Finding 588780 (2022-003)

- Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2022-10-25
Audit: 16722

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The School District's net cash resources for the School Breakfast and Lunch Fund exceeded the limit set by federal regulations.
  • Impacted Requirements: Federal guidelines require that net cash resources do not exceed three months of average expenditures; the District was over by $87,445 as of June 30, 2022.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The School District should regularly review net cash resources and develop a spend down plan with the Michigan Department of Education to ensure compliance and consider this in future budget preparations.

Finding Text

Nutrition Cluster - National School Breakfast and National School Lunch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, passed through Michigan Department of Education. ALN # 10.553, 10.555 and 10.559. Federal register section 7 CFR part 210.14b requires School Districts to limit its School Breakfast and Lunch Fund net cash resources to an amount that does not exceed three months of average expenditures. The School District's net cash resources exceeded three months of average expenditures at June 30, 2022. Management is required to monitor net cash resources and their spend down plan to ensure that they do not exceed three months of average expenditures. The School District's net cash resources were in excess of three months over expenditures by $87,445. Management did not monitor net cash resources and their spend down plan to ensure that they did not exceed three months of average expenditures. We recommend that the School District review their Food Service Fund's net cash resources periodically throughout the school year to ensure that the fund will not have an excess of three months of average expenditures at the fiscal year end and that the School District works on a spend down plan with the Michigan Department of Education. The School District should also take this requirement into consideration when preparing the annual budget and any subsequent adjustments to the budget.

Categories

School Nutrition Programs Cash Management

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $485,943
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $387,355
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $264,520
10.553 School Breakfast Program $126,440
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $69,024
10.555 National School Lunch Program $43,588
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $37,209
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $10,414
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $3,398
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $614
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $138