Finding 1147769 (2024-011)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
A
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-07-15
Audit: 362277
Organization: Dolton West School District 148 (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District claimed expenditures that did not align with the approved budget, resulting in questioned costs of $976.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with the itemized budget filed with ISBE was not maintained, specifically regarding salaries and payroll benefits.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should regularly review the itemized budget and ensure all claimed expenditures are compliant or amend the budget as needed.

Finding Text

8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): The compliance requirements for "A. Activities Allowed and Unallowed", requires the District to conform to the itemized budgets which were filed with and approved by ISBE. '9. Condition: The District did not claim expenditures in conformity with the approved detail budget. '10. Questioned Costs: 976. '11. Context: The District incorrectly claimed expenditures that were not allowable under the approved budget. Specifically, $937 was claimed for salaries and $39 for payroll benefits related to employees performing tasks not included in the approved budget. '12. Effect: The expenditures claimed specific to the employee's job duties paid by the District were not included in the itemized budget and were not the intent of the budget line. 13. Cause: Policies and procedures are in place that provide reasonable assurance that reports of federal awards submitted to ISBE are supported by the underlying accounting records and are fairly presented in accordance with program requirements. These policies and procedures were not followed when the expenditure report was prepared and filed. 14. Recommendation: We recommend the District periodically review the itemized budget and ensure claimed expenditures fall within or file amendments as necessary for any changes. 15. Management's response: The District has agreed with the findings and recommendations as presented. The District will review the itemized budget and ensure claimed expenditures fall within the grant. See Corrective Action Plan provided by the District.

Categories

Questioned Costs

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $595,918
10.553 School Breakfast Program $515,533
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $364,904
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $223,987
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $119,311
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $112,541
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $79,081
10.555 National School Lunch Program $53,001
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $22,080
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $20,052
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $11,498
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $10,935
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,256