Finding Text
Finding 2023-003 Child Nutrition Applications
Assistance Listing Number: Child Nutrition Cluster
Criteria: As part of determining student eligibility for free or reduced school meals, the District receives applications from student families. Federal requirements require the District official making the eligibility determination to either sign or initial and date the application, to signify that the determination was complete.
Condition: In our testing of 20 applications, 9 of the applications were not signed or initialed signifying the determination was complete. All of the students on the affected applications properly received the free or reduced meals they were eligible for. The applications just were not signed or initialed.
Cause: Administrative oversight led to the applications not being signed or initialed after the eligibility determination was completed.
Effect: The District was not in compliance with the requirements of the Child Nutrition Cluster.
Recommendation: We recommend the District implement a process that requires a signature on each application after the eligibility determination is complete.
Corrective Action Plan: See attachment for District’s corrective action plan.