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Finding 2022-002 ? U.S. Department of Education (USDE), Title IV Student Financial Aid Programs (Significant Deficiency) Information on the federal program ? Federal Direct Student Loans, CFDA No. 84.268, June 30, 2022; Federal Work-Study Program, CFDA No. 84.003, June 30, 2022 Criteria ? Federal regulations governing the Title IV programs. Condition ? Numerous instances of noncompliance were noted, as more fully described in the context below. Questioned Costs ? As provided below. Context ? We observed the following conditions in connection with our testing of the various U. S. Department of Education, Title IV, Student Financial Assistance Programs: 1. Enrollment status reporting to NSLDS for four (4) students tested was not provided as required by Federal regulations. 2. The Center did not provide the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) funding report for the entire 2021-2022 award year for Federal Direct Loans. As of the report date, the Center had requested it from the U.S. Department of Education. Cause ? Oversight by responsible employees of properly monitoring required elements. Effect ? The Center's participation in the Title IV programs could be subject to USDE sanctions as applicable. Auditor's Recommendation ? The Center should implement corrective actions to ensure that the above findings are resolved and do not recur in future periods. Moreover, internal controls over compliance with federal program regulations should be revisited to ensure adequate supervisory controls, quality assurance reviews of compliance steps, technical training of staff, and adequate procedures are being followed for compliance purposes. View of Responsible Officials ? The enrollment information was provided to the FA auditor and several inquiries were made for verification and no timely response was received from the FA auditor. Three versions of the COD reports were provided along with several inquiries for confirmation that the report is what was needed. No timely response was made to our request. Management further explained that it takes 24 hrs. to receive the revised report if what was submitted was not what was needed, again no timely response from the FA auditor.