Finding 623059 (2022-001)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2022-10-30
Audit: 47784
Organization: Gaylord Community Schools (MI)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The School District's cash resources for the breakfast and lunch programs exceeded the allowable limit by $452,994 as of June 30, 2022.
  • Impacted Requirements: Federal regulations require that net cash resources be limited to no more than three months of average expenditures.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The School District should regularly review cash resources and adjust budgets to comply with the three-month limit, with a meeting planned by December 2022 to create a management plan.

Finding Text

2022-001 (Repeat finding 2021-002) Program Nutrition Cluster - National School Breakfast and National School Lunch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, passed through Michigan Department of Education. CFDA # 10.553, 10.555, 10.559. Criteria Federal register section 7 CFR Part 210.14b requires School Districts to limit its School Breakfast and Lunch fund net resources to an amount that does not exceed three months average expenditures. Condition The School Districts net cash resources exceeded three months of average expenditures at June 30, 2022. Questioned costs None Context Applicable requirement for School Districts with a food services management company operating service activities. Effect Management did not monitor net cash resources to ensure that they did not exceed three months of average expenditures. The School District's net cash resources were in excess of three months over expenditures by $452,994. Cause Management did not monitor net cash resources to ensure that they did not exceed three months of average expenditures. The School District's net cash resources were in excess of three months over expenditures by $452,994. Recommendation We recommend that the School District review their Food Service Fund's net cash resources periodically throughout the school year to ensure that the fund will not have an excess of three months of average expenditures at the fiscal year end. The School District should also take this requirement into consideration when preparing the annual budget and any subsequent adjustments to the budget. Views of the Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action The Superintendent, Business Manager and Food Service Director will meet prior to the end of December 2022 to develop an outline of a purchasing/use of funds plan.

Categories

School Nutrition Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 46615 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46616 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46617 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46618 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46619 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46620 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46621 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 46622 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623057 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623058 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623060 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623061 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623062 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623063 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 623064 2022-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $2.37M
10.555 National School Lunch Program $1.18M
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $526,657
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $88,790
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $40,814
10.553 School Breakfast Program $36,918
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $30,989
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $15,297
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $5,913
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $3,063