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Management will review its process for requesting reimbursements and reconciling same to the ledger.
Management will review its process for requesting reimbursements and reconciling same to the ledger.
View Audit 298327 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 385601 (2023-002)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Program: AL 21.027 - COVID-19 - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds - Suspension and Debarment Corrective Action Planned: The County has implemented a process to ensure when a contractor is paid with federal funds that the vendor will be looked up on sam.gov to verify the entity has ...
Program: AL 21.027 - COVID-19 - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds - Suspension and Debarment Corrective Action Planned: The County has implemented a process to ensure when a contractor is paid with federal funds that the vendor will be looked up on sam.gov to verify the entity has not been suspended or debarred, upon which time a printout will be printed and put with the claim that is being paid as well as attaching the verification to the ARPA binder that has a copy of all claims paid with the ARPA funds. Anticipated Completion Date: Completed 3/13/2024. Responsible Party: Butler County Board of Supervisors: Anthony Whitmore, Scott Steager, Tony Krafka, Scot Bauer, Robert Coufal, Jan Sypal, and Ryan Svoboda.
Material Weakness: Significant deficiency in internal control over compliance. Corrective Action Plan: Due to difficulty in hiring and engaging a fulltime Chief Financial Officer, Management has made the decision to outsource our finance department and has engaged the services of Withum, a premier a...
Material Weakness: Significant deficiency in internal control over compliance. Corrective Action Plan: Due to difficulty in hiring and engaging a fulltime Chief Financial Officer, Management has made the decision to outsource our finance department and has engaged the services of Withum, a premier accounting services firm. Management has implemented new accounting software with more robust cost allocation tools and internal controls. Management has also implemented cost allocation methodologies and grant management rules into the workflow and new process definitions associated with implementing new software. Grant reporting rules and cost allocations will be built into the accounting software. A quarterly review of grant expenditures and cash flow management will be conducted by the Board of Trustees Finance committee quarterly. Anticipated Completion Date: The engagement with Withum was entered into in May 2023. The financial systems update went live on February 1, 2024. Quarterly review of grant expenditures and cash flow management will be ongoing April – June 2024.
Finding 385593 (2023-010)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-010 Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425 Recommendation: We recommend that the College review its procurement and suspension and debarment policy to ensure a process is in place to follow its policy. Documentation should be retained to support that t...
2023-010 Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425 Recommendation: We recommend that the College review its procurement and suspension and debarment policy to ensure a process is in place to follow its policy. Documentation should be retained to support that the policy was followed. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will review our procurement and suspension and debarment policy to ensure a process is in place to follow its policy. Documentation will be retained to support that the policy was followed. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Robyn Hansen Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024
Finding 385592 (2023-009)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-009 Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425 Recommendation: We recommend the College establish a review process to ensure accurate submission. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken ...
2023-009 Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) – Assistance Listing No. 84.425 Recommendation: We recommend the College establish a review process to ensure accurate submission. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will ensure that review procedures are in place to ensure accurate submission. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Robyn Hansen Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024
Finding 385535 (2023-008)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-008 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: The College should ensure all necessary employees receive proper training, support, and time to follow the College's policies and federal requirements related to monthly reconciliations. Explanation of disagreemen...
2023-008 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: The College should ensure all necessary employees receive proper training, support, and time to follow the College's policies and federal requirements related to monthly reconciliations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will ensure that procedures are in place and financial aid staff are trained in requirements related to monthly reconciliations. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024
Finding 385534 (2023-007)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-007 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review the R2T4 requirements and implement procedures to ensure the R2T4 calculations are using the correct number of break days and are accurately completed. Explanation of disagreement w...
2023-007 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review the R2T4 requirements and implement procedures to ensure the R2T4 calculations are using the correct number of break days and are accurately completed. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will review the R2T4 requirements and will implement procedures to ensure R2T4 calculations are completed accurately. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 2024
View Audit 298311 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 385533 (2023-006)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-006 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College evaluate its procedures and policies around reporting Direct Loan disbursements to COD to ensure that student information is reported accurately and timely. Explanation of disagreement wit...
2023-006 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College evaluate its procedures and policies around reporting Direct Loan disbursements to COD to ensure that student information is reported accurately and timely. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will review procedures and starting immediately, all disbursements reported to COD will be reported within the appropriate timeframe. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024
Finding 385532 (2023-005)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-005 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its policies and procedures around sending exit counseling information to students to ensure students are receiving proper counseling. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding...
