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FINDING 2025-005 Federal Program Information: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (ALN: 84.007), Federal Work-Study Program (ALN: 84.033), Federal Pell Grant Program (ALN: 84.063), Federal Direct Student Loan Program (ALN: 84.268) Criteria or Specific Requirement (Including Statutory, Regulatory or Other Citation): E. Eligibility – In accordance with 34 CFR 668.133(a)(1)(i), an institution shall require the student to produce the documentation required under the citizenship and residency requirements at § 668.33(a)(2) and request the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to perform secondary confirmation for a student claiming eligibility under § 668.33(a)(2), in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 668.135, if the institution receives an output document indicating that the student must provide the institution with evidence of the student’s immigration status required under § 668.33(a)(2). Condition: During our testing, we identified a student whose immigration status was not confirmed prior to the disbursement of aid. Cause: Administrative oversight and insufficient internal control. Effect: The University is not in compliance with aid awarding criteria under the eligibility requirements. Questioned Costs: Below reportable threshold. Context: For 1 of 40 students tested, the University did not appropriately assess the student’s eligibility prior to disbursing Title IV awards. Identification of Repeat Finding: No similar findings noted in the prior year. Recommendation: We recommend the University enhance its procedures and internal controls to ensure that Title IV aid is properly awarded. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: We have implemented a new Quality Assurance Measure for Auditing all students with a C-Flag. The process begins with the FA advisor team. They are responsible for ensuring all documents have been received and all steps have been completed to clear the C-Flag. In Colleague the advisor will then mark the file is ready for audit. Chad Wick, Director, Financial aid or Brandon Rhone, Systems Administrator, will review all documents and steps needed to clear C-Flag and then update the communication code to audited and make any adjustments if needed to the FAFSA.