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Criteria: Reporting. All quarterly expenditure reports must be filed with the Illinois State Board of Education no later than 20 days after the end of the quarter (10/20, 1/20, 4/20 and 7/20). Condition: No reports were filed for Quarters 2 and 3 and Quarter 4 was filed 16 days after the 20 day deadline for Title I - Low Income. No reports were filed for Quarters 2 and 3 and Quarter 4 was filed 21 days after the 20 day deadline for Title II - Teacher Quality. No report was filed for Quarter 2 and Quarter 3 was filed 41 days after the 20 day deadline for the IDEA Cluster. Quarter 4 for ESSER was filed 8 days after the 20 day deadline. Questioned Costs: No questioned costs. Context: The quarterly reports for the federal grants ranged from 16 days to 41 days filed after the 20 day deadline. Effect: The District was not in compliance by filing their expenditure reports late. Cause: The District did not employ proper oversight to ensure that the quarterly expenditure reports were filed timely. Recommendation: We recommend that steps are taken, including oversight by a second employee, to ensure that all quarterly expenditure reports are filed by the due dates. Management response: The District will take the necessary steps to file all quarterly expenditure reports on time in the future.