Finding 1170818 (2024-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-01-28

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There were no expenditures recorded for federal funds in fiscal year 2024, indicating a lack of effective internal controls.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates CFR Title 2, which mandates maintaining internal controls to ensure compliance with federal award regulations.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The Director and accounting department should develop procedures with checks and balances to align reported expenditures with actual financial records before submitting to the State.

Finding Text

Finding 2024-003 SIGNIFICANT DEFICENCY Internal Controls and Compliance Criteria: Pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 2 Grants and Agreements, Subpart D Post Federal Award Requirements, Section 200.303 “the non-federal entity must establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal aware that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.” Condition: There were no expenditures coded towards the federal funds for all of the fiscal year 2024. Cause: The internal control related to allowable costs and allowable activities are non-existent. Effect: The expenditures in the financial records did not match any expenditure amounts reported to the State to receive federal funds. Recommendations: The Director and the accounting department need to create procedures to ensure that both parties are reporting the same expenditures. Within the procedures created, there needs to be checks and balances to ensure that the recording is occurring before reporting figures to the State. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The District agrees with the finding. See separate document for planned corrective actions.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2024-003 Recommendations: The Director and the accounting department need to create procedures to ensure that both parties are reporting the same expenditures. Within the procedures created, there needs to be checks and balances to ensure that the recording is occurring before reporting figures to the State. Action Taken: We agree with the recommendation. Our targeted implementation date is February 2025.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $3.10M
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $74,980