Finding 1172299 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-03

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: A payment for contracted services was incorrectly charged to payroll costs, leading to inaccurate grant expenditure reports.
  • Impacted Requirements: Expenditures must be charged to the correct account codes as per federal award program guidelines.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should regularly review grant expenditures to ensure proper account coding and prevent future errors.

Finding Text

SA-2025-01 – MATERIAL WEAKNESS FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM: 84.287 - Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Expenditures should be charged to appropriate account codes. CONDITION: During our testing of expenditures charged to the grant, we noted that a payment for a contracted services was charged to payroll costs. The error was subsequently corrected by the District. QUESTIONED COSTS: None CONTEXT: A disbursement was charged to an incorrect account code. EFFECT: Grant expenditure reports would be incorrect. CAUSE: There was a misunderstanding on the form that was filled out for the Oregon Department of Education. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend the District review grant expenditures for appropriate account coding. VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS: The responsible officials recognize the importance of ensuring expenditures are charged to appropriate account codes. This error was corrected with a journal entry. Additionally the account codes used for federal awards will be reviewed for accuracy on an annual basis.

Corrective Action Plan

a. material weakness - Condition: During our testing of expenditures charged to the grant, we noted that a paymnet for contracted services was charged to payroll costs. The error was subsequently corrected by the district. Expendituresshould be charged to appropriate account codes. b. Plan of action - The responsible officials recognize the importance of ensuring expenditures are charged to the appropriate account codes. There was a misunderstanding on the form that was filled out for the oregon department of education. This error was corrected with a journal entry. Additionally, the account codes used for federal awards will be reviewed for accuracy on an annual basis. C. Timing: Correcting journal entry was completed on 6/30/2025

Categories

Material Weakness

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1172300 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.287 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS $477,884
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $197,451
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $140,520
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $135,059
10.559 SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN $52,584
84.126 REHABILITATION SERVICES VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION GRANTS TO STATES $46,898
84.358 RURAL EDUCATION $42,471
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $41,723
84.425 COVID-19-EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $33,989
84.367 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION STATE GRANTS (FORMERLY IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY STATE GRANTS) $23,953
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $10,981
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $2,544