Finding Text
Criteria:
Districts are to request reimbursement for actual meals served to students through the National School Lunch and Breakfast program. The student must be present and provided the meal.
Condition:
During the period between August 2023 and September 2023, the district served congregate breakfast meals to the elementary campus. Instead of reporting the number of actual meals served to students in attendance each day the district reported the meal count and requested reimbursement based on the number of students enrolled in the classroom. No adjustment was made for student absences.
Cause:
The staff person preparing the request for reimbursement NSLP Claim for Reimbursement was not properly trained as to what qualified as a reimbursable meal. There was a lack of review and internal control as well as segregation of duties over the recording of meals served through the request for reimbursement process.
Effect:
The District was required to reimburse TEA $90,071.12 related to the compliance violation.