Finding 1174066 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-18

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is insufficient segregation of duties among personnel, increasing the risk of mishandled transactions.
  • Impacted Requirements: Proper segregation of duties is necessary to ensure transactions are managed appropriately.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement separation of duties where possible and establish alternative controls, with support from the governing board.

Finding Text

2025-004. SEGREGATION OF DUTIES Criteria: Duties should be segregated to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are handled appropriately. Condition: There is a lack of segregation of duties among personnel. Cause: There are a limited number of personnel for certain functions. Effect: Transactions could be mishandled. Questioned costs: None. Recommendation: The duties should be separated as much as possible, and alternative controls should be used to compensate for lack of separation. The governing board should provide some of these controls. Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: The government agrees with this finding and will adhere to the attached corrective action plan.

Corrective Action Plan

2025-004. SEGREGATION OF DUTIES Name of Contact Person: Roger Heimbigner Corrective Action: The duties will be separated as much as possible and alternative controls will be used to compensate for lack of separation. The governing board will continue to be involved in providing some of these controls. Proposed Completion Date: The governing board will implement the above procedure immediately.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1174065 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $796,589
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $22,901