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Criteria or specific requirement Reimbursement for meals served is determined by applying the applicable meals times rates formula. Condition The District submitted inaccurate meal counts for reimbursement. Context Prior to auditor testing, the Food Service Director discovered that the lunch and breakfast meal counts for the High School had been transposed and submitted incorrectly. This error caused the breakfast count to be over-reimbursed by 4,425, and the lunch count was under-reimbursed by the same number. In addition, during testing of the Child Nutrition Cluster, it was discovered that the District was over-reimbursed by 14 lunches, under-reimbursed by 2 breakfasts, and under-reimbursed by 7 snacks during the four months tested. This resulted in an under-reimbursement of $9,307. Cause When preparing the monthly reimbursement request that is submitted to the State, an incorrect column was pulled from the meal count report for the High School?s December meals. In addition, manual meal counts were incorrectly summed. Effect Inaccurate meal counts were submitted to the State and reimbursed. Recommendation We recommend that the District review its controls related to monthly reimbursement requests for the Child Nutrition Cluster in order to ensure that accurate meal counts are submitted. Views of responsible officials See Corrective Action Plan.