Student Financial Assistance Cluster– Assistance Listing Number: 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, and 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the college update procedures around disbursements of credit balances and implement controls to ensure credit balances are being returned timely. Explanation of disagreeme...
Student Financial Assistance Cluster– Assistance Listing Number: 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, and 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the college update procedures around disbursements of credit balances and implement controls to ensure credit balances are being returned timely. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the finding. Action taken in response to finding: Prior to FY23, students signed a form acknowledging and authorizing the College to have credit balances held on their account in the event there would be classes added and to purchase books. During FY2023, this procedure was discontinued for an unrelated reason and an unintended consequence was not meeting the 14-day requirement. A new procedure was developed and implemented in January, 2025. The 10 credit balance refunds from the population of 60 were from the period of July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025. The prior year audit was released on November 15, 2025, at which point all credit balances had already been refunded under the prior procedures. There wasn’t an opportunity to correct the situation until the spring semester in 2025. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Jonathan Jett, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Completed