2023-005 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its policies and procedures around sending exit counseling information to students to ensure students are receiving proper counseling. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: An automatic email notification will be set up in Anthology, Clarkson College’s new student information system, so that students receive a notification to their student email of their exit counseling information. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: May 2024
Finding 385531 (2023-004)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-004 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review and strengthen its procedures for notifying students of their Direct Loan disbursements within the required time frame and that documentation of the letters sent is maintained. Expl...
2023-004 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review and strengthen its procedures for notifying students of their Direct Loan disbursements within the required time frame and that documentation of the letters sent is maintained. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: An automatic email notification has been set up in Anthology, Clarkson College’s new student information system, so that students receive a notification to their student email of their loan disbursements. Documentation is maintained in Anthology. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024
Finding 385530 (2023-003)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-003 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend that a process be implemented to ensure the proper cost of attendance is used so that amounts awarded do not exceed calculated financial need. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is...
2023-003 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend that a process be implemented to ensure the proper cost of attendance is used so that amounts awarded do not exceed calculated financial need. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: There is going to be training with current financial aid staff to make sure we are using the correct cost of attendance budget and that we package students correctly based on their grade level. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 2024
Finding 385529 (2023-002)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-002 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its procedures to ensure controls are in place to ensure to catch any inconsistencies that occur during the year. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagre...
2023-002 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its procedures to ensure controls are in place to ensure to catch any inconsistencies that occur during the year. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Clarkson College will review, revise and implement procedures for cost of attendance, awarding of financial aid offers, and R2T4, in addition to the review of the process of all monthly reconciliations related to Pell, Direct Loan, SEOG and FWS along with G5 drawdowns annotated and reconciled with the Finance Department. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: July 2024
Finding 385528 (2023-001)
Significant Deficiency 2023
2023-001 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations and they review who aid is given to, ensuring only those in tit...
2023-001 Student Financial Assistance – Assistance Listing No. Various Recommendation: We recommend the College review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations and they review who aid is given to, ensuring only those in title IV eligible programs are receiving aid. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Registrar Office reports enrollment statuses to the National Student Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) and then the Clearinghouse reports enrollment statuses to NSLDS. Clarkson College Financial Aid will resume a procedure put in place in July 2022, according to the 2022 Corrective Action Plan, prior to the new Financial Aid staff that started in June 2023. The procedure is for one Financial Aid staff person to work with the Registrar each time enrollment is reported and that all errors are cleared in the allowed timeframe. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Andrea Padilla-Rosas Planned completion date for corrective action plan: April 2024
Finding 385524 (2023-001)
Significant Deficiency 2023
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN February 28, 2024 To: U.S. Department of Treasury Clayton County respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2023. Name and address of independent public accounting firm: Hacker, Nelson & Co., CPAs 123 W. Water Street Decorah,...
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN February 28, 2024 To: U.S. Department of Treasury Clayton County respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2023. Name and address of independent public accounting firm: Hacker, Nelson & Co., CPAs 123 W. Water Street Decorah, IA 52101 Audit period: Year ended June 30, 2023 The finding from the June 30, 2023 schedule of findings and questioned costs is discussed below. The finding is numbered consistently with the number assigned in the schedule. FINDING - FEDERAL AWARDS PROGRAM AUDIT U.S. Department of Treasury: • Federal Assistance Listing Number 21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Internal control deficiencies: See Finding 2023-001 Recommendation: The County should review the operating procedures of the County offices to obtain the maximum internal control possible under the circumstances utilizing currently available staff, including elected officials. While we do recognize that the County is not large enough to permit a segregation of duties for effective internal controls, we believe it is important the Board be aware that this condition does exist. Action Taken: Management is cognizant of this limitation and will implement additional procedures where possible. Anticipated Date of Completion: June 30, 2024. Page 2 If the U.S. Department of Treasury has questions regarding this plan, please call Jennifer Garms, County Auditor, at 563-245-1106. Sincerely yours, Jennifer Garms, County Auditor Clayton County cc: Amanda Webb, CPA
The Municipality is in the process of changing to a new accounting system that allows Section 8 Program transactions to be recorded and thus maintain a complete and reliable accounting record.
The Municipality is in the process of changing to a new accounting system that allows Section 8 Program transactions to be recorded and thus maintain a complete and reliable accounting record.
FINDING 2023-010 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Reporting Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls, which would include appropriate segregation of duties, that would likely be effective in preventin...
