Finding 1175465 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-02-26

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The College failed to report student status changes for 4 out of 40 students within the required 60 days.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates the reporting requirements set by 34 CFR 668.32 for the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS).
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure adequate staffing to maintain timely reporting of NSLDS requirements.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-003: Late Student Status Change Reporting Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Program: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Criteria: 34 CFR 668.32 requires that an organization reports student status changes within 60 days of graduation, withdrawal, or other roster status changes. Condition: The change in status for 4 of 40 students tested was not reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) within 60 days of the change. Cause: Staffing changes during the year impacting the College’s internal control structure resulted in an administrative delay in reporting the changes to NSLDS. Effect: The effect of the condition described above was that the College was not in compliance with NSLDS reporting requirements. Repeat Finding: This is not a repeat finding. Questioned costs: There are no known questioned costs to report. Recommendation: We recommend that the College ensures sufficient staffing is available to report NSLDS requirements timely. View of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management agrees. See Corrective Action Plan.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2025-003: Late Student Status Change Reporting Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Program: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Criteria: 34 CFR 668.32 requires that an organization reports student status changes within 60 days of graduation, withdrawal, or other roster status changes. Condition: The change in status for 4 of 40 students tested was not reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) within 60 days of the change. Cause: Staffing changes during the year impacting the College’s internal control structure resulted in an administrative delay in reporting the changes to NSLDS. Effect: The effect of the condition described above was that the College was not in compliance with NSLDS reporting requirements. Repeat Finding: This is not a repeat finding. Questioned costs: There are no known questioned costs to report. Recommendation: We recommend that the College ensures sufficient staffing is available to report NSLDS requirements timely. View of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action Corrective Action Plan: There is no disagreement with this audit finding. During the fall of 2024 the Registrar’s Office was downsized. This resulted in the delayed processing of the error report following the 10.25.2024 report. This resolution required contacting NSC for assistance in clearing two of the errors, which increased the processing time. Moving forward, the Registrar’s Office will continue to report to NSC on the predetermined schedule, process errors timely, and additionally, a quality control check will be implemented for the Financial Aid Office to compare NSLDS records following the NSC transmissions. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Dr. Melissa Wisniewski, Dean of Enrollment Services at 717-391-7234. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: February 2026 If the Department of Education has questions regarding this plan, please call the Vice President of Finance and Administration, Mr. George Longridge at 717-391-6947.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1175458 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175459 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175460 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175461 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175462 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175463 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1175464 2025-003
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.063 FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM $4.15M
84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS $3.91M
84.048 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION -- BASIC GRANTS TO STATES $255,087
84.033 FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM $58,782
84.007 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS $52,835