Finding 602454 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2022
Accepted
2022-12-19
Audit: 20676
Organization: Butler County School District (KY)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District charged unallowable costs to the COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund, violating 2 CFR 200.303.
  • Impacted Requirements: Internal controls over compliance with federal regulations were insufficient, leading to potential disallowance of $32,320 in costs.
  • Recommended Follow-up: The District should review and verify the allowability of all costs charged to the grant to prevent future issues.

Finding Text

Criteria and Condition: 2 CFR 200.303 requires the non-federal entity to establish and maintain effective internal controls over compliance with Federal statues, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award including proper tracking of grant expenditures or compliance. COVID-19 Education Stabilization Funds were to be spent on allowable cost, per funding guidelines. The District?s processes over allowable costs needs improvement as costs determined to be unallowable were charged to the education stabilization fund. Cause: Certain internal controls were not in place to prevent unallowable costs being charged to the grant Effect: The cost of the assistance may be disallowed. Questioned Costs: $32,320 Context: A sample of 60 checks totaling $584,813 was selected for audit from a population of 523 checks totaling $1,482,664. The test found three checks that were not in compliance with questioned costs totaling $32,320. Our sample was a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: The District should verify the allowability of the costs that were charged to the grant. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The District concurs with the finding, see corrective action plan.

Categories

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 26012 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.555 National School Lunch Program $1.11M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $562,826
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $529,388
10.553 School Breakfast Program $446,022
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $274,556
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $113,190
12.U01 Njrotc $93,516
84.027 Covid-19 Special Education_grants to States $89,481
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $49,618
84.358 Rural Education $49,346
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $46,540
84.013 Title I State Agency Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth $32,500
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $19,727
84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $18,370
84.173 Covid-19 Special Education_preschool Grants $16,596
84.425 Covid-19 Education Stabilization Fund $15,432
84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $6,911
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $4,071
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,063
10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $2,994
93.079 Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health Through School-Based Hiv/std Prevention and School-Based Surveillance $427