FINDING 2023-010 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Reporting Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls, which would include appropriate segregation of duties, that would likely be effective in preventing, or detecting and correcting, noncompliance. The School Corporation was required to submit annual data reports to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) via JotForm, a form/report builder. Data to be submitted included, but was not limited to, current period expenditures, prior period expenditures, and expenditures per activity. Additionally, the ESSER I, Year 2, ESSER I, Year 3, ESSER II, Year 1, ESSER III, Year 1, and ESSER III, Year 2 reports were not supported by the School Corporation's records. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Todd Balmer, Assistant Superintendent/CFO and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 tbalmer@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We are currently meeting with a Grants Management Consultant that will be working with us on how to properly complete the ESSER reports to ensure submission moving forward is accurate. Prior to submission, the grants person will review to ensure the report is complete and the information is correct. We will also send the reports to the consultant for review. Anticipated Completion Date: April 2024
FINDING 2023-009 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Cash Management Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal control, which would include appropriate segregation of duties, that would likely be effective in prev...
FINDING 2023-009 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Cash Management Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal control, which would include appropriate segregation of duties, that would likely be effective in preventing, or detecting and correcting noncompliance related to the Cash Management compliance requirement. Reimbursement requests for the programs were prepared by an employee and reviewed by another employee. While the School Corporation did have a process in place to review and approve reimbursement requests, not all reimbursement requests were traceable to the fund ledger and no audit evidence was provided to indicate the reviewer verified disbursements to the School Corporation records. Three of five reimbursement requests filed during the audit period were not traceable to the Schools Corporation’s fund ledger. Due to the lack of supporting documentation it was not possible to determine if grant payments were reimbursements of expenditures or advance payment of grant funds. The lack of internal controls and noncompliance were systemic issues throughout the audit period. The noncompliance was isolated to three of the five reimbursement requests filed during the audit period. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Todd Balmer, Assistant Superintendent/CFO and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 tbalmer@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The same process will be in place to review and approve grant reimbursements. The Deputy Treasurer will verify with the person preparing the reimbursement that the proper accounting information is on the receipt and that it is then receipted into the correct account in the FMS System and sign off. The Corporation Treasurer will review all receipts and be the second signature. Each month the accounts will be checked for accuracy by the grants person and the Corporation Treasurer will again be the second check for accuracy. The grant person will verify that the reimbursements of expenditures or advance payments are clearly marked and accounted for in the FMS System and sign off. The Corporation Treasurer will be the second signature. When reimbursements are prepared, these entries will also be reviewed. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
FINDING 2023-008 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Activities Allowed and Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal control, which would include appropriate segregation...
FINDING 2023-008 Finding Subject: COVID -19 - Education Stabilization Fund – Activities Allowed and Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Summary of Finding: The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal control, which would include appropriate segregation of duties, that would likely be effective in preventing, or detecting and correcting noncompliance related to the Allowable Activities and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles compliance requirements. Reimbursement requests for the programs were prepared by an employee and reviewed by another employee to ensure all costs are correct and allowable before giving their approval. While the School Corporation did have a process in place to review and approve reimbursement requests, not all reimbursement requests were traceable to the Schools Corporation’s fund ledger and no audit evidence was provided to indicate the reviewer verified disbursements to the School Corporation records. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The same process will be in place to review and approve grant reimbursements. The Deputy Treasurer will verify with the person preparing the reimbursement that the proper accounting information is on the receipt and that it is then receipted into the correct account in the FMS System and sign off. The Corporation Treasurer will review all receipts and be the second signature. Each month the accounts will be checked for accuracy by the grants person and the Corporation Treasurer will again be the second check for accuracy. The grant person will be checking for Allowable Activities and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles and verifying that they meet compliance. During the reimbursement process the grants person will also make sure all sections of the grant have been properly expended. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
FINDING 2023-007 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles, Earmarking, Period of Performance Summary of Finding: Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles The School Corporation did not have adequat...
