Finding 391165 (2023-002)

Finding #2023-002 – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) III Plan Condition: The District did not make its ESSER III Local Educational Agency (LEA) Plan Report readily and publicly available. Effect: By not making the plan available to the public, the District is effectively not compliant with the Federal requirements for this program. Cause: The District was not aware of this requirement. Criteria: The OMB Compliance Supplement mandates a LEA to submit and make publicly available a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services, and the planned use of the ESSER III funding. Recommendation: The auditors recommend that the plan be made available on the District’s website. Response: We (the District) will upload the plan to the District’s website in order to make it publicly available. Cambridge School District’s Corrective Action Plan: The ESSER plans were posted on the district website until summer of 2023 when the website design was updated and information was migrated to new pages or eliminated if it was no longer relevant. As the ESSER LEA plan was associated with our COVID response plan and COVID related protocols were eliminated, the plan was removed. We were unaware that the plan needed to remain posted through the grant period. When we learned that the requirement to post the plan remains a requirement we promptly posted our WI DPI approved plan from DPI under the heading District Annual Notices. Contact Person: Margaret M. Banker, District Administrator/Business Manager Anticipated Completion Date: 9/01/2024