Finding 515607 (2024-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2024
Accepted
2024-12-18

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District failed to document personnel expenses for employees charged to the ESSER grant.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with federal regulations requiring documentation of time and effort for grant-funded salaries.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The District should review and implement necessary changes to meet all compliance requirements moving forward.

Finding Text

1. FINDING NUMBER: 2024 - 001 2. THIS FINDING IS: x New 3. Federal Program Name and Year: ESSER 4. Project No.: 4998-E2, 4998-E3 5. CFDA No.: 84.425D & 84.425U 6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education 7. Federal Agency: US Department of Education 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): Management is responsible for documenting personnel expenses (time and effort) for employees that had part of their salary charged to the grant. 9. Condition: During the course of our audit, we determined that the personnel expense (time and effort) was not documented for employees that had part of their salary charged to the grant. 10. Questioned Costs: N/A 11. Context: The District was not aware of the requirement to document personnel expenses (time and effort) for employees that had part of their salary charged to the grant. 12. Effect: District does not have documentation for personnel expense (time and effort) per the compliance requirements. 13. Cause: District was not aware of this compliance requirement. 14. Recommendation: District should review compliance requirements to ensure all compliance requirements are met. 15. Management's response: The District will review compliance requirements to ensure all compliance requirements are met and will implement changes going forward to ensure personnel expense (time and effort) is documented.

Corrective Action Plan

Condition: During the course of our audit, we determined that the personnel expense (time and effort) was not documented for employees that had part of their salary charged to the grant. Plan: The District will review compliance requirements to ensure all compliance requirements are met and will implement changes going forward to ensure personnel expense (time and effort) is documented. Anticipated Date of Completion: 6/30/2025 Name of Contact Person: David Engelbrecht, Superintendent Management Response: N/A

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Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $625,427
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $237,452
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $64,284
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $21,997
10.553 School Breakfast Program $19,662
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $17,797
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $16,040
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $11,638
10.555 National School Lunch Program $653