Finding 1079642 (2024-005)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
F
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2024-10-21

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District's ESSER 3 capital outlay log did not match the general ledger, leading to inaccuracies.
  • Impacted Requirements: Items over the $5,000 capitalization threshold were not included, and discrepancies were found in reported amounts.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The finance department should train grant coordinators to ensure proper logging and reconciliation of capital outlay items.

Finding Text

Equipment/Real Property Management. The District's capital outlay log for the ESSER 3 grant did not reconcile back to the capital outlay 500 objects noted in the general ledger. No questioned costs. The District failed to include in its capital outlay log for ESSER 3 an item expensed in a 500 object that was over its capitalization threshhold of $5,000. Further, the dollar amount for another capital outlay expense included in the log did not match what was in the general ledger and reported to the Illinois State Board of Education. The capital outlay log for ESSER 3 was not completed correctly. The District inadvertently did not have its capital outlay log for ESSER 3 reconciled back to the general ledger. The District should follow its capitalization policy and further reconcile the capital outlay log for the ESSER 3 grant back to supporting documentation in the capital outlay 500 objects in the general ledger. The District finance department will work with grant coordinators through training and reconciling of capital outlay objects to ensure all items over the District threshold are logged and reported accurately.

Categories

Equipment & Real Property Management

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 503194 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 503195 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 503196 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 503197 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 503198 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 503199 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 503200 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1079636 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1079637 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1079638 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1079639 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1079640 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1079641 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.553 School Breakfast Program $741,264
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $255,031
10.555 National School Lunch Program $243,762
84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $216,506
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $211,974
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $150,268
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $143,247
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $86,332
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $36,330
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $34,732
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $17,650
84.041 Impact Aid $16,080
84.013 Title I State Agency Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth $7,108
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $6,180
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $3,617
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $1,584