Finding 1176429 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-03-04
Audit: 390260
Organization: Vandalia Cusd 203 (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: An employee's payroll disbursement under the Child Nutrition Cluster was calculated incorrectly.
  • Impacted Requirements: The district must maintain effective internal controls to prevent financial misstatements and ensure compliance with federal program regulations.
  • Recommended Follow-up: The district should enhance oversight and ensure internal control procedures are consistently followed.

Finding Text

VANDALIA CUSD #203 03-026-2030-26 SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS Year Ending June 30, 2025 SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS 1. FINDING NUMBER:14 2025 - 005 2. THIS FINDING IS: New X Repeat from Prior year? Year originally reported? 2024 3. Federal Program Name and Year: Child Nutrition Cluster 4. Project No.: 24-4210-SC, 24-4210-00, 24-4220-00, 24-4215-00, 25-4210-00, 25-4220-00, 25-4215-00 5. AL No.: 10.555, 10.553, 10.556 6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education 7. Federal Agency: Department of Education 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation) The District is responsible for the design and implementation of internal controls over federal programs in order to prevent or detect and correct misstatements in the financial statement as well as ensure program compliance. 9. Condition One employee's payroll disbursement made under the Child Nutrition Cluster was improperly calculated. 10. Questioned Costs None. 11. Context Exceptions were noted in one of the forty items tested. 12. Effect Unallowable/unapproved expenditures could be charged to the grant. 13. Cause Lack of oversight over the program. 14. Recommendation The District should take steps to ensure its internal control procedures are being followed at all times. 15. Management's response Management agrees with the finding.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding Synopsis: One employee's payroll disbursement made under the Child Nutrition Cluster was improperly calculated. Action Steps: A district staff member will review the payroll calculations so no transpositions or errors occur. Contact Person(s): Dr. Jennifer Garrison, Superintendent Anticipated Completion Date: February 11, 2026

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Allowable Costs / Cost Principles School Nutrition Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1176421 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176422 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176423 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176424 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176425 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176426 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176427 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1176428 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $375,071
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $108,086
84.334 GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS $95,000
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $54,939
10.555 FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM $38,890
10.555 COMMODITIES (NON-CASH) $37,596
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $17,578
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $11,874
84.367 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION STATE GRANTS (FORMERLY IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY STATE GRANTS) $8,379
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $8,334
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $2,527
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $2,345
10.556 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN $387