Finding 1175216 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-24
Audit: 388895
Organization: Mannheim School District 83 (IL)
Auditor: BAKER TILLY

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District claimed $77,940 in expenditures that were not supported by accounting records.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) which mandates proper documentation for all costs charged to Federal awards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement stricter enforcement of expenditure review policies and ensure documentation is maintained to reconcile claims with internal records.

Finding Text

Criteria - Per the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200), all costs charged to Federal awards must be adequately documented and supported by the accounting records. Condition - During the audit we noted that the District claimed expenditures in excess of amounts that could be supported by the accounting records by $77,940. Questioned Costs - We identified $77,940 in known questioned costs in our audit. Context - The District's expenditures claimed on the grant exceeded expenditures on the general ledger by $77,940 primarily in Function 1000/Objects 100 and 200 and Function 2210/Object 300. Effect - The District is not in compliance with the Uniform Guidance and claimed expenditures that were unsupported and resulted in questioned costs of $77,940. Cause - The cause of the condition appears to be an oversight on the part of the District. Although the District has policies in place to review and approve expenditures and charge them to a designated source of funds code, this was not enforced throughout the fiscal year and documentation was not maintained that reconciled the expenditure claim to the District's internal accounting records.

Corrective Action Plan

Corrective Action Plan Finding No. 2025-002 Unsupported claimed expenditures Condition – The District claimed expenditures in excess of amounts that could be supported by the Accounting records by $77,940. Plan – The District will implement a policy that aligns grant expenditures as closely as possible with the District’s fiscal year. Reports from the accounting software system that are utilized to prepare expenditure claims will be reviewed, reconciled, and approved by an appropriate member of management prior to final submission. Supporting documentation for each grant expenditure claim submission will be maintained electronically for future reference. Anticipated Date of Completion: June 30, 2026 Name of Contact Person: Christopher Whelton, Director of Fiscal Services/CSBO

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1175213 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175214 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175215 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $639,809
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $528,390
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $220,466
84.365 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION STATE GRANTS $104,654
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $102,702
84.367 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION STATE GRANTS (FORMERLY IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY STATE GRANTS) $100,430
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $84,209
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $20,936
10.560 STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR CHILD NUTRITION $3,590
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $1,010
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $157