Finding 1080852 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2024-11-01
Audit: 326978
Auditor: Scheffel Boyle

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District submitted training costs for reimbursement on the wrong quarterly report.
  • Impacted Requirements: Expenditures must align with the correct quarterly reporting periods.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review and improve submission processes to prevent future reporting errors.

Finding Text

Compliance Finding - Eligibility of Expenditures. The District submitted expenditures for reimbursement that were not within the appropriate quarterly expenditure report. No Questioned Costs. The District submitted expenditures for reimbursement on the wrong quarterly expenditure report for Title II. These expenditures were for training costs paid in the 4th quarter that were included on the 3rd quarter expenditure report. The expenses were allowable under the grant, but the District claimed them too early. Overall, the expenditures are reported correctly for the year. However, there was one period in which expenditures were reported incorrectly. This was an oversight by management personnel in the District when submitting expenditure reports to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Categories

Cash Management Eligibility Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 504410 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 504411 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 504412 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 504413 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 504414 2024-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 504415 2024-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 504416 2024-008
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1080853 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1080854 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1080855 2024-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1080856 2024-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1080857 2024-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1080858 2024-008
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $748,255
10.555 National School Lunch Program $76,012
84.041 Impact Aid $68,532
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $53,398
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $26,930
10.553 School Breakfast Program $25,272
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $19,022
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $13,500
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $5,788
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $4,876
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $3,243
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $653