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2022-004 ? Findings & Questioned Costs Program Information: Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education (passed through the Nebraska Department of Education) Federal Program Title: COVID-19 ? Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) (AL #84.425D) Grant Award Period: September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 Questioned Cost: $71,208 Condition: There was not adequate review of reimbursement claims submitted to Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) for the COVID-19 ? Education Stabilization Fund (ESSER) to ensure accuracy. Criteria: Reimbursement claims should be reviewed for accuracy before submitting. Cause: The employee preparing the reimbursement requests inadvertently claimed the same expenses on two different reimbursement requests. Effect: During the year ended August 31, 2022, the District requested and received $71,208 of excess reimbursement. Recommendation: The reimbursement claims should be reviewed for accuracy by a different individual than the preparer before they are submitted to NDE. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Claims will be reviewed for accuracy by a second individual before they are submitted in the future. Also, the District reimbursed $71,208 to NDE on August 8, 2022.