Finding Text
Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles (Repeat Finding
2022-013)
Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) (COVID-19) Federal Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN)
84.425, 84.425C, 84.425D, 84.425U
U.S. Department of Education/Passed Through State of Nevada Department of Education
and State of Nevada State Public Charter School Authority
ALN 84.425 – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief – (CRRSA ESSER II)
Fund (COVID-19), APP-01370-K4G4-A2, Award Date January 15, 2021 through
September 30, 2023
ALN 84.425U – American Rescue Plan – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund (COVID-19), APP-01611-D3G3-A1 – Award Date July 1, 2021
through September 30, 2024
ALN 84.425U – American Rescue Plan – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund – Final One-Third Allocation (COVID-19), Award Date July 1, 2022
through September 30, 2024
U.S. Department of Education/Passed Through State of Nevada Department of Education
ALN 84.425C – Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund – SBMH GEER II
(COVID-19), Project 22-748-66436, Award Date October 1, 2021 through September 30,
2023
ALN 84.425D – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund –
SBMH ESSER II (COVID-19), Project 22-748-66436, Award Date October 1, 2021 through
September 30, 2023
Criteria – Management is responsible for internal controls over Activities Allowed or
Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles in accordance with the Uniform Guidance.
Condition – 18 expenditures tested did not have evidence of review and approval. Two
requests for reimbursement cost submissions tested did not have evidence of review and
approval of the submission.
Questioned Costs – None
Context/Sampling – A non-statistical sample of 26 expenditures out of 167 expenditures
was selected for testing. We also tested the corresponding cost reimbursement submission
for each expenditure tested.
Cause – The School did not have adequate internal controls to ensure review of costs
charged to the program occurred and was documented.
Effect or Potential Effect – Unallowable costs may be charged to the program and submitted
for reimbursement and not be detected by the School.
Recommendation – We recommend the School document review and approval of all
expenditures to ensure compliance with the Uniform Guidance.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions – A process was put in
place in May 2023 to ensure all principal approvals are documented in writing or electronic
approval in the system, which can be date stamped by the system. Payroll will not be run, nor
grants submitted, until proper approval is received.