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Item 2025-004 – Special Tests: Title IV Eligibility Federal Program – Federal Pell Grant Federal ALN – 84.063 Federal Award Number – P063P188097 Federal Award Year – September 30, 2025 Federal Agency – U.S. Department of Education Pass-through Entity – Not Applicable Significant Deficiency Title 34 CFR 668.34(a)(5)(ii) establishes the maximum timeframe requirement for Title IV Eligibility. For an undergraduate program measured in credit hours, the maximum timeframe to be eligible is a period no longer than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program, as measured in credit hours, or expressed in calendar time. Out of a sample of 14 students, one student was not eligible to receive aid as they exceeded the 150 percent rule but received $616 of Pell during the period. The sample was not a statistically valid sample but was determined using Chapter 11 – Audit Sampling Considerations of Uniform Guidance Compliance Audits of the Audit and Accounting Guide for Government Auditing Standards and Single Audits. Procedures were not in place to verify the student had not exceeded the allowable credit hours attempted. Not a repeat finding. Inaccurate disbursement of the Title IV funds to be given to a student can impact the student's financial wellbeing, ability to make timely financial and strategic decisions. We recommend that the Financial Aid Coordinator institute procedures that would detect whether a student has reached the maximum number of courses to remain eligible for aid. Management's response is reported in "Management's Views and Corrective Action Plan" at the end of this report.