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Reporting Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education; Office of Federal Student Aid Pass through Entity: Not Applicable Program Name: Federal Direct Student Loan Program ALN and Program Expenditure: 84.268 ($561,518) Award Number: P268K251726 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 Questioned Costs: N/A Condition Found: The bi-monthly National Student Loan Database System (“NSLDS”) Enrollment Reporting Summary Reports were not updated and returned to NSLDS during the year ended June 30, 2025. Therefore, student enrollment status changes were not reported timely to NSLDS. Criteria: NSLDS informs loan servicers of changes in a student’s enrollment status that indicate when the repayments or interest accrual begins and ends. The date a student enrolls, withdraws, graduates, or drops below half-time status should be reported accurately. The University is required to report the change in a student’s enrollment status to NSLDS within sixty days of the change.Cause:The University staff struggled to gain access to the NSLDS system and file the reports. A report was able to be filed in July 2025. However, the CFO had to manually enter all of the changes and effective dates. Possible Asserted Effect:The loan services were not aware of the correct deferral, repayment, and interest calculation dates. Repeat Finding: See Finding 2024-001 for a similar finding in the prior year. Statistical Sampling: The sample was not intended to be, and was not, a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: The NSLDS enrollment status roster report should be filed every approximately every sixty days. Manual adjustments to an individual student’s enrollment status should be input as needed. Management Response: Management agrees with the auditors’ finding and their recommendation. The CFO has worked with the registrar and other University personnel to file the NSLDS reports. Eventually, the CFO updated enrollment status manually. A report was filed in July 2025. Going forward, the NSLDS enrollment status roster reports will be filed timely. If there is a technology issue, enrollment status changes will be input manually by University personnel.