Finding 50314 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-21
Audit: 50963
Organization: Lukachukai Community School (AZ)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Account reconciliations at LUKACHUKAI COMMUNITY SCHOOL are consistently late and inaccurate, with no independent review process in place.
  • Impacted Requirements: The school must maintain proper internal controls over financial records to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should assess and improve the financial close and reconciliation processes to establish effective internal controls and meet compliance requirements.

Finding Text

LUKACHUKAI COMMUNITY SCHOOL, INC. SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 SECTION II ? FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS 2022-001 Account Reconciliations - Repeated (Prior Year Finding 2021-001 and 2020-001) Condition: Account reconciliations were not performed timely and/or did not agree to the general ledger when performed. Current policies and procedures do not provide for segregation of duties as the Business Manager is to post and reconcile transactions without any review process. Criteria: The School is responsible for maintaining adequate internal controls over its accounting records, account balances, and financial statement disclosures. Accounting records should include a complete, balanced general ledger that records all transactions that is supported by appropriate subsidiary records so that accurate financial statements can be prepared. Procedures should be in place to ensure that balance sheet accounts are independently reviewed and reconciled to the subsidiary records in a timely and effective manner. Cause: There was a lack of established internal controls and processes over the financial reporting and reconciliation process to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. Effect: Without established and adequate internal controls and reconciliation procedures, the School?s balances lack certainty about the accuracy of the balances. Also, the probability that fraud or material errors will occur and go undetected generally increases. Repeat: Yes ? Years as Repeat Finding: Two Auditor's Recommendation: We recommend management evaluate all aspects of the financial close and reporting process as well as the account reconciliation process and establish adequate internal controls and procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial statements and supporting schedules and to ensure timely compliance requirements are met. View Of Responsible Officials: The School agrees with this finding and has a plan in place to correct this.

Corrective Action Plan

Findings Related to the Financial Statements Reported in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards Finding Number: 2022-001 -Account Reconciliations Responsible Persons: Business Manager, Patrice Henderson Anticipated Completion Date: June 2023 Planned Corrective Action: There was an Acting Principal and Acting Business Manager for part of the year. Since July of 2021, LCS hire a new Principal and in December of 2020, LCS hired a Consultant who are both familiar with the financial requirements of grant schools and have improved and are continuing to improve internal controls by updating policies and procedures. The Consultant was recently hired as the Business Manager and will continue to work on creating a more detailed coding system to allow for better tracking and to ensure this information is accurate and reconciled timely.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 50315 2022-002
    -
  • 50316 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 50317 2022-002
    -
  • 626756 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 626757 2022-002
    -
  • 626758 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 626759 2022-002
    -

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
15.062 Replacement and Repair of Indian Schools $42.23M
15.042 Indian School Equalization Program $2.66M
15.047 Indian Education Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance $751,585
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $750,498
15.046 Administrative Cost Grants for Indian Schools $516,051
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $368,066
10.555 National School Lunch Program $307,086
15.044 Indian Schools_student Transportation $305,456
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $263,266
84.060 Indian Education_grants to Local Educational Agencies $63,000
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $56,160
15.151 Education Program Enhancements $54,123
84.336 Teacher Quality Partnership Grants $52,053