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Criteria or specific requirement: The amount of a student's 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). In addition, per the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.303, non-federal entities receiving federal awards are required to establish and maintain internal controls designed to reasonably ensure compliance with federal laws, regulations, and program compliance requirements. Condition: For one student, the College under awarded Pell. Questioned Costs: None Context: In our testing, we noted that 1 of the 38 students tested that received Pell, was under awarded based on their expected family contribution (EFC) and enrollment status. Cause: It was noted that the new software used to prepare the student award packages had errors in the disbursement schedule that was used to determine the Pell awards. Effect: One student was under awarded Pell Grant. Repeat Finding: Yes. Prior year Finding 2021-005. Recommendation: We recommend that a process be put in place to test the software system prior to doing award packages to ensure that the Pell award for all students is calculated correctly. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.