Finding 50301 (2022-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-01-03
Audit: 48236
Organization: Rock Valley College (IL)
Auditor: Sikich LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The College failed to report the enrollment status of two students to the National Student Clearinghouse within the required sixty-day timeframe.
  • Impacted Requirements: This noncompliance violates 34 CFR 685.309 (b), which mandates timely updates on student enrollment status.
  • Recommended Follow-up: The College should enhance collaboration with the department handling enrollment submissions to ensure accurate and timely reporting moving forward.

Finding Text

2022-001: Improper Reporting of Enrollment Status?s to the National Student Clearinghouse - Student Financial Aid Cluster -Assistance Listing Number 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, and 84.268 - Year Ended June 30, 2022 Criteria: According to 34 CFR 685.309 (b), schools must update enrollment data for students and report to the Secretary in a manner of prescribed format within the required timeframe of sixty days after a student has graduated, ceased attendance or enrolled less than half-time. Condition: During our Enrollment Status Changes testing, we selected forty students for our sample. In our sample of forty we tested twenty graduated students to verify that they were reported within sixty days and we tested twenty current students to note that their student status is reported correctly. We noted that the College did not submit two of the forty students to the Clearinghouse website. We consider this finding to be an instance of noncompliance relating to the Reporting Compliance Requirement. Statistical sampling was not used in making sample selections. Questioned Costs: $0 Effect: A student who was three quarter time and another that was half time for the Fall 2021 term were not reported to the National Student Clearinghouse. Cause: While the College was reporting to the Clearinghouse, they made the error of not reporting two students enrollment. Recommendation: We recommend the College continue to work with the department responsible for the enrollment status submissions to ensure that accurate reporting to the National Student Clearinghouse continues. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with this finding and response is included in Corrective Action Plan.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program (pell) $5.38M
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $952,407
17.259 Wioa One-Step Operator and Career Services $567,973
84.047 Upward Bound $368,202
84.048 Vocational Education, Title II Part C for Career and Technical Education - Perkins Postsecondary $247,450
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (fseog) $242,100
84.042 Sss Achieve $205,507
84.002 English Literacy/civics $192,086
84.042 Sss Complete $177,416
93.566 Enhanced Employment and Case Management $167,187
84.002 Adult Education $163,946
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program (fws) $122,900
84.425 Covid-19 Education Stabilization Fund $116,791
64.028 Post-9/11 Chapter 33 Veterans Educational Assistance $114,274
93.566 Enhanced Employment and Case Management Afghan Supplemental $35,438
20.U00 Highway Construction Careers Training Program $34,869
17.259 Wioa Out-of-School Youth $26,360
64.116 Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Veterans $26,107
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans - Plus Loans $18,565
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program (pell) Admin $6,749
93.566 Seniors $4,757
17.259 Wioa In-of-School Youth $3,333
64.116 Veteran Affairs $1,366
16.607 Bulletproof Vest Program $1,216