Finding Text
Federal Program: Child Nutrition Cluster
ALN #: 10.553,10.555, and 10.559
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pass-through entity: Michigan Department of Education
Pass-through number: 220910, 230910, 221960, 231960, 221970, 231970
Criteria:
Federal guidelines state that school officials must complete self-monitoring reviews of all of their buildings that operate a school lunch program and 50% of their buildings that operate a school breakfast program by February first.
Condition:
The District completed their self-monitoring review of one of their buildings subsequent to the February 1st deadline.
Questioned Costs:
None
Cause:
The delay in completing the self-monitoring reviews was due to staffing shortages.
Effect:
Without the proper self-review of the breakfast and lunch programs, quality and nutrition standards could be negatively impacted.
Recommendation:
The District should implement added controls to prevent the lapse in self-monitoring reviews from occurring in the future.
District’s Response:
The District concurs with the facts of this finding and will strive to improve controls to ensure that self-monitoring reviews are completed on a timely basis in the future.