Finding 518894 (2024-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-01-13

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The district lacks adequate personnel to ensure that different employees manage separate parts of the same transaction.
  • Impacted Requirements: Internal controls must ensure that authorization, recording, and custody of assets are handled by different individuals to minimize risks.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Consider implementing segregation of duties despite costs, as it is crucial for reducing the risk of errors and irregularities.

Finding Text

MATERIAL WEAKNESS 2024-002 Internal Control Structure Design Program: Special Education Cluster Assistance Listing # 84.027 & 84.173 ESSER III Assistance Listing # 84.425 Condition: Adequate personnel are not available to assign responsibilities in such a way that different employees handle different parts of the same transaction. Cause: District has limited Number of personnel. Criteria: Internal controls should be in place that provides reasonable assurance that authorization or approval of transactions, recording of transactions, and custody of assets are segregated activities. Effect: Due to the absence of segregation of duties, the level of risk that errors or irregularities, material in relation to the financial statements, may occur and not be detected within a timely period by the employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, has not been reduced to a relatively low level. Repeat Finding : Immediately preceding year. Recommendation: While considering the cost of any benefits derived, activities should be segregated and handled by different employees. Questioned Costs: $0.00 Grantee Response/Corrective Action Plan: The cost of implementing a complete set of controls far outweighs the benefits derived by such. It is not financially feasible to have a complete set of controls.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Material Weakness

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 518892 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 518893 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 518895 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1095334 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1095335 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1095336 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1095337 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $226,220
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $112,223
10.553 School Breakfast Program $39,626
10.555 National School Lunch Program $35,053
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $30,973
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $19,446
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $11,308
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $9,472
10.582 National School Lunch Program $4,582
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $3,165