Finding 524182 (2023-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-02-21
Audit: 343356
Organization: South Scioto Academy (OH)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Academy failed to properly identify expenses, leading to a lack of compliance with Single Audit requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Noncompliance with 2 CFR 200.501, 200.512(a)(2), and 200.510(b) regarding audit submissions and the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Review and enhance internal control procedures to ensure accurate expense identification and compliance with audit requirements.

Finding Text

2 CFR 200.501 requires a non-Federal entity that expends $750,000 or more during the non-Federal entity's fiscal year in Federal awards must have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of this part. A non-Federal entity that expends $750,000 or more in Federal awards during the non-Federal entity's fiscal year must have a single audit conducted in accordance with § 200.514 except when it elects to have a program-specific audit conducted in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of this section. 2 CFR §200.512(a)(2) states that an audit, the data collection form, and the reporting package must be submitted within 30 calendar days after the auditee receives the auditor's report(s) or nine months after the end of the audit period (whichever is earlier). 2 CFR Subpart F §200.510(b) requires the auditee prepare a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) for the period covered by the Academy’s financial statements which must include the total federal awards expended as determined in accordance with § 200.502. At a minimum, the schedule must: (1) List individual Federal programs by Federal agency. (2) For Federal awards received as a subrecipient, the name of the pass-through entity and identifying number assigned by the pass-through entity must be included. (3) Provide total Federal awards expended for each individual Federal program and the ALN number or other identifying number when the ALN information is not available. (4) Include the total amount provided to subrecipients from each Federal program. (5) For loan or loan guarantee programs described in § 200.502 Basis for determining Federal awards expended, paragraph (b), identify in the notes to the schedule the balances outstanding at the end of the audit period. (6) Include notes that describe the significant accounting policies used in preparing the schedule, and note whether or not the auditee has elected to use the 10 percent de minimis cost rate as covered in § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs. The Academy’s internal control procedures did not identify expenses sufficiently to identify the need for a Single Audit. The Schedule has been presented in this report. Noncompliance with grant requirements as well as errors and omissions on the Schedule could have an adverse effect on future grant awards by the awarding agencies in addition to an inaccurate assessment of major federal programs that would be subjected to audit.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 524173 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524174 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524175 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524176 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524177 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524178 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524179 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524180 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524181 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524183 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524184 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 524185 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100615 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100616 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100617 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100618 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100619 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100620 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100621 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100622 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100623 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100624 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100625 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100626 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1100627 2023-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $433,318
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $169,277
84.027 Special Education Grants to States $55,988
10.553 School Breakfast Program $43,034
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $14,428
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $12,463
10.555 National School Lunch Program $9,639
84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $891
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $628