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AL 32.009 Emergency Connectivity Grant Fund (ECF), Federal Communications Commission, Award ID: ECF202115047 , Award Year: July 1, 2022 ? June 30, 2022. Criteria: Program requirements state that devices may not be submitted for reimbursements if they were purchased prior to July 1, 2021. Condition: Bend-La Pine Schools submitted reimbursement claims for iPads, which included one shipment of iPads that was received in June 2021. The amount claimed related to the June 2021 shipment was $210,504. Cause: The iPad shipment was received at Bend-La Pine Schools? warehouse on June 28, 2021, based on carrier receiving documents, but were not received in the technology department until after July 1, 2022. The technology department employee recorded receipt of the iPads as July 2021, and believing them to be eligible under the terms of the grant, the Business Office submitted a claim for reimbursement. Effect: The cost submitted for reimbursement was not allowable under the terms of the program. Questioned costs: $210,504, the total value of the iPads charged to the grant from the shipment received in July 2021. Context: The error was isolated to one particular shipment of iPads received in June 2021. Recommendation: We recommend the Business Office require receiving documentation be submitted with invoices to substantiate actual date of receipt for proper cut off at year end. Views of responsible officials: District agrees with this recommendation. We will provide staff with additional training specific to year-end expenditures and required documentation to ensure expenditures are recorded in the correct year.