Finding 1090015 (2024-002)

Material Weakness
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2024-12-09

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The School did not prepare a complete and accurate Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) on time.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates 2 CFR sections 200.510(b) and 200.502 regarding tracking and reporting federal expenditures.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Establish a tracking process for federal award expenditures, including those made by pass-through grantors, to ensure timely and accurate SEFA preparation.

Finding Text

Criteria: 2 CFR section 200.510(b) requires the auditee to prepare a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (“SEFA”) that must contain all federal awards expended during the period. 2 CFR section 200.502 requires proper tracking and accounting of federal expenditures incurred under the same basis of accounting as the basic financial statements to ensure proper cutoff and reporting. Condition: The School failed to timely prepare a complete and accurate SEFA. Cause: The School did not have an adequate process to track expenditures of federal awards for which purchases were made on the School’s behalf by the pass-through grantor. This resulted in the School’s initial draft of their SEFA not including all federal expenditures made by the School. Effect: Failure to adequately track all expenditures of federal awards could result in the SEFA being prepared inaccurately or in an untimely manner. Recommendation: Marshall Jones recommends that the School establish a process to track the expenditures of federal awards during the year, including awards for which purchases are made on the School’s behalf by the pass-through grantor. This will better enable the School to timely prepare a complete and accurate SEFA. Views of Responsible Officials: Management of the School concurs with the finding. Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 513572 2024-001
    Material Weakness
  • 513573 2024-002
    Material Weakness
  • 1090014 2024-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $1.53M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $311,677
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $200,766
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $53,066
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $34,946