Finding Text
8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation)
The District should request Title I grant reimbursement for actual costs in accordance with the Uniform Guidance.
9. Condition
The District submitted ISBE expenditure reports with amounts greater than the actual Title I amounts identified in the financial records (within the 200 Employee Benefits function).
10. Questioned Costs
Amounts in the ISBE expenditure reports exceeds actual Title I amounts by $1,919.
11. Context
Testing of other disbursements related to this grant identified no further exceptions.
12. Effect
The situation had the effect of the District receiving $1,919 in excess receipts under this grant.
13. Cause
District personnel incorrectly entered amounts into the ISBE grant expenditure reporting.
14. Recommendation
We recommend that management heighten their review of the ISBE grant expenditure reports prior to filing.
15. Management's response
Management agrees with this finding and indicated that they will work with ISBE to correct this situation.