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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PASSED THROUGH ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER - AL NUMBERS 10.553 AND 10.555 PASS-THROUGH NUMBER 2903 AUDIT PERIOD - YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 2022-003. Reporting Criteria or specific requirement: Monthly claims for reimbursement are required to be submitted to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Child Nutrition Unit (DESE, CNU). Reimbursement claim components include the total number of students eligible for and number of students participating in free, reduced price, and paid meals served. The total meals served by category are to be derived from the daily record forms. Condition: An Administrative Review for the District was completed by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Child Nutrition Unit (DESE, CNU) in November 2021. The review of the September 2021 Claim for Reimbursement resulted in a calculated over claim in the amount of $1,811 due to clerical errors in calculating meals served. In addition, $2,983 of the claim was disallowed due to meal pattern requirements not being met. Cause: The inaccurate reporting of meals served resulted from clerical errors in posting data from the daily record forms to the monthly claims for reimbursement. Effect: The District was not properly reimbursed for meals served during the year. Questioned costs: The amount of questioned costs was $4,794. Context: Results of an Administrative Review by the DESE, CNU. Recommendation: The District should exercise due care in the posting of data from the monthly account eligibility reports and daily record forms to the monthly claim for reimbursement. Views of responsible officials: We will not go in and add additional meals until the end of the month to keep the meals from being added twice. The Food Service Management Company Director handed out the right completed meals, but the paperwork did not back up the components in the meal. We will double check all paperwork to make sure the meal components are all listed on the production records.