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FINDING 2022-001: UNDERAWARDED PELL GRANT FEDERAL AGENCY: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAM NAME: FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM ALN#: 84.063 FEDERAL AWARD YEAR: 2021-2022 Compliance Requirement: Eligibility (E.) Criteria: The amount of a student?s Federal Pell Grant for an academic year is based upon the payment and disbursement schedules published by the Secretary for each award year (34 CFR 690.62). Condition: We tested thirty-seven files, seventeen of which were Pell Grant recipients, and two students did not receive the full amount of their allowed Pell grants. The students were eligible for $4,035 but received $2,958. We consider this finding to be an instance of non-compliance and is a repeat finding shown in Section IV of this report as prior year Finding 2021-001. Cause: The condition was caused by an overisght in the financial aid department. Effect: The result is the students did not receive $1,077 of eligible Pell monies. Question Costs: $0 Statistical sampling was not used when making sample selections. See Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs for chart/table Recommendation: We recommend the Institution credit $1,077 to the students' accounts. Views of Responsible Officials: The Institution agrees with the Single Audit Finding and a response is included in the Corrective Action Plan.