure alignment. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools implemented this procedure beginning in January 2023.

FINDING 2022-013 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Tricia Malone Hudson, District Curriculum Specialist Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The district will develop a system for reviewing the Real Time report to ensure accuracy. In addition, the district will maintain a copy of the participating nonpublic school?s summary data related to enrollment and poverty status. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools will implement this procedure by June 2023.

FINDING 2022-010 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Tricia Malone Hudson, District Curriculum Specialist Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The school district will develop a plan for tracking employee pay and timecard alignment. The district will ensure that these documents are available to auditors. All expenditures will have a cover sheet with identifying information, will be attached to the proper invoice(s), signed by 2 parties, and hard copies will be kept on file for audit purposes in folders attached to each grant. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools will implement this procedure by June 2023.

FINDING 2022-007 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Melissa Hinds, Director of Special Education Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: As it relates to cash management for the Special Education Cluster (IDEA), the District?s Treasurer and Special Education Director will review all cash balances quarterly to verify compliance with the grant agreement. As of July 2022, internal controls were put into place to ensure supporting documentation was attached to all reimbursements. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2023

FINDING 2022-004 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robyn Muder, Director of Business Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Supporting documentation for all transfers out of the Food Service account are kept in a labeled folder. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools implemented this procedure in 2022.

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Robyn Muder, Director of Business Contact Phone Number: 812-279-3521 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the audit finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Internal controls were updated in 2022. All supporting documentation is attached to vouchers for more efficient and effective business practices. The financial software was updated in January of 2023 to keep fringe benefit information retained. North Lawrence Community Schools has implemented a new procedure to pay mileage as a vendor payment instead of reimbursement through payroll to keep it separate from employees? gross earnings. North Lawrence Community Schools has implemented new practice to send all salary employees contracts which must be signed and kept in their personnel files. North Lawrence Community Schools has implemented new practices to prevent employees from being off of the board approved hourly pay schedule. North Lawrence Community Schools no longer utilizes paper timesheets. We now use an electronic time clock system. North Lawrence Community Schools is updating direct deposit information for all employees. Anticipated Completion Date: North Lawrence Community Schools implemented this procedure in 2023.

Identifying Number: 2022-02 Finding: HEERF Activities Allowed or Unallowed While testing activities allowed or unallowed in the audit of 2020-2021 award year, we noted that there was a lack of a written plan to provide objective criteria for the distribution of funds until April 2022. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: School now has a documented plan on file for disbursing HEERF funds. Contact Person: Lynn LeMoine Dean of Students ? Nick Anderson Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Completion Date: 4/11/2022

FINDING 2022-008 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Whitney Dixon, Treasurer Contact Phone Number: 574-533-8631 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Vendor claims with supporting documentation will be retained by the business office. Requests for reimbursements including supporting documentation, including financial and programmatic records, will be retained to verify allowable activities or costs. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023

FINDING 2022-009 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Whitney Dixon, Treasurer Contact Phone Number: 574-533-8631 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Documentation to support reporting data will be prepared by the business office. Full-time equivalent positions will be reviewed by the Human Resources department to ensure that the FTE positions reported are accurate. This will be signed by the preparer, Human Resources, and the program administrator. All ledger expenditures will be included in any report requirement. The prepared report and supporting documentation will be reviewed and approved by Assistant Superintendent, Tracey Noe. Anticipated Completion Date: May 2023

FINDING 2022-003 Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Christopher Dixon, Director of Nutrition Contact Phone Number: 574-533-8631 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The School Corporation will document the review/oversight of disbursements from program funds prior to payment. Claims will be prepared and reviewed by Christopher Dixon, Director of Nutrition, or designee, and submitted to the Accounts Payable Specialist for payment. Claims will be initialed or signed demonstrating approval of disbursements. Accounts Payable Specialist enters claims into the financial software and pays claims after approval by the Chief Financial Officer and School Board. Documentation for claims will be kept in the business office. GCS will obtain prior written approval from IDOE and approval documents will be maintained by the Director of Nutrition. Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Barry Younhans, retired from GCS in July 2022. This corrected the finding. To ensure compliance, the payroll distribution report is reviewed and signed by the Treasurer and applicable program administrators prior to the completion of payroll by the payroll specialist. The report is reviewed to verify that employees are paid out of the correct accounting line. This process was implemented in December 2022. Anticipated Completion Date: April 2023 INDIANA STATE

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions Each quarter, Indiana Afterschool Network will develop an estimated allocation of each employee?s personnel expense to each source of funding, including federal funds. The estimated allocation will be based on the employee?s work plan for the upcoming quarter. The estimated allocation will be retained in IAN?s electronic Dropbox files for a period as long as the funding sources? longest document retention requirement. Each pay period, IAN will review the estimated personnel expense allocation to determine whether each employee?s actual time was spent as estimated at the start of the quarter. IAN supervisors will conduct this review for each employee on their team. The supervisors will document the actual grant allocation for each employee on their team, and the documentation will include their approvals. The supervisors will provide these approvals to IAN?s CFO. The CFO will retain the approvals in IAN?s electronic Dropbox files for a period as long as the funding sources? longest document retention requirement. The CEO will be responsible for implementation of this correction. The CFO will oversee the process once implemented. Sincerely, Lakshmi Hasanadka Chief Executive Officer