Finding 1169297 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-01-16

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Student enrollment and program information was not reported to NSLDS accurately or on time.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with NSLDS reporting standards as outlined in 34 CFR Sections 690.83(b)(2) and 685.309.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review and strengthen internal controls for NSLDS reporting to ensure timely and accurate data submission.

Finding Text

Student Financial Assistance Cluster Assistance Listing Number 84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans Program U.S. Department of Education Program Year 2024-2025 Criteria or Specific Requirement – Special Tests and Provisions – NSLDS Reporting, 34 CFR Sections 690.83(b)(2) and 685.309 Condition – Student enrollment and program information was not communicated to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) timely or accurately. Questioned Costs – N/A Context – A total of 5 out of 25 students tested were noted to have at least 1 error in enrollment or program information reported to NSLDS within the required 60 days. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid. Effect – NSLDS was not notified of student status changes or program information in accordance with compliance requirements. Cause – The Health Campus did not have effective internal control processes in place to ensure the accurate collection, review, and reporting of student enrollment information occurred timely or accurately. The recent turnover in personnel resulted in a lack of oversight as well. Indication as a Repeat Finding – N/A Recommendation – The Health Campus should review its internal controls surrounding the NSLDS reporting process and ensure internal controls provide for the timely and accurate reporting of student enrollment information. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions – Management concurs with the finding and will implement enhanced procedures to ensure internal controls support the timely and accurate reporting of student status, program, and completion information to NSLDS.

