Finding 624528 (2022-003)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-02-20
Audit: 54135
Organization: Louisburg College Inc. (NC)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The College failed to provide evidence of exit counseling for 19 out of 40 students in the direct loan program.
  • Impacted Requirements: This noncompliance relates to the Direct Loan program's requirement for documenting exit counseling efforts.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The College should establish policies to ensure records of exit counseling are maintained for all students who graduate or withdraw.

Finding Text

Criteria: For students who participate in the direct loan program, the College is required to show evidence of exit counseling, or evidence that the College attempted to send counseling to the students. Condition and Context: The College could not produce support showing completed exit counseling or proof of an attempt to send exit counseling for 19 students that graduated/withdrew out of 40 students tested. Known Questioned Costs: None, noncompliance related to additional requirements of the Direct Loan program. Cause: The College did not keep record of exit counseling being sent to students that graduated/withdrew. Effect: The College was out of compliance with the additional compliance requirement of the Direct Loan program. Recommendation: The College should implement policies to retain records relating to the sending of exit counseling to students that graduated/withdrew.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.766 Community Facilities Loans and Grants $15.54M
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $3.86M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $1.82M
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $109,567
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $80,000
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $68,878