Finding 577347 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2023-10-30

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District's general ledger expenses do not match the reported figures to the Illinois State Board of Education.
  • Impacted Requirements: Discrepancies in quarterly expenditure reports for ESSER III affect compliance with state reporting standards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure reconciliation of expenditure reports with general ledger accounts before submission to prevent future discrepancies.

Finding Text

8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): Reporting '9. Condition: The District's general ledger expense account functions and objects do not agree to the account functions and objects that were reported to the Illinois State Board of Education on the quarterly expenditure reports and budgets approved by the Illinois State Board of Education. '10. Questioned Costs: No questioned costs. '11. Context: The District filed quarterly expenditure reports for ESSER III with the Illinois State Board of Education. Each expenditure report had discrepancies between the expense account functions and objects claimed on the expenditure report to the general ledger expense account functions and objects. All expenses incurred were in the proper period. '12. Effect: The District's general ledger accounts did not support the expenditure reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Education for fiscal year 2023. 13. Cause: This was an oversight by management personnel in the District. 14. Recommendation: The District should ensure that the expenditure reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Education are reconciled with the general ledger accounts of the District prior to submission. 15. Management's response: The District will take the necessary steps to reconcile the expenditure reports with the general ledger accounts before submitting to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Categories

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 905 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 906 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577348 2023-003
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $487,327
10.553 School Breakfast Program $234,756
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $97,354
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $54,816
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $43,069
10.555 National School Lunch Program $40,493
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $40,000
84.358 Rural Education $35,702
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $33,251
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $17,359
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $16,379
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $15,405
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $3,310
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $1,435
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $930
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $628