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Finding 526838 (2024-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2024
Accepted
2025-03-13
Audit: 345919
Organization: Joliet Public Schools District 86 (IL)
Auditor: Wermer Rogers Doran & Ruzon LLC

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: One ESSER program expenditure report was submitted late, missing the 20-day deadline.
  • Impacted Requirements: Quarterly reporting obligations as outlined by the ISBE must be adhered to for compliance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement a tracking system to ensure timely submission of all future reports.

Finding Text

According to the State and Federal Grant Administration Policy, Fiscal Requirements and Procedures handbook published by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), expenditures for the ESSER program are required to be reported to the ISBE on a quarterly basis; quarterly reports are due twenty days following the end of a reporting quarter. One quarter reported for the ESSER program was reported past the twenty day following quarter end time period. For the quarter ended 6/30/24, the District filed one of its expenditure detail reports on 8/3/2024.

Corrective Action Plan

The District will implement an internal procedure to ensure proper filing within the 20 days of quarter end to be in reporting compliance.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.778 Medicaid Administrative Outreach $1.19M
84.367 Title II Teacher Quality $299,532
10.555 Department of Defense - Fresh Fruits and Vegetables $292,103
84.425 Digital Equity Grant $287,666
84.027 Idea Flow Through/low Incidence $255,921
10.553 School Breakfast Program $231,430
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $202,400
10.555 Department of Agriculture - Food Distribution $197,833
84.027 Arp Idea Flow Through $197,339
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $139,083
84.365 Title III Language Instruction $134,268
84.010 Title I Low Income $101,928
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $81,254
84.424 Title Iva Student Support and Academic Enrichment $67,335
84.425 McKinney Vento Homeless (arp Homeless I) $28,950
84.010 Title I School Improvement and Accountability $22,194
84.425 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III $21,575
84.173 Arp Idea Pre School $20,744
10.555 National School Lunch Program $6,180
84.425 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief II $1,482
84.173 Idea Pre School $878