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Criteria: Reporting. All quarterly expenditure reports must be filed with the Illinois State Board of Education no later than 20 days after the end of the quarter (10/20, 1/20, 4/20 and 7/20). Condition: Quarter 1 of ESSER 2, Digital Equity, ESSER 3 were all filed 1 day after the 20 day deadline. Quarter 3 of Digital Equity was filed 113 days after the 20 day deadline. Quarter 4 of ER was filed 18 days after the 20 day deadline. Questioned Costs. No questioned costs. Context: The quarterly reports for the federal grants ranged from 1 day to 113 days filed after the 20 day deadline. Effect: The District was not in compliance by filing their expenditure reports late. Cause: The District did not employ proper oversight to ensure that the quarterly expenditure reports were filed timely. Recommendation: We recommend that steps are taken, including oversight by a second employee, to ensure that all quarterly expenditure reports are filed by the due dates. Managements response: The District will take the necessary steps to file all quarterly expenditure reports on time in the future.