Finding 21408 (2022-010)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2022-12-14

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Errors in payroll led to individuals being paid incorrectly based on their rank and experience.
  • Impacted Requirements: The organization failed to maintain effective internal controls over payroll, resulting in unauthorized pay rates charged to grants.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a review process for wages during new hires, rank changes, and yearly updates, with collaboration between Finance and Human Resources.

Finding Text

SECTION III ? FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COST 2022-01 Errors in Payroll Criteria: The organization is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over payroll. Condition and context: During the course of the audit, we noted individuals who were not paid according to the approved pay scale based on rank and experience. Effect: Individuals charged to grants were paid at a rate which was not approved. Cause: Lack of review of individuals? pay upon original hire and changes in rank and experience. Recommendation: Reviewing the wages input into Munis upon each new hire, each rank change, and upon rolling to the subsequent year. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The district acknowledges the errors and will perform a review of each new hire, rank change, and rolling to the subsequent year. The Finance and Human Resource departments will collaborate in this review process.

Corrective Action Plan

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The district acknowledges the errors and will perform a review of each new hire, rank change, and rolling to the subsequent year. The Finance and Human Resource departments will collaborate in this review process.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 597850 2022-010
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.553 School Breakfast Program $671,985
16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants $449,615
10.555 National School Lunch Program $241,820
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $189,683
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $94,703
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $71,126
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $61,300
84.196 Education for Homeless Children and Youth $55,588
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $53,707
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $48,533
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $48,048
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $32,480
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $17,078
84.013 Title I State Agency Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth $11,223
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $10,776
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,063
84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $2,735
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $2,706
93.079 Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health Through School-Based Hiv/std Prevention and School-Based Surveillance $300