Finding 599651 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-02-08

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Harlem Consolidated School District reported discrepancies between meal counts and claims for federal reimbursement in multiple months.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with federal reporting standards, specifically ensuring that claims are supported by accurate accounting records.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement stronger controls and conduct monthly reviews of reimbursement claims against internal meal count reports to prevent incorrect claims.

Finding Text

Harlem Consolidated School District 122 04-101-1220-22 SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS Year Ending June 30, 2022 SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS 1. FINDING NUMBER:14 2022 - 001 2. THIS FINDING IS: X New Repeat from Prior year? Year originally reported? 3. Federal Program Name and Year: Child Nutrition Cluster - Project Year 2022 4. Project No.: 22-4220, 22-4210 5. ASL No.: 10.555/10.553 6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education 7. Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture 8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation) "Per OMG Compliance Supplement, Part 3 - Compliance Requirements, Section L - Reporting, one of the audit objectives is to ""Determine whether the required reports for Federal awards include all activity of the reporting period, are supported by applicable accounting records, and are fairly presented in accordance with governing requirements."" " 9. Condition15 For October, December, February, and April reports, there were variances between the support for meal counts maintained by the District and the number of meals claimed by the District. 10. Questioned Costs16 No reportable questioned costs 11. Context17 The issue was a result of an error made when preparing the reimbursement claims. 12. Effect Costs not actually incurred or allowable to the grant could be mistakenly claimed for reimbursement. 13. Cause Finding was consistent across all reports being testing. 14. Recommendation We recommend that the District implement controls and perform a review of monthly claim reimbursements to supporting internal meal count reports to ensure that only allowable and supported expenditures are claimed. 15. Management's response18 See corrective action plan 14 See footnote 11. 15 Include facts that support the deficiency identified on the audit finding (?200.516 (b)(3)). 16 Identify questioned costs as required by ?200.516 (a)(3 - 4). 17 See footnote 12. 18 To the extent practical, indicate when management does not agree with the finding, questioned cost, or both.

Categories

Cash Management Reporting School Nutrition Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 23208 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 23209 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 599650 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $6.08M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $2.84M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $2.51M
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $1.70M
10.553 School Breakfast Program $759,836
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $563,932
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $223,367
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $82,695
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $51,158
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $32,937
84.196 Education for Homeless Children and Youth $6,000
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,063