Finding 1089569 (2024-003)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2024
Accepted
2024-12-05
Audit: 331105
Auditor: Scheffel Boyle

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District included summer salaries in the 6/30/24 ISBE expenditure report that were not paid until July and August 2024.
  • Impacted Requirements: Expenditure reporting must align with actual payment dates; summer salaries should have been reported on the 8/31/24 report instead.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review and adjust reporting practices to ensure future compliance with payment timing and avoid similar oversights.

Finding Text

Grant expenditure reporting should be supported by the school's general ledger. Costs included on the 6/30/24 ISBE expenditure report included costs paid after 6/30/24. There are no questioned costs in this finding. The District accrued $23,369 of Title I summer salaries at 6/30/24. These paychecks were not actually paid out until July and August of 2024, but were included on the 6/30/24 ISBE expenditure report. The District should have included the summer salaries on their 8/31/24 report. All costs were incurred in the award period and were on allowable items. The actual costs for Title I function 1000 and cost object 100 paid out by the District through 6/30/24 were overstated on the ISBE expenditure report. The District accrued salaries to fulfill a TRS requirement. Including accrued salaries on the ISBE expenditure report was an oversight by management personnel.

Categories

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $293,567
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $135,344
10.553 School Breakfast Program $55,259
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $40,299
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $23,622
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $22,595
10.555 National School Lunch Program $10,855
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $8,468
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $653
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $455