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SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS 1. FINDING NUMBER: 2022- 003 2. THIS FINDING IS: X New Repeat from Prior year? Year originally reported? 3. Federal Program Name and Year: COVID 19: Education Stabilization Fund (2021 & 2022) 4. Project No.: 4998-E2, E3 5. CFDA No.: 84.425D-COVID 19, 84.425U-COVID 19 6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education 7. Federal Agency: Department of Education 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation) Equipment and Real Property Management compliance requirements require that property records be maintained that include a description of the property, a serial number or other identification number, the source of funding of the property (including the federal award identification number), who holds title, the acquisition date, cost of the property, percentage of federal participation in the project costs for the federal award under which the property was acquired, the location, use and condition of the property and any ultimate disposition data including the date of disposal and the sales price of the property. (2 CFR section 200.313(d)(1)) 9. Condition The District did not maintain property records for equipment purchased with Education Stabilization Funding. 10. Questioned Costs None 11. Context The inventory of equipment is material to the program. 12. Effect The District is not in compliance with Equipment and Real Property Management compliance requirements. 13. Cause The District has rarely paid for projects with federal funds in the past and was unaware of the requirement. 14. Recommendation The District should assign an employee to prepare the District's property records in accordance with the requirements of 2 CFR section 200.313(d)(1). 15. Management's response Management will implement the auditor's recommendation in the year ended June 30, 2023.