Finding Text
Federal Program TRIO Cluster Compliance requirements Reporting Criteria or specific requirement Internal controls should be in place to ensure that required reporting data is accurately submitted to the Department of Education. Condition During testing, we identified errors in certain data elements reported during the year for TRIO participants. Of the 350 attributes tested, 17 were incorrectly reported. Context Attributes with errors discovered include date of first project service, data relating to secondary school status, eligibility basis, and date of last project service. None of these items resulted in an ineligible individual participating in the program; only the reporting data submitted to the Department of Education was inaccurate. Cause The program acceptance date was incorrectly being entered for the date of first project service attribute reported for one of the TRIO programs. In addition, there were several other attributes that were entered incorrectly, either as a result of human error, or because activity took place after the participant?s date of last project service was entered. Effect Several reporting attributes had inaccurate data reported for some of the participants. No material impacts on the financial statements or on the program are anticipated. Recommendation We recommend that the College review its controls to ensure that accurate data is reported. Views of responsible officials See Corrective Action Plan.