Finding 1201495 (2025-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-03-30

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District's internal controls failed to prevent a misstatement in the September 30, 2024 expenditure report, overstating expenses by $22,040.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with 2 CFR 200.303 requires effective internal controls, including proper segregation of duties and knowledgeable reviews of expenditure reports.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure that personnel with the necessary expertise review all expenditure reports to catch and correct errors before submission.

Finding Text

Criteria or Specific Requirement: Per 2 CFR 200.303 - Internal Controls and the OMB Compliance Supplement: Education Stabilization Fund, Reporting- The District is required to have internal controls, including segregation of duties, over reporting for quarterly expenditure claims. These internal controls should be effective in preventing, detecting, and correcting misstatements in the reports. Condition: Multiple individuals are responsible for the preparation and submission of the District's quarterly expenditure reports; however, the expenditure reports filed for September 30, 2024 included expenditures in the amount of $22,040 that were neither obligated nor liquidated by the date of the report. Questioned Costs: None. Context: The District's internal controls did not identify and correct a material misstatement in the Septmeber 30, 2024 expenditure report for the 2025 Covid-19 - Community Partnership grant - C3 program. Effect: The September 30, 2024 expenditure report was filed overstating expenditures by $22,040. Cause: The individual responsible for reviewing the expenditure report did not have adequate knowledge of the federal reporting requirements; consequently, errors on quarterly expenditure reports were not identified in the review. Recommendation: Personnel with adequate knowledge of reporting requirements should review all expenditure reports to ensure any errors are identified and corrected before the expenditure report is submitted. Management's Response: Management does not disagree with this finding, and competent personnel will review all future expenditure reports.

Corrective Action Plan

Condition: Multiple individuals are responsible for the preparation and submission of the District's quarterly exepnditure reports; however, the expenditure reports filed for September 30, 2024 included expenditures in the amount of $22,040 that were neither obligated nor liquidated by the date of the report. Plan: Mannagement will review all expenditure reports. Only expenditures obligated within the grant period will be included on the expenditure report. Any obligations not yet liquidated will be reported as such.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1201488 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201489 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201490 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201491 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201492 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201493 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201494 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1201496 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND $136,300
10.553 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM $75,961
84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES $62,047
84.358 RURAL EDUCATION $38,384
84.027 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES $24,618
84.424 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM $23,867
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $18,026
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $11,782
84.173 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS $5,772