Finding Text
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Federal Program Name: Student Financial Aid Cluster
Assistance Listing Number: 84.063, 84.268
Federal Award Identification Number and Year: P268K232438-2023 & P063P222438-2023
Award Period: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
Type of Finding:
Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance – Instance of Noncompliance Criteria or specific requirement: Institutions are required to report enrollment information under the Pell grant and the Direct and FFEL loan programs via the NSLDS (OMB No. 1845-0035), although FFEL loans are no longer made or a part of the SFA Cluster, a student may have a FFEL loan from previous years that would require enrollment reporting for that student (Pell, 34 CFR 690.83(b)(2); FFEL, 34 CFR 682.610; Direct Loan, 34 CFR 685.309). The administration of the Title IV programs depends heavily on the accuracy and timeliness of the enrollment information reported by institutions. Institutions must review, update, and verify student enrollment statuses, program information, and effective dates that appear on the Enrollment Reporting Roster file or on the Enrollment Maintenance page of the NSLDS Professional Access (NSLDSFAP) website which the financial aid administrator can access for the auditor. The data on the institution’s Enrollment Reporting Roster, or Enrollment Maintenance page, is what NSLDS has as the most recently certified enrollment information. There are two categories of enrollment information, “Campus Level” and “Program Level,” both of which need to be reported accurately and have separate record types. The NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide provides the requirements and guidance for reporting enrollment details using the NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Process.
Condition: The University failed to report the enrollment data to the NSLDS for select students.
Questioned costs: There are no questioned costs.
Context: We noted two (2) out of forty (40) students selected for testing, where the student was not reported to NSLDS. We noted one (1) of forty (40) students where the student's Program-Level Records were not reported to NSLDS.