Finding 25931 (2022-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-29
Audit: 23353
Organization: Boone Community School District (IA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Limited staff makes it hard to separate duties for grant administration and accounting, increasing risk of errors or fraud.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with internal control standards is compromised due to inadequate segregation of duties.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Consider hiring additional staff or implementing alternative controls to strengthen oversight and accountability.

Finding Text

As previously identified in the fiscal year 2021 audit report as item III-A-21, adequate control procedures through the segregation of employee duties is difficult to achieve due to the limited number of staff administering grants and performing accounting functions. See finding II-A-22 for additional information.

Corrective Action Plan

FINDING 2022-001: Various duties that should be segregated for each transaction including authorization, custody, and recording are not performed by different employees. The District has a limited number of employees, and therefore, and procedures have not been designed to adequately segregate duties or provide compensating controls through additional oversight of transactions and processes. Inadequate segregation of duties could adversely affect the District?s ability to prevent or detect and correct misstatements, errors, or misappropriations on a timely basis by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. QUESTIONED COSTS: No STATUS: Corrective action in progress CORRECTIVE ACTION: The District will monitor this situation and continue to segregate incompatible duties as much as possible. COMPLETION DATE: June 30, 2023

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Other Findings in this Audit

  • 25930 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 25932 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25933 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 25934 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25935 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 25936 2022-001
    Material Weakness
  • 25937 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25938 2022-001
    Material Weakness
  • 25939 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25940 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25941 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25942 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25943 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 25944 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602372 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 602373 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602374 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602375 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 602376 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602377 2022-002
    Material Weakness
  • 602378 2022-001
    Material Weakness
  • 602379 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602380 2022-001
    Material Weakness
  • 602381 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602382 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602383 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602384 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602385 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 602386 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $1.85M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $1.06M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $318,460
10.553 School Breakfast Program $264,595
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $100,386
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $96,552
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $58,720
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $43,369
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $23,472
84.196 Education for Homeless Children and Youth $18,319
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $18,071
84.391 Arp Special Education Grants to States $15,487