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Finding 2022-001 Identification of the Federal Program: United States Department of Education Federal Pell Grant Program (84.063) Criteria: 34 CFR 690.63 Condition: Over Award of Federal Pell Grant Program Funds Cause: No cause could be determined. Effect: The students in question were not awarded properly based upon the students? eligibility. Questioned Costs: $2,067 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. Description of the Nature and Extent of the Issues Reported: Our review of forty (40) student files disclosed that three (3) students were incorrectly awarded Federal Pell Grant program funds based on eligibility. For student #8, the university awarded $3,248 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. The student was eligible for $2,436, resulting in an over award of $812 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. Subsequent to the over award, the university used the incorrect amount of $3,248 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds on the R2T4 calculation. As a result of the R2T4 calculation the university returned $2,557 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds adjusting the total over award amount to $87 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. For student #17, the university awarded $3,247 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. The student was eligible for $1,624, resulting in an over award of $1,623 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. Subsequent to the over award, the university used the incorrect amount of $3,247 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds on the R2T4 calculation. As a result of the R2T4 calculation the university returned $2,634 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds adjusting the total over award amount to $58 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. For student #21, the university awarded $2,086 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. The student was eligible for $812, resulting in an over award of $1,274 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. Subsequent to the over award, the university used the incorrect amount of $2,086 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds on the R2T4 calculation. As a result of the R2T4 calculation the university returned $1,162 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds adjusting the total over award amount to $1,922 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds. Subsequent to the audit, the university refunded a total of $145 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds on behalf of student #8, and student #17. In addition, the university attempted to refund $1,922 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds to COD on behalf of student #21 but received an error code. The university refunded $1,922 in 2021-2022 Federal Pell Grant program funds to G5 on September 16, 2022 and submitted a support ticket to COD. The instances of noncompliance represent an error rate in the number of sampled items tested equal to 7.5% (3 of 40) from a population of 1,653 and in the dollar amount of the sampled items tested equal to 0.5% ($2,067 of $427,857) from a population of 22,831,960. This is a statistically valid sample.