Finding 1095065 (2024-004)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-01-10

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District submitted inaccurate quarterly expenditure reports to the Illinois State Board of Education, overstating ESSER III expenditures by $7,059.
  • Impacted Requirements: The discrepancy between reported expenditures ($383,014) and general ledger details ($375,955.19) indicates a failure to meet accurate reporting standards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should implement a process to compare and reconcile expenditure reports with the general ledger prior to submission, with oversight from the Superintendent.

Finding Text

Reporting. To determine that accurate quarterly expenditure reports were filed with the Illinois State Board of Education. We noted during ESSER III testing that the District reported more expenditures on the expenditure report submitted for 6/30/2024 than the District actually expensed for ESSER III in FY24. Questioned Costs: $7,059. When comparing the expenditure reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Education for ESSER III grant funds with the ESSER III G/L detail, it was noted that $383,014 of expenditures were reported on the 6/30/2024 expenditure report, while only $375,955.19 was reported in the G/L. The District did not file accurate expenditure reports for FY24. This was an oversight by management personnel at the District. We recommend the District compare and reconcile the expenditure reports filed with the general ledger before submitting. The Superintendent will take steps to ensure that expenditure reports reconcile with the general ledger before submitting.

Categories

Questioned Costs Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 518622 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 518623 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1095064 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $233,759
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $130,505
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $51,882
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $49,912
10.553 School Breakfast Program $43,259
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $31,447
10.555 National School Lunch Program $8,890
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $3,131
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $653