Finding Text
1. FINDING NUMBER: 2023 - 002 2. THIS FINDING IS: New
3. Federal Program Name and Year: Child Nutrition Cluster
4. Project No.: 4210-00, 4210-BT, 4210-SC, 4220-00 5. CFDA No.: 10.555, 10.553
6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education
7. Federal Agency: US Department of Agriculture
8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): For the 3% verifications of applications, the District is required to select error prone applications for households receiving free or
reduced lunch as determined by October 1st. They then request documentation on the household income to verify the information provided on the application was correct and the determination does not need to be changed. If the documentation determines the original application determination was incorrect, they are to change the student's status of free or reduced.
9. Condition: In a population of 3 error prone applications selected for verification, exceptions were noted on 1 of the applications selected for verification. The 1 verification documentation received determined the student should be changed from reduced lunch to paid lunch and this change was not made.
10. Questioned Costs: N/A
11. Context: 3 verification forms were selected from a population of 3.
12. Effect: Student received reduced lunch for the year when they should have paid for lunch.
13. Cause: The District did not correctly determine the free, reduce, or paid status based on documentation received for the verification process.
14. Recommendation: The District should implement procedures to ensure a student's free or reduced lunch status is properly updated during the application verification process.
15. Management's response: Management will review and implement procedures to ensure the free or reduced lunch status is properly updated during the application verification process.