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Finding 395313 (2023-004)

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Requirement
ALN
Questioned Costs
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Year
2023
Accepted
2024-04-30
Audit: 305124
Organization: Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (PR)
Auditor: Kevane Grant Thornton LLP

AI Summary

  • Issue: We couldn't confirm important details in the FISAP for the 2022-2023 and 2021-2022 award years.
  • Trend: This lack of validation may indicate ongoing issues with data accuracy for multiple OPEIDs.
  • Follow-up: Recommend a thorough review of the data collection process to ensure compliance and accuracy moving forward.

Finding Text

During our review of the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP) for the applications to participate for the 2022-2023 and 2021-2022 award years for OPEIDs 00394100, 02587500, and 01171900 we were not able to validate critical information.

Corrective Action Plan

To save the current and future FISAP, financial aid will proceed as follows: 1. An Argos report based on Banner data that permits the data to be exported to Excel. This will filter data for various sections of the application. 2. A shared folder in OneDrive to which the associate director of information processes and financial aid assistant vice-president have access. 3. Creation of a "FISAP preparation guide” that describes each part of the application, the corresponding data, and its sources. Each source will have its supporting documents. 4. Once the FISAP process begins, the documents that are going to be stored are: a. Original Banner and Excel Data b. Tuition report by category issued by the accounting Office (Accounting Director). c. Pell expenditures per enclosure issued by the accounting office (Associate Director of External Funds). d. Draft of FISAP (before submission) e. Submitted FISAP f. Final FISAP that is exported from COD that contains the information when the CEO filed the signature. g. Notification by venue when COD receives the request. h. Notification of discrepancies or review from the USDE. i. Updates or changes in FISAP application, if applies.

Categories

Student Financial Aid

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $96.54M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $81.21M
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $19.78M
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $4.18M
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $1.73M
84.031 Higher Education_institutional Aid $1.62M
81.123 National Nuclear Security Administration (nnsa) Minority Serving Institutions (msi) Program $1.27M
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $829,588
84.335 Child Care Access Means Parents in School $743,500
84.042 Trio_student Support Services $738,077
93.247 Advanced Nursing Education Grant Program $685,566
84.120 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement $533,635
84.044 Trio_talent Search $478,244
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $284,369
93.242 Mental Health Research Grants $266,281
84.160 Training Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind $244,216
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences $243,633
11.307 Economic Adjustment Assistance $228,863
10.223 Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants $146,089
93.936 National Institutes of Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program $90,888
84.326 Special Education_technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities $76,122
93.142 Niehs Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training $73,143
10.522 Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program $72,277
10.175 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (b) $71,780
81.117 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/assistance $58,128
47.083 Integrative Activities $56,908
81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program $52,971
47.076 Education and Human Resources $49,660
10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (afri) $46,952
59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance $41,531
45.024 Promotion of the Arts_grants to Organizations and Individuals $41,312
43.001 Science $29,000
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $28,757
94.006 Americorps $25,293
11.028 Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program $20,957
93.671 Family Violence Prevention and Services/domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services $19,830
10.308 Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Area Activities $19,761
94.013 Volunteers in Service to America $14,956
10.170 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill $11,707
43.008 Education $7,600
20.616 National Priority Safety Programs $7,512
47.074 Biological Sciences $7,146
10.318 Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields $6,593
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $4,122
19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs $285
77.008 U.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program $-3,220
47.050 Geosciences $-4,440