Finding 610719 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-29
Audit: 29056
Organization: Presbyterian College (SC)
Auditor: Bdo USA LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) was incomplete, missing a federal grant that should have been reported.
  • Impacted Requirements: The SEFA must accurately list all federal programs and expenditures as per 2 CFR 200.502, including details on subrecipients and loan programs.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Enhance internal controls and procedures for preparing and reviewing the SEFA to prevent future omissions.

Finding Text

Federal Program Information: Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Various ALN #?s) Criteria or Specific Requirement (Including Statutory, Regulatory or Other Citation): Reporting- The auditee must prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards (the ?SEFA?) for the period covered by the auditee?s financial statements which must include the total Federal awards expended as determined in accordance with 2 CFR 200.502 Basis for determining Federal awards expended. At a minimum, the schedule must: (1) List individual Federal programs by Federal agency. For a cluster of programs, provide the cluster name, list individual Federal programs within the cluster of programs, and provide the applicable Federal agency name. For Research and Development (?R&D?), total Federal awards expended must be shown either by individual Federal award or by Federal agency and major subdivision within the Federal agency. (2) For Federal awards received as a subrecipient, the name of the passthrough entity and identifying number assigned by the pass-through entity must be included. (3) Provide total Federal awards expended for each individual Federal program and the Assistance Listing number or other identifying number when the Assistance Listing information is not available. For a cluster of programs also provide the total for the cluster. (4) Include the total amount provided to subrecipients from each Federal program. (5) For loan or loan guarantee programs described in 2 CFR 200.502(b), identify in the notes to the schedule the balances outstanding at the end of the audit period. This is in addition to including the total Federal awards expended for loan or loan guarantee programs in the schedule. (6) Include notes that describe that significant accounting policies used in preparing the schedule and note whether or not the auditee elected to use the 10% de minimis cost rate as covered in 2 CFR 200.414. Condition: The SEFA as prepared by management did not originally include one federal grant with federal expenditures to be reported within the 2022 SEFA. Cause: Lack of administrative oversight and insufficient internal controls with respect to preparation of the SEFA. Effect: The original draft SEFA was incomplete. Questioned Costs: None. Context: The original draft SEFA was incomplete. Identification as a Repeat Finding: This is a repeat finding of prior year finding 2021-001. Recommendation: We recommend the College enhance its procedures and internal controls with respect to preparation and review of the SEFA. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The grant included in the finding was received from a local government entity which did not communicate any reporting requirements associated with the grant. The College will be more vigilant in future years in assessing any grants received for inclusion on the SEFA.

Categories

Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.766 Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster $58.41M
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $17.38M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $1.40M
84.425 Covid-19 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (heerf) Student Portion $1.33M
84.425 Covid-19 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (heerf) - Institutional Portion $1.33M
97.036 Covid-19 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $326,944
93.859 South Carolina Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (sc Inbre) - Administrative Core $172,635
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $114,034
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant $88,750
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $60,000
93.859 South Carolina Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (sc Inbre) - Determining the Mechanisms of Heat Shock Protein 90 Regulation of Morphine Tolerance $54,736
47.050 Rui: Characterization and Modeling Space Weather Geomagnetic Fluctuations $29,926
93.859 South Carolina Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (sc Inbre) - Dna Methylation Patterns of Mammary Stem Cells As An Indicator of Breast Cancer Plasticity $19,642
93.859 South Carolina Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (sc Inbre) - Administrative Supplement: Epigenetic and Mrna Translational Control Mediated by Adherens Protein Plekha7 $12,300
43.008 Mist 2021: Modeling Magnetic Storms $7,500
43.008 Undergraduate Student Research Award $7,500
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants $3,772
43.008 Reap 2021-22: Dissemination of Research on Magnetospheric Ulf Waves $2,000
43.008 Space Grant Campus Director $1,500
84.038 Federal Perkins Loan Program $0