Corrective Action Plan

The following is the Recruitment and Admissions Corrective Action Plan for the single Audit Finding for FY25. Criteria or Specific Requirement: Special Tests and Provisions – NSLDS Reporting, 34 CFR Sections 690.83 (b)(2) and 685.309. Finding Summary: Student enrollment and program information was not communicated to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) timely or accurately. Officials Responsible for Ensuring Corrective Action: Shanna Pope, Registrar Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management concurs with the finding and will implement enhanced procedures to ensure internal controls support the timely and accurate reporting of student status, program, and completion information to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). For each National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) file submitted, students with status, program, or completion changes will be systematically identified and flagged for review. Registrar staff will conduct a targeted, sample-based review of these flagged records directly within NSLDS to verify that data transmitted from NSC was received, processed, and reflected accurately. All policies and procedures governing enrollment reporting and the processing of student status, program, and completion changes will be reviewed, revised as necessary, and formally implemented no later than April 1, 2026, to align with this corrective action.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Special Tests & Provisions Student Financial Aid Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS $67.61M
93.342 HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENT LOANS, INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE LOANS AND LOANS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS $5.81M
93.680 MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION $2.95M
84.063 FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM $2.47M
93.364 NURSING STUDENT LOANS $1.80M
93.493 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES $1.41M
93.969 PPHF GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTERS $973,131
93.918 GRANTS TO PROVIDE OUTPATIENT EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO HIV DISEASE $844,438
10.561 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE MATCHING GRANTS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $838,288
93.884 PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT $780,459
93.917 HIV CARE FORMULA GRANTS $693,850
16.543 MISSING CHILDREN'S ASSISTANCE $677,596
93.247 ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM $633,419
93.397 CANCER CENTERS SUPPORT GRANTS $597,222
93.838 LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH $571,652
93.632 UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE $483,921
93.213 RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH $463,696
93.669 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT STATE GRANTS $442,848
93.264 NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM (NFLP) $319,753
93.859 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING $319,357
93.855 ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH $304,830
93.353 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT - BEAU BIDEN CANCER MOONSHOT $286,640
93.253 POISON CENTER SUPPORT AND ENHANCEMENT GRANT $280,556
93.145 HIV-RELATED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE $278,662
66.509 SCIENCE TO ACHIEVE RESULTS (STAR) RESEARCH PROGRAM $263,875
93.945 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL $233,780
93.153 COORDINATED SERVICES AND ACCESS TO RESEARCH FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH $233,353
10.177 REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM PARTNERSHIPS $230,870
93.434 EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT/PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS $230,549
93.351 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS $199,710
10.576 SENIOR FARMERS MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM $191,989
93.242 MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS $172,398
93.262 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM $157,710
93.127 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN $153,020
84.325 SPECIAL EDUCATION - PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES $152,278
93.395 CANCER TREATMENT RESEARCH $145,516
93.788 OPIOID STR $142,247
93.396 CANCER BIOLOGY RESEARCH $139,161
93.226 RESEARCH ON HEALTHCARE COSTS, QUALITY AND OUTCOMES $120,762
10.902 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION $118,468
47.076 STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES) $112,832
11.RD DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RESEARCH $103,468
93.286 DISCOVERY AND APPLIED RESEARCH FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH $100,395
93.426 THE NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH PROGRAM $98,462
93.590 COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION GRANTS $96,957
93.279 DRUG USE AND ADDICTION RESEARCH PROGRAMS $93,138
93.297 TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM $92,452
93.077 FAMILY SMOKING PREVENTION AND TOBACCO CONTROL ACT REGULATORY RESEARCH $90,365
10.855 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE LOANS AND GRANTS $86,827
93.103 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH $82,558
93.RD DHHS RESEARCH $82,325
12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT $80,234
10.001 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH $78,610
84.007 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS $75,000
93.393 CANCER CAUSE AND PREVENTION RESEARCH $71,902
47.070 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING $71,086
93.316 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SCIENCE, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE $70,691
93.113 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH $61,721
93.121 ORAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS RESEARCH $61,305
93.994 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT TO THE STATES $56,036
47.084 NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS $51,571
93.988 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR DIABETES CONTROL PROGRAMS $49,378
93.143 NIEHS SUPERFUND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES_BASIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION $48,728
16.575 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE $46,987
93.365 SICKLE CELL TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM $42,396
93.U01 DHHS PROGRAM $40,612
11.307 ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE $40,323
93.867 VISION RESEARCH $38,090
93.072 LIFESPAN RESPITE CARE PROGRAM $35,266
93.307 MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH $32,335
93.394 CANCER DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS RESEARCH $30,957
93.837 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES RESEARCH $28,377
93.249 PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTERS PROGRAM $27,687
93.RD PREVENT PRECLINICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM $27,459
93.080 BLOOD DISORDER PROGRAM: PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND RESEARCH $27,009
45.161 PROMOTION OF THE HUMANITIES RESEARCH $25,950
93.361 NURSING RESEARCH $24,449
93.135 CENTERS FOR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION $24,346
93.110 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMS $22,861
93.865 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH $20,404
93.600 HEAD START $18,592
93.273 ALCOHOL RESEARCH PROGRAMS $17,424
93.846 ARTHRITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES RESEARCH $16,981
93.847 DIABETES, DIGESTIVE, AND KIDNEY DISEASES EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH $14,027
93.243 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROJECTS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE $13,307
10.175 FARMERS MARKET AND LOCAL FOOD PROMOTION PROGRAM $13,109
47.075 SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES $12,097
93.310 TRANS-NIH RESEARCH SUPPORT $11,567
93.870 MATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING GRANT $11,140
93.087 ENHANCE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE $7,718
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $6,663
93.433 ACL NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH $4,729
47.041 ENGINEERING $3,980
93.959 BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE $3,609
93.073 BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES - PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE $3,379
93.575 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT $3,200
93.839 BLOOD DISEASES AND RESOURCES RESEARCH $3,037
12.RD MILITARY RESEARCH $2,939
93.630 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES BASIC SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY GRANTS $2,925
43.007 SPACE OPERATIONS $2,871
93.879 MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSISTANCE $2,437
93.334 THE HEALTHY BRAIN INITIATIVE: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS RELATED TO COGNITIVE HEALTH, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, AND CAREGIVING AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS $1,996
93.866 AGING RESEARCH $1,752
93.389 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES $753
93.853 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS $480
93.399 CANCER CONTROL $233
93.RD GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH $-83
10.025 PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASE, PEST CONTROL, AND ANIMAL CARE $-401
43.001 SCIENCE $-912
93.398 CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER $-7,583
16.582 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE/DISCRETIONARY GRANTS $-10,706