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2023-006 - Student Financial Aid Cluster - (a) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (b) Federal Work Study Program (c) Federal Pell Grant Program (d) Federal Direct Student Loans, Assistance Listing No. (a) 84.007 (b) 84.033 (c) 84.063 (d) 84.268 - Year Ended June 30, 2023 Criteria: Volume 6, Chapter 2 of the 2023-2024 Federal Student Aid Handbook page 11 notes, “You must maintain adequate timesheets or records of hours worked for FWS students. These timesheets must show, separately for each day worked, the hours a student worked, and the total hours worked during the job’s payment cycle (i.e., twice a month, every week, every two weeks, etc., but not less than once a month). These amounts and hours recorded must match the hours for which the student is paid.” Condition: During our testing of twenty individuals receiving federal work study, we noted one individual (5%) was paid an incorrect pay rate for federal work study hours worked. We consider this condition to be an instance of noncompliance relating to the Activities Allowed or Unallowed compliance requirement and is not a repeat finding. Statistical sampling was not used in making sample selections. Questioned Costs: $135 Cause and Effect: The College was not conducting a proper review of the pay rates to students involved in the work study. Without proper review of pay rates for federal work study hours worked recipients could be incorrectly paid for hours worked. Recommendation: We recommend the College correct all pay periods that the student was underpaid. View of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with this Single Audit Finding and response is included in the Corrective Action Plan.