Finding 523621 (2024-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-02-19
Audit: 343004
Auditor: Jackson Thornton

AI Summary

  • Answer: The College needs to establish a process for reviewing and verifying student enrollment statuses on the Enrollment Reporting roster files.
  • Trend: There is a risk of inaccurate or outdated enrollment information being reported, which could affect compliance.
  • List: Management should implement controls to ensure that changes are reported to the NSLDS accurately and on time.

Finding Text

LDS. The College should implement a process to review, update, and verify student enrollment statuses that appear on the Enrollment Reporting roster files. We also recommend that management implement controls to ensure reported changes are timely and correctly reported to the NSLDS.

Corrective Action Plan

Management agrees with the finding. The College has controls in place to ensure proper and timely reporting to the third-party service provider. The exceptions included above reflected incorrect enrollment statuses on the Banner report due to unofficial withdrawals by the students. The College is currently working with their third-party service provider and the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) to ensure the enrollment status of the students is properly reflected on the Banner reports moving forward. We are currently working with ACCS and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) to ensure the statuses of the students are reported correctly. 1)The end of term enrollment status reporting process will be ran after the unofficial withdrawals have been completed. 2) The Banner report will be reviewed for accuracy to ensure the unofficially withdrawn students have the correct enrollment status. 3)All Banner reports sent to NSC will be kept on the shared drive to document timely reporting along with the dates reported. 4) All NSC error reports will be downloaded to document the timely review of errors.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1100063 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $3.62M
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $1.24M
84.044 Trio Talent Search $408,145
84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $340,810
84.047 Trio Upward Bound $325,110
84.042 Trio Student Support Services $262,378
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $92,408
17.258 Wioa Adult Program $83,839
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $59,906
12.600 Community Investment $30,000
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $21,189
39.003 Donation of Federal Surplus Personal Property $8,013
17.259 Wioa Youth Activities $8,000