Finding 38381 (2022-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-01-19

AI Summary

  • Excess Cash Issue: The food service program held $675,192 more than the allowed cash balance for three months of average expenditures.
  • Regulatory Requirement: Federal guidelines state that lunchroom cash balances must not exceed the average spending for three months.
  • Action Needed: The District should assess its needs and create a plan to reduce cash balances in the lunchroom fund by August 31, 2023.

Finding Text

a. Condition: Cash funds for the food service program were in excess of the allowed 3 months average expenditures by $675.192. b. Criteria: Federal funding requires that the lunchroom cash balances should not exceed the average 3 months spending. c. Cause: The actual cash balances as of August 31, 2022, exceeded the allowed 3 months average spending amount by $675,192. d. Effect: Excess Cash Balances were held by the District for $675,192 as of August 31, 2022. e. Recommendation: The District should review their current needs for equipment, charges for student meals, etc. and develop a plan for the reduction of cash balances in the lunchroom fund. f. District Response: The District will review their current needs for equipment, charges for student meals, etc. and develop a plan for the reduction of cash balances in the lunchroom fund during the current year ended August 31, 2023.

Corrective Action Plan

The District will review all current equipment and other needs of the lunchroom program as well as review the current amounts charged students for meals in order to reduce the excess lunchroom cash balances in the Child Nutrition Program.

Categories

Cash Management Equipment & Real Property Management

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $2.55M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $1.34M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $872,024
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $716,707
10.553 School Breakfast Program $604,744
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $400,801
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $295,724
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $151,309
84.358 Rural Education $58,034
84.011 Migrant Education_state Grant Program $40,568
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $39,579
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $34,160
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $25,922