Finding 512551 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2024-12-02

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District is not documenting the required review and approval process for quarterly expenditure reports.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with federal regulations for the Special Education Cluster program is at risk due to lack of a second reviewer.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement procedures to ensure a second person reviews and approves reports before submission.

Finding Text

1. FINDING NUMBER: 2024 - 003 2. THIS FINDING IS: New 3. Federal Program Name and Year: Special Education Cluster 4. Project No.: 4998-ID, 4620-00, 4998-PS, 4600-00 5. CFDA No.: 84.027, 84.173 6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education 7. Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): The District is required to document their review and approval process for quarterly expenditure reports. 9. Condition: Review and approval of quarterly expenditure reports were not documented and the same person preparing the reports is submitting them. 10. Questioned Costs: N/A 11. Context: No review process of the quarterly expenditure reports is currently in place. 12. Effect: The District's review and approval process is not in compliance. 13. Cause: The same person preparing the expenditure reports is submitting them; there is no documented second reviewer. 14. Recommendation: District should develop and implement procedures to have reports reviewed by a second person prior to submission. 15. Management's response: Management will implement review procedures of quarterly expenditure reports, which will be documented before submission.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding Number: 2024-003 Finding Synopsis: Review and approval of quarterly expenditure reports were not documented and the same person preparing the reports is submitting them. Action Steps: Management plans to implement review procedures of quarterly expenditure reports, which will be documented before submission. Contact Person: Jeffrey Schubert Chief School Business Official 779-244-1000 Anticipated Completion Date: 6/30/2025

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Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $1.61M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $620,202
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $213,312
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $150,915
10.553 School Breakfast Program $143,549
10.555 National School Lunch Program $111,710
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $73,018
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $66,714
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $6,288
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $3,692