FAC Explorer

Finding 577698 (2021-016)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2021
Accepted
2023-11-06
Audit: 2371
Organization: Kentucky State University (KY)
Auditor: Blue & CO LLC

AI Summary

  • Issue: The University failed to notify 2 out of 7 sampled withdrawn students about exit counseling as required.
  • Requirement: Exit counseling must be provided within 30 days of withdrawal per 34 CFR 685.304(b)(3).
  • Follow-up: Implement controls to ensure timely notifications for exit counseling to all withdrawn students.

Finding Text

Information on the Federal Program: Federal Direct Student Loan Program (CFDA Number 84.268) –U.S. Department of Education Criteria: 34 CFR 685.304(b)(3) If a student borrower withdraws from school, exit counseling must be provided either electronically, by mailing, or by email to the student borrower within 30 days. Condition and context: Out of a population of 34 withdrawn students, we sampled 7. Out of this sample, the University failed to correctly notify 2 students of exit counseling. Questioned Cost: $0 Cause: The University did not have a control in place to ensure exit counseling notifications were sent to withdrawn students timely. Effect: The University is not in compliance with Title 34, Section 685.304 with respect to the referenced withdrawn students. Recommendation: We recommend that the University establish controls to ensure that exit counseling notifications are sent timely once a student has been identified as a withdrawal.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1239 2021-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1240 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1241 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1242 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1243 2021-008
    Material Weakness
  • 1244 2021-009
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1245 2021-010
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1246 2021-011
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1247 2021-012
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1248 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1249 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1250 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1251 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1252 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1253 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1254 2021-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1255 2021-015
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1256 2021-016
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1257 2021-017
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577681 2021-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577682 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577683 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577684 2021-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577685 2021-008
    Material Weakness
  • 577686 2021-009
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577687 2021-010
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577688 2021-011
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577689 2021-012
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577690 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577691 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577692 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577693 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577694 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577695 2021-013
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577696 2021-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 577697 2021-015
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 577699 2021-017
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $9.94M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $5.44M
10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University $2.37M
10.512 Agriculture Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions $2.32M
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $1.17M
10.524 Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions (b) $679,830
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $659,700
84.031 Higher Education_institutional Aid $564,938
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $477,592
84.038 None $402,440
84.382 Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions $379,340
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $324,758
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $313,865
84.042 Trio_student Support Services $273,771
93.910 Family and Community Violence Prevention Program $186,602
47.076 Education and Human Resources $127,215
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $121,024
10.514 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program $105,682
47.083 Integrative Activities $98,934
10.202 Cooperative Forestry Research $95,362
10.311 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program $89,927
10.001 Agricultural Research_basic and Applied Research $76,984
16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program $53,977
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $38,391
10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care $37,325
10.215 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education $35,202
10.216 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants $34,174
47.079 Office of International Science and Engineering $15,465
10.443 Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers $8,777
10.200 Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants $7,693
10.500 Cooperative Extension Service $6,763
10.902 Soil and Water Conservation $3,518
10.515 Renewable Resources Extension Act and National Focus Fund Projects $3,259
15.815 National Land Remote Sensing_education Outreach and Research $1,998
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $1,875
10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (afri) $200