Finding 1172432 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-04

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is a significant deficiency in internal controls regarding allowable costs for the Child Nutrition Cluster.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with Section 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which mandates robust internal controls for allowable cost principles.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management needs to ensure that documentation of prior approval for expenses is consistently followed.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-002: Allowable cost-Significant deficiency in internal controls over compliance.Child Nutrition Cluster, ALN 10.553/10.555Criteria: Section 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires recipients to implement robust internal controls to ensure compliance with allowable cost principles.Condition: During allowable cost testing for nonpayroll expenditures 1 out of 9 samples tested did not have documentation of prior approval for the expense.Cause: Control activities were not fully documented in accordance with the School’s internal control procedures over compliance.Questioned Costs: None.Recommendation: Management should ensure that controls are followed related to documentation of prior approval for expenses.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2025-002: Allowable cost-Significant deficiency in internal controls over compliance. Management Response The District purchased supplies on the District credit card. There was no purchasing requisition entered or approval prior to making the purchase. The District conducted procurement training in August 2025. The District will conduct another training in October 2025 to discuss procurement requirements regarding credit card purchases. If a credit card purchase is made without a requisition, the accounts payable staff will notify the management prior to the credit card payment.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles School Nutrition Programs Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1172427 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172428 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172429 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172430 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1172431 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $430,350
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $401,594
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $153,032
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $123,119
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $111,528
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $101,587
84.365 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION STATE GRANTS $17,954