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FINDING 2022-003 Federal Program Information: Student Financial Assistance Cluster (Various ALN?s) Criteria or Specific Requirement (Including Statutory, Regulatory or Other Citation): N. Special Tests and Provisions ? Disbursements To or On Behalf of Students - If a student received financial aid while attending one or more other institutions, schools are required to request financial aid history using the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Student Transfer Monitoring Process. Under this process, a school informs NSLDS about its transfer students. NSLDS will ?monitor? those students on the school?s ?inform? list and ?alert? the school of any relevant financial aid history changes. A school must wait 7 days after it ?informs? NSLDS about a transfer student before disbursing Title IV aid to that student (34 CFR section 668.19). Condition: A transfer student was not added to the Transfer Monitoring List. Cause: Administrative oversight. Effect or Potential Effect: The University did not adhere to the NSLDS Student Transfer Monitoring Process. Questioned Costs: None. Context: For 1 of 5 students sampled, the University was unable to provide documentation showing that the student was added to the Transfer Monitoring List. Identification as a Repeat Finding: No similar finding identified in the prior year. Recommendation: We recommend that the University enhance its procedures and internal controls to ensure that students are added to the Transfer Monitoring List and an appropriate time has passed before disbursing Title IV aid. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Admission data for one student was misclassified as an entering freshman when student was a transfer student. We have identified the source of the issue and taken the appropriate steps to correct on both the Admissions and Financial Aid sides going forward.