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Criteria: Reporting. All quarterly expenditure reports must be filed with the Illinois State Board of Education no later than 20 days after the end of the quarter (10/20, 1/20, 4/20, 7/20). Condition: No grant reports were filed for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters for all grants. 4th quarter report for Title I - Low Income was filed 20 days after the 20 day deadline. 4th quarter report for the Title IVA - Student Support was filed 102 days after the 20 day deadline. 4th quarter report for IDEA Preschool was filed 85 days after the 20 day deadline. 4th quarter report for IDEA was filed 60 days after the 20 day deadline. 4th quarter report for Title II - Teacher Quality was filed 28 days after the 20 day deadline. Questioned Costs: None Context: No quarterly reports were filed for the first 3 quarters. The 4th quarter reports for the federal grants ranged from 20 days to 102 days filed after the 20 day deadline. Effect: The District was not in compliance by filing their expenditure reports late. Cause: The District did not employ proper oversight to ensure that the quarterly expenditure reports were filed timely. Recommendation: We recommend that steps are taken, including oversight by a second employee, to ensure that all quarterly expenditure reports are filed by the due dates. Managements response: The Distrit will take the necessary steps to file all quarterly expenditure reports on time in the future.