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2022-004 - Education Stabilization Fund - Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund - Assistance Listing No. 84.425D; Grant Period - For the year ended June 30, 2022 Condition: The final federal expenditure report submitted for the ESSER II grant was unable to be reconciled with the District's general ledger system. As a result, expenses reported by the District were unable to be verified. Criteria: Proper procedures in place to track federal funding as well as proper controls in place to complete the reporting process would result in an accurate federal claiming process. Cause: The District did not have procedures in place to reconcile the final federal expenditure report prepared with the District's general ledger system. Effect: The District was unable to provide records to substantiate the final federal expenditure report submitted for ESSER II. Context: The final federal expenditure report was higher than the related general ledger accounts by $543,364. Recommendation: The District should implement procedures to track federal expenditures and reconcile these federal expenditures with the federal expenditure reports as they are prepared. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The District business office will utilize the same procedures as described in corrective action 2022-003 to eliminate issues with the FER not matching software produced reports. Communication and approval of financial reports by the business manager and the principal of curriculum will occur before quarterly and FER submissions.