Finding 1174994 (2025-005)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-23
Audit: 388632
Organization: Santee Community Schools (NE)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District lacks effective internal controls to ensure the accuracy of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards.
  • Impacted Requirements: Management is responsible for preparing financial statements in line with the modified cash basis of accounting, which is currently not being met.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should review and approve auditor adjustments and enhance the adequacy of disclosures in the financial statements.

Finding Text

INTERNAL CONTROL OVER SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS PREPARATION AND REVIEW: CRITERIA: As described in our engagement letter, management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls, including monitoring, and for the fair presentation of financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements, in conformity with the modified cash basis of accounting. CONDITION: The District does not have a system of internal control that would provide management with reasonable assurance that the District's schedule of expenditures of federal awards and related disclosures are complete and presented in accordance with the modified cash basis of accounting. As such, managment requested the auditors to complie the trial balance from the general ledger and prepare a draft of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, including the realted note disclosures. CAUSE: Managment does not prepare the schedule of expenditures of federal awards in accordance with the modified cash basis of accounting. POTENTIAL EFFECT: The potential exists that a material misstatement of schedule of expenditures of federal awards could occur and not be prevented or detected by the District's internal control. RECOMMENDATION: The auditors recommend that the District review and approve the propsed auditor adjusting entries and the adequacy of the schedule of the expenditures of federal awards disclosures prepared by the auditors and apply analytic procedures to the draft financial statements, among other procedures as consisered necessary by management.

Corrective Action Plan

CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN January 26, 2026 Isanti Community Schools respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended August 31, 2025, for the findings identified by Dana F. Cole & Company, LLP, Grand Island, Nebraska. The findings from the schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below and are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in that schedule. FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS Impact Aid 84.041 2025-005 INTERNAL CONTROL OVER SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS PREPARATION AND REVIEW Recommendation: The District should review and approve the proposed auditor adjusting entries and the adequacy of schedule of the expenditures of federal awards disclosures prepared by the auditors and apply analytic procedures to the draft financial statements, among other procedures as considered necessary by management. Action Taken: The District relies on the auditor to propose adjustments necessary to prepare the financial statements including the related note disclosures. The District reviews such financial statements and approves all adjustments. The District also uses analytic procedures, and other procedures determined necessary. If the Nebraska Department of Education has questions regarding this plan, please call Mr. Greg Shepard at 402.857.2741.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.041 IMPACT AID $4.65M
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $133,204
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $84,684
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $70,014
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $42,016
84.287 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS $21,656
10.582 FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM $9,912
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $7,376