FINDING 2023-007 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles, Earmarking, Period of Performance Summary of Finding: Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles The School Corporation did not have adequate procedures in place to ensure that only employees performing duties for the Special Education Program were being paid out of the grant funds. The Corporation Treasurer was reviewing a total amount paid from each fund account; however, a detailed payroll report was not being reviewed that would have identified the employees being paid from the grant fund. Earmarking The School Corporation did not have internal controls in place to ensure that they were in compliance with the earmarking requirements. The Special Education Director and Corporation Treasurer compiled and reviewed the proportionate share reports that get sent to Indiana Department of Education to track non-public school expenses, however, that control was not able to be verified as the reports were not retained. Period of Performance The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls to ensure transactions made from Special Education funds occurred within the appropriate period of performance. Claims for the Special Education programs were paid without an appropriate level of review or oversight to ensure the expenditures charged to each grant were within the allowed time frame. Although the reimbursement requests submitted to the Indiana Department of Education were prepared by the Corporation Treasurer and approved by the Special Education Director, the School was unable to provide tangible audit evidence of this review and approval process, which may have included a review of the costs included on each request to verify they were within the correct period of performance. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ashley Compton, Director of Special Education and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 alcompton@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Special Education Director and the Corporation Treasurer have a standing meeting once per month to review expenditures and receipts to prepare a reimbursement. At that time, the period of performance is also checked for accuracy. During this meeting they will also review payroll (salary and benefits) to identify employees who are included in the grant. All reimbursements and proportionate share documents are reviewed, signed and filed in an individual grant binder, housed in the special education office. Special education director will code initial expenditures to grant appropriation lines and submit to payroll and corporation treasurer. Payroll then confirms that the expenditure can be taken from that line in the working grant document for the corresponding grant. Oversight and review of grant allocations and approved totals with grant budgets are reviewed monthly at the time reimbursements are completed. Anticipated Completion Date: April 2024
FINDING 2023-006 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative). During fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation was responsible for ensuring and providing oversight...
FINDING 2023-006 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Procurement Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative). During fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation was responsible for ensuring and providing oversight of the Cooperative. However, there was inadequate oversight performed by the School Corporation to ensure compliance with the Procurement compliance requirement. Two vendors exceeded the small purchase threshold during the audit period and both vendors were selected for testing. For both vendors only the quote that was utilized was retained and no other audit evidence could be provided to show that additional quotes as required were obtained. Documentation detailing the history of procurement, which must include the reason for the procurement method used, selection of the vendor, and the basis for the price, was not retained for audit for either purchase. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ashley Compton, Director of Special Education and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 alcompton@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We do not concur with the finding. Explanation and Reasons for Disagreement: The two instances cited in this finding were the results of a purchase made through the cooperative purchasing agency. Silver Creek chose this vendor that IAESC manages. IAESC serves as a governmental body in which SCSC is allowed to enter into an agreement to form a cooperative purchasing organization per IC 5-22-4-7. We can provide evidence that the cooperative purchasing agency has properly conducted an RFP for these two purchases. After reviewing the purchases for CDW Government and School Outfitters, SCSC does not recognize these as small purchases since these items were listed separately on the voucher and did not cross the threshold of $10,000.00.
FINDING 2023-005 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Period of Performance Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a ...
FINDING 2023-005 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) – Period of Performance Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls to ensure transactions made from Special Education funds occurred within the appropriate period of performance. Claims for the Special Education programs were paid without an appropriate level of review or oversight to ensure the expenditures charged to each grant were within the allowed time frame. Although the reimbursement requests submitted to the Indiana Department of Education were prepared by the Corporation Treasurer and approved by the Special Education Director, the School was unable to provide tangible audit evidence of this review and approval process, which may have included a review of the costs included on each request to verify they were within the correct period of performance. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ashley Compton, Director of Special Education and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 alcompton@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Silver Creek School Corporation is no longer part of the Special Education Cooperative. The Special Education Director and the Corporation Treasurer have a standing meeting once per month to review expenditures and receipts to prepare a reimbursement. At that time, the period of performance is also checked for accuracy. The Special education director will code initial expenditures to grant appropriation lines and submit to accounts payable specialist. Accounts payable specialist then confirms that the expenditure can be taken from that line in the working grant document for the corresponding grant. Oversight and review of grant allocations and approved totals with grant budgets are reviewed monthly at the time reimbursements are completed. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
FINDING 2023-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Summary of Findings: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The Cooperative did no...
