Finding 386829 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
A
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2024-03-28
Audit: 299140
Organization: Delton Kellogg Schools (MI)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Employees reimbursed under federal grants lacked required signed certifications or activity reports.
  • Impacted Requirements: The School must ensure compliance with federal grant wage reimbursement rules.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a process for employees to sign semi-annual certifications to confirm proper wage allocation.

Finding Text

Activities/Costs Allowed Finding Type: Significant Deficiency in Internal Controls over Compliance Criteria: The School is responsible for ensuring that employee wages reimbursed under federal grants have signed semi-annual certifications or activity reports to certify time spent under each grant. Condition/Finding: During our audit procedures ,it was discovered that employees reimbursed under ESSER II and ESSER III did not have signed semi-annual certifications or activity reports on file. Cause: This condition is the result of lack of controls in place by management. Effect: As a result of this condition, the School may not have properly allocated wages to the ESSER II and ESSER III grants. Recommendation: We recommend that the School have employees reimbursed under federal grants sign semi-annual certifications or activity reports to verify allocation of wages.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 386826 2023-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 386827 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 386828 2023-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 963268 2023-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 963269 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 963270 2023-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 963271 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $512,697
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $148,320
10.553 School Breakfast Program $127,810
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $59,792
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $28,042
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $14,002
10.579 Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability $10,000
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $6,955
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $4,445
10.555 National School Lunch Program $4,245
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $1,921
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $628
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $0