Finding Text
2024-001 Special Tests and Provisions – Enrollment Reporting – Significant Deficiency
Federal Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.063, 84.007, 84.268, and 84.033
Name of Program or Cluster: Student Financial Assistance Cluster
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Criteria: Bergen Community College (the “College) is required to update students’ statuses on the National Student Loans Data System (“NSLDS”) website if they graduate, withdraw or have an increase/decrease in attendance level during the year within 60 days of the date the College becomes aware of the change in enrollment status.
Condition: The College did not submit an accurate and/or timely status change notification to the NSLDS website for six out of forty students sampled from a total population of students who graduated, withdrew, or had an increase/decrease in attendance level during the year.
Cause: Management oversight.
Effect: Noncompliance with OMB federal grant compliance requirements.
Questioned Costs: None.
Repeat Finding: No
Recommendation: The College should properly follow its policies and procedures over enrollment reporting to ensure that all status changes are submitted to the NSLDS website accurately and within the required timeframe.
Views of Responsible Officials: See Corrective Action Plan attached.