Finding Text
Student Financial Assistance Program Cluster – Department of Education
Federal Financial Assistance Listing #84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program (PELL)
P063P202209, P063P212209, P063P222209
Eligibility
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance
Criteria: 34 CFR 690 contains requirements that apply to student eligibility over the Federal Pell Grant Program.
Condition: Two instances identified in which the student was eligible to receive Federal Pell assistance but was
not awarded the assistance.
Cause: The report used by the Financial Aid Office to monitor Pell eligibility in the summer was ran incorrectly
resulting in a Pell-eligible student being improperly excluded from the report. Additionally, Pell eligibility was not
monitored for a student during the 75-day requirement to satisfy an incomplete grade.
Effect: Two students were under awarded Pell aid.
Questioned Costs: $1,355 in assistance was not awarded that should have been.
Context/Sampling: A non-statistical sample of 60 of the University’s 658 students receiving student financial
assistance was selected for testing. The sample resulted in testing $644,190 out of $13,239,499 in federal
financial assistance.
Repeat Finding from Prior Years: No
Recommendation: We recommend that management review procedures and control processes over monitoring
of Pell eligibility.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.