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This finding is: New Federal Program Name and Year: Title I - Low Income 2024 Project No.: 2024-4300 ALN No.: 84.010 Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education Federal Agency: United States Department of Education Criteria: The District is responsible for ensuring that they are following the reimbursement basis method and incurring expenses before they are claimed on the expenditure report. Condition: The District charged expenses to the grant that had not actually been incurred. Questioned Costs: The questioned costs identified in the amount of $795.60 is the amount reported on the expenditure reports filed with ISBE, but never actually incurred. Context: The District did not make sure expenditures were truly paid for before claiming them for reimbursement through expenditure reports filed with ISBE. Effect: The District did not follow the reimbursement method required by ISBE. Cause: The District claimed expenditures for reimbursement when those expenses had not truly been incurred; therefore, the District would have been reimbursed for expenditures that had not yet been paid for out of District bank accounts. Recommendation: We recommend the District be sure to first spend the money to claim it for reimbursement. Management's Response: The District will be sure to incur expenses before claiming them fo reimbursement on the expenditure reports filed with ISBE.