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FINDING 2024-001: INCORRECT PELL GRANTS
FEDERAL AGENCY: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROGRAM NAME: FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM
ALN: 84.063
FEDERAL AWARD YEAR: 2023-2024
Compliance Requirement: Eligibility (E.)
Criteria: The amount of a student’s Federal Pell Grant for an academic year is based upon the payment and
disbursement schedules published by the Secretary for each award year (34 CFR 690.62).
Condition: We tested sixty-three files, fifty-four of which were Pell Grant recipients, and four students received Pell
grants in excess of their allowed amounts and two students did not receive the full amount of their allowed Pell grants.
The students were eligible for $31,028, but received $32,885. We consider this finding to be an instance of noncompliance
and is a repeat finding shown in Section IV of this report as prior year Finding 2023-002.
Cause: The condition was caused by using an incorrect number of credits while calculating the Pell Grants for four
students, by not properly adjusting Pell status upon dropping for one student and by using an incorrect expected
family contribution for the other student.
Effect: The result is the students received incorrect Pell monies.
Question Costs: $1,857
Statistical sampling was not used when making sample selections.
Recommendation: As $2,910 has since been refunded to the Department of Education and $1,053 has since been
credited to the students' accounts, we recommend the Institution increase controls over monitoring and awarding Pell
Grants.
Views of Responsible Officials: The Institution agrees with the Single Audit Finding and a response is included in the
Corrective Action Plan.