Finding 1174860 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-21

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Student origination records were inaccurately submitted to the COD System.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with 34 CFR Section 690.83 for accurate reporting.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review and improve processes for reporting origination records.

Finding Text

Student Financial Assistance Cluster, ALN 84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans, ALN 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program, U.S. Department of Education Program Year 2024-2025 Criteria or specific requirement - Reporting 34 CFR Section 690.83 Condition - Student origination records were not properly submitted to the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System. Cause - The University does not have adequate processes and controls around reporting to ensure origination records are accurate. Effect or potential effect - Inaccurate origination records were submitted to COD. Questioned costs - None Context - Out of a population of 1,197 students receiving Pell and/or Direct Loans, a sample of 25 students were selected for testing. Our sample was not and was not intended to be statistically valid. Of the sample of 25 students, 21 were Pell recipients. For 7 Pell recipients, the enrollment date origination record submitted to COD did not match the enrollment date according to the University's 2024-2025 academic calendar. Identification as a repeat finding - N/A Recommendation - The University should review processes and controls around origination record reporting and consider changes to address this finding.

Corrective Action Plan

Award periods (AWPD) were set up in summer 2023 for the 24-25 award year. At that time, official semester start and end dates were unknown therefore the expected start date was entered in Colleague. When the semester start and end dates became official in spring 2024, the financial aid office updated AWPD in Colleague, not realizing students whose FAFSAs had already been received and packaged would not be updated with the official start date. Students who were packaged after the AWPD update were correct. Going forward, the financial aid office will ensure that AWPD is updated before packaging any student financial aid.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1174857 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1174858 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1174859 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS $5.86M
84.063 FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM $5.18M
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $616,538
84.031 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL AID $509,880
84.047 TRIO UPWARD BOUND $301,443
84.042 TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES $274,386
84.033 FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM $140,573
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $117,494
93.788 OPIOID STR $84,515
84.007 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS $67,550
47.076 STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES) $9,250