Finding 592257 (2022-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
B
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-01-04
Audit: 22537
Organization: South Central Cusd 401 (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District reported $20,890 in expenditures that were already claimed in the previous fiscal year, leading to double counting.
  • Impacted Requirements: Financial reports must match accounting records, but discrepancies were found due to lack of reconciliation procedures.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Establish a reconciliation process for all project costs across fiscal years to prevent future overreporting.

Finding Text

Criteria: Financial reports requesting reimbursement of expenditures should reconcile to accounting records. Condition: During our audit testing of the expenditure reimbursement request reports, we noted the accounting records indicated less expenditures incurred than what was requested on the report. Questioned Costs: $20,890. Context: The District inadvertently included project expenditures spent in the prior fiscal year as current fiscal year expenditures. Reimbursement for those expenditures was requested in the prior fiscal year, therefore, those expenditures were overreported project costs. Effect: The District inadvertently reported certain expenditures twice for the same grant project resulting in an overreporting of project expenditures of $19,890 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Cause: The District did not implement a procedure to reconcile total project costs per its accounting records to total project costs per grant expenditure reports for grants that spanned across multiple years. Recommendation: It is recommended the District establish procedures to reconcile total project costs per District accounting records tot total projects costs per grant expenditure reports. This reconciliation procedure should include all project costs for the entire project history. Management's Response: There is no disagreement with this audit finding or amount of questioned costs.

Categories

Questioned Costs Cash Management Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 15815 2022-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $758,269
10.555 National School Lunch Program $377,434
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $193,034
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $159,444
10.553 School Breakfast Program $87,876
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $46,525
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $17,112
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $16,891
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $15,924
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $8,621
84.358 Rural Education $6,969