FINDING 2023-004 Finding Subject: Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Activities Allowed or Unallowed, Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Summary of Findings: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The Cooperative did not have internal controls in place over payroll transactions to ensure expenditures were allowable and in conformance with the cost principles. The Treasurer reviewed a report which showed the total amount paid from each fund and account; however, a detailed payroll report was not reviewed which would have identified the employee being paid from the grant fund. For vendor disbursements, although the Deputy Treasurer matched the invoice to the purchase order and provided it to the Corporation Treasurer for review and signature of the accounts payable voucher prior to payment, the control was not effective and did not detect or allow correction of errors. In the initial sample of 6 vendor disbursements, one claim was unable to be provided. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ashley Compton, Director of Special Education, Tamara Swarens, Director of Elementary Curriculum and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 alcompton@scsc.school tswarens@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Silver Creek School Corporation does not operate under the Special Education Coop any longer. The AP Specialist makes sure that there is an appropriate claim for each payment we make, there are two signatures on each claim and the claims are approved by the Treasurer. Check processing is completed by the Deputy Treasurer as the third check. The AP Specialist now scans each invoice to the FMS accounting system to ensure that we have all back up for the claims. With the new Directors of Curriculum and Special Education, we only reimburse for positions that are charged to the federal grant that have gone through a multi-step process to ensure that they get coded to the right place. The process is also reviewed at the time a request for reimbursement is made. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
FINDING 2023-003 Finding Subject:􀀃Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation did not have internal controls in place to ensure that...
FINDING 2023-003 Finding Subject:􀀃Special Education Cluster (IDEA) - Earmarking Summary of Finding: The School Corporation was a member of the Clark County Joint Services Program (Cooperative) during fiscal year 2021-2022. The School Corporation did not have internal controls in place to ensure that the Cooperative complied with the earmarking requirements. The Non-Public Proportionate Share expenditures for all grant awards were not expended as required by IDOE for the individual member schools. The Cooperative categorized each expenditure by location and the total amount did not meet or exceed the required proportionate share as outlined on the award letter. The Cooperative was required to spend a total of $59,633 for 20611-158-PN01 and $35,470 for 20619-158- PN01. $32,798 was identified as being spent for 20611-158-PN01, which was less than the required proportionate share. The Cooperative was unable to provide documentation to identify the expenditures spent for 20619-158-PN01. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Ashley Compton, Director of Special Education and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 alcompton@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Silver Creek School Corporation does not operate under the Special Education Coop any longer. The Special Education Director has a beginning of the year consultation with the private school principal to discuss and finalize the proportionate share budget. The Corporation Treasurer and Special Education Director will review and co-complete the semi-annual prop share workbook to ensure that private school funding is expended in a timely manner. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
FINDING 2023-002 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Eligibility, Special Tests and Provisions - Verification of Free and Reduced Price Applications (NSLP) Summary of Finding: Eligibility The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls, which woul...
FINDING 2023-002 Finding Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Eligibility, Special Tests and Provisions - Verification of Free and Reduced Price Applications (NSLP) Summary of Finding: Eligibility The School Corporation had not properly designed or implemented a system of internal controls, which would include segregation of duties, that would prevent or detect and correct noncompliance relating to the eligibility determination of a child receiving meals. There was no oversight or review to ensure the eligibility determination was correct. Special Tests and Provisions - Verification of Free and Reduced Price Applications (NSLP) The Account Specialist performed the verification of free and reduced price applications. There was no documentation that an oversight, review, or approval process, or other compensating control, had been established to ensure the proper number of applications were verified for accuracy. Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Josh Sinclair, Food Service Director and Allison Vanover, Corporation Treasurer. Contact Phone Number and Email Address: 812-246-3375 jsinclair@scsc.school avanover@scsc.school Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: We will use the proposed USDA form that has two signatures required. Mr. Sinclair will ensure that all signatures are collected for proof of verification. Mr. Sinclair and Ms. Susan Westfall will be a second check on the eligibility determination. One will do paper applications and the other will do online applications. Then, they will check each other for accuracy. Anticipated Completion Date: March 2024
In response to Finding 2023-001 Prgram Income: Internal Control Identified is the fisal year2023 audit, the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Medical Practice Association has modified program income procedures to include a review and posting by the Senior Accountant in the financial cl...
In response to Finding 2023-001 Prgram Income: Internal Control Identified is the fisal year2023 audit, the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Medical Practice Association has modified program income procedures to include a review and posting by the Senior Accountant in the financial close process. Patient payments received less refunds are allocated. The patient payments less refunds amount is an export of the speciality services facility group from the electronic medical record system, eClinicalworks as generated from a Ryan White procvider's clean claim submission. The patients included in the monthly allocation are vetted by Ryan White grant staff during the claim process. Sheila Norris, Director of Finance, will serve as the contact person for this corrective action plan. We hope these charges will sufficiently address Finding 2023-001 Program Income: Internal Control
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