Finding Text
Student Financial Assistance Program Cluster – Department of Education
Federal Financial Assistance Listing #84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program P063P222212, P063P232212
Eligibility
Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance
Criteria: 34 CFR 690 contains requirements that apply to student eligibility over the Federal Pell Grant Program (Pell).
Condition: One student was not awarded Pell assistance during the summer term as the student’s FAFSA was not completed at the time the financial aid office was determining award eligibility. The student later completed the FAFSA within the award year and became eligible for a retroactive disbursement of Pell assistance; however, the financial aid office did not provide the student a retroactive disbursement of Pell.
Cause: The process of determining retroactive disbursements is a manual process.
Effect: One student was under awarded Pell assistance.
Questioned Costs: $925 in assistance was not awarded that should have been.
Context/Sampling: A non‐statistical sample of 60 of the University’s 1,068 students receiving student financial assistance was selected for testing. The sample resulted in testing approximately $728,081 out of $10,722,159 in federal financial assistance.
Repeat Finding from Prior Years: No
Recommendation: We recommend that management review procedures and control processes over monitoring of retroactive disbursements.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.