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2025 – 001 Reporting Student Information to National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Federal Agencies: United States Department of Education Federal Program Title: Student Financial Assistance Cluster Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.SFA Award Period: 01/01/25-12/31/25 Type of Finding: Material Weakness in Internal Controls Over Compliance Criteria or Specific Requirement: The Student Financial Assistance cluster requires that institutions review, update, and certify student enrollment statuses, program information, and effective dates that appear on the Enrollment Reporting Roster file or on the Enrollment Maintenance page of the NSLDS Professional Access website. At a minimum, institutions are required to certify enrollment every 60 days. Condition: The College did not report information to NSLDS in a timely and accurate manner for certain students attending the College. Questioned Costs: N/A Cause: The College did not have proper internal control procedures in place over NSLDS reporting. Effects: NSLDS database was not updated timely or accurately for all students enrolled at the College. Repeat Finding: Not a repeat finding. Recommendation: Management should review and update internal control processes related to NSLDS reporting. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees and has a plan to correct the finding.