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Finding 1169120 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
E
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-01-15
Audit: 381895
Organization: Mascoutah Community Unit School District No 19 (IL)
Auditor: SCHEFFEL BOYLE

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: One free/reduced meal application was missing, preventing complete eligibility testing for 40 students.
  • Impacted Requirements: Accurate documentation is essential for determining eligibility for free or reduced price meals.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a procedure for better organization and storage of applications to ensure they are easily retrievable in the future.

Finding Text

Eligibility: Either an application must be filled out correctly or Direct Certification completed to determine the eligibility of students for free or reduced price meals. The District could not find 1 free/reduced application selected. No questioned costs. 40 students were tested for eligibility for free/reduced meals. Out of the 40 selected noted 1 application that could not be found for testing. Could not complete the testing for the application that could not be found. This occurred due to human error. We recommend establishing a procedure to ensure that all applications are kept in a manner where they can be found in the future. The district has employed a new Food Service Director. The new Director has been made aware of the previous errors and is following the procedures to double check applications and organize and store documents in a manner in which they can be retrieved with the appropriate back up for food claims.

Corrective Action Plan

Condition: The District could not find 1 free/reduced application selected. Recommendation: We recommend establishing a procedure to ensure that all applications are kept in a manner where they can be found in the future. Management Response: The district has employed a new Food Service Director. The new Director has been made aware of the previous errors and is following the procedures to double check applications and organize and store documents in a manner in which they can be retrieved with the appropriate back up for food claims. Anticipated Date of Completion: June 30, 2026

Categories

Eligibility

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1169116 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1169117 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1169118 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1169119 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.041 IMPACT AID $20.45M
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $979,975
12.558 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPACT AID (SUPPLEMENT, CWSD, BRAC) $960,173
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $298,631
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $285,569
84.367 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION STATE GRANTS (FORMERLY IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY STATE GRANTS) $104,163
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $96,492
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $51,683
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $39,056
84.048 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION -- BASIC GRANTS TO STATES $29,672
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $22,392
10.560 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR CHILD NUTRITION $6,770
12.556 COMPETITIVE GRANTS: PROMOTING K-12 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT MILITARY-CONNECTED SCHOOLS $5,621
84.365 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION STATE GRANTS $2,300
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $1,619