Finding 47097 (2022-004)

Material Weakness
Requirement
F
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-01-25

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District failed to maintain a complete inventory of equipment purchased through the Emergency Connectivity Fund, missing required details such as the full names of recipients.
  • Impacted Requirements: This oversight violates federal compliance requirements for asset and service inventories under the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should update its inventory procedures to ensure all required data elements are included, as outlined in the compliance supplement.

Finding Text

Community Consolidated School District No. 21 05-016-0210-04 SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS Year Ending June 30, 2022 SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS 1. FINDING NUMBER:14 2022 - 004 2. THIS FINDING IS: X New Repeat from Prior year? Year originally reported? 3. Federal Program Name and Year: Emergency Connectivity Fund Program - 2022 4. Project No.: ECF2190013022 5. ASL No.: 32.009 6. Passed Through: Direct Funding 7. Federal Agency: Federal Communications Commission 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program participants are required to maintain asset and service inventories of the devices and services purchased with ECF Program support. 9. Condition15 During our audit testing we noted that the District did not include all the equipment inventory required criteria in its inventory listing. The inventory listing did not include the full name of the person to whom the device was provided for all pieces of equipment purchased through the ECF grant. 10. Questioned Costs16 N/A 11. Context17 The IT department did not have an inventory listing for ECF equipment that included all required data elements per the compliance requirements. 12. Effect The District was not in compliance with Equipment/Real Property Managment requirements of the federal award. 13. Cause The District did not implement procedures and corresponding internal controls to ensure that inventory records for connectivity devices received under the award were maintained in accordance with the compliance requirements for the federal award program. 14. Recommendation The District should review the compliance supplement and include all required inventory tracking criteria in its inventory log for equipment obtained under the award. 15. Management's response18 See corrective action plan 14 See footnote 11. 15 Include facts that support the deficiency identified on the audit finding (?200.516 (b)(3)). 16 Identify questioned costs as required by ?200.516 (a)(3 - 4). 17 See footnote 12. 18 To the extent practical, indicate when management does not agree with the finding, questioned cost, or both.

Corrective Action Plan

Community Consolidated School District 21 05-016-0210-04 CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR CURRENT YEAR AUDIT FINDINGS Year Ending June 30, 2022 Corrective Action Plan Finding No.: 2022- 004 Condition: During our audit testing we noted that the District did not include all the equipment inventory required criteria in its inventory listing per Emergency Connectivity Fund requirements. The inventory listing did not include the full name of the person or other identifier to whom the device was provided for all pieces of equipment purchased through the ECF grant. Plan: Management will develop a process to review the requirements, and ensure that such requirements are met, for compliance items that pertain to its departments applying for any funding vehicles. This process will ensure that all grants and funding received is not missing any items that could cause future audits or issues with regard to any District funding. Anticipated Date of Completion: 6/30/2023 Name of Contact Person: Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations/CSBO Management Response See above

Categories

Equipment & Real Property Management

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 47096 2022-003
    Material Weakness
  • 623538 2022-003
    Material Weakness
  • 623539 2022-004
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $5.21M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $3.54M
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $1.50M
10.553 School Breakfast Program $1.21M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $1.04M
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $395,580
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $369,510
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $323,772
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $177,938
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $145,277
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $129,336
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $78,621
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $31,855