Finding Text
FINDING NUMBER: 2024 - 005S
2. THIS FINDING IS: x New
3. Federal Program Name and Year: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
4. Project No.: 23-4998-D3, 25-4998-EB, 24-4998-E2, 24-4998-E3
5. CFDA No.: 84.425
6. Passed Through: ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
7. Federal Agency: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): The District is required to check the SAM website for vendors suspended or debarred for purchases over $25,000.
9. Condition: No one is checking the SAM website for vendors suspended or debarred.
10. Questioned Costs: None
11. Context: The District should check the SAM website for any purchases over $25,000, however, the person in charge of the search related to ESSER grants in particular was not performing the search.
12. Effect: Grant funds could be paid out to vendors that have been suspended or debarred, which would constitute non-allowable costs.
13. Cause: The search for suspended or debarred vendors was not performed as required when spending federal funds.
14. Recommendation: We recommend that the District implements procedures to ensure that this is done going forward.
15. Management's response: Management plans to implement procedures to ensure that the person in charge of checking the status of vendors actually does this going forward.