Finding Text
Reporting Requirements
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
AL Number: 84.425E, 84.425K
Criteria or Specific Requirement: Quarterly Reports were required to be submitted 10 days from the close of a quarter. These reports were required to be publicly reported for the student portion, and the institution portion. Additionally, an annual report is also required to be filed.
Condition: The College did not realize the reporting needed to be public in nature, and that all previous reports should remain available. Reports were completed on time but not posted to the required website or were replaced by newer reports as updated, thus not providing complete reporting.
Context: Per requirements the forms must be conspicuously posted on the institutions primary website on the same page the reports of the IHE’s activities as to the emergency financial aid grants to students are posted.
Questioned Costs: None
Effect: The College did not meet the posting requirements for the reports.
Cause: The College did not realize that the reports had to posted on the College’s website and the way that the College posted them caused them to be removed automatically after a set number of days on the website.
Repeat Finding: No.
Recommendation: For future grants, we recommend a thorough review of the reporting requirements to avoid missed deadlines or omissions or portions of the requirements.