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Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education Federal Program Name: Student Financial Aid Cluster Assistance Listing Number: 84.063 Federal Award Identification Number and Year: P063P242439 – 2025 Award Period: July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 Type of Finding: • Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance • Other Matters Criteria or specific requirement: An institution must determine and document a student’s enrollment intensity prior to packaging and disbursing any Federal Pell Grant funds. Enrollment intensity must reflect the actual credit hours in which the student is enrolled at the time of the Federal Pell Grant calculation. Condition: The University failed to accurately input the number of credits factored into enrollment intensity for award packaging of the Federal Pell Grant. Questioned costs: Questioned costs of approximately $3,697 were identified when the award package for the identified students was recalculated using the appropriate enrollment intensity. Context: From a statistically valid sample of 40 students, one student was awarded Federal Pell Grant funds based on a course load greater than their enrollment intensity. Cause: The University's internal controls failed to detect that the enrollment intensity for a student did not agree to their course load. Effect: There is a risk that students have the incorrect enrollment intensity for the Federal Pell Grant, which can result in improper financial aid amounts being awarded. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: We recommend that the University verifies the enrollment intensity for each student receiving the Federal Pell Grant prior to finalizing their award package. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.