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2022-003 ? Significant Deficiency ? Education Stabilization Fund ? Reporting Compliance Requirement: Reporting (L) ALN: 84.425D Criteria: The District is required to frequently reconcile federal grant activity, this includes comparing allowable costs against drawn down requests. Furthermore, the District should submit requests for reimbursement in a timely manner to limit the amount of funds borrowed from other funds. Condition: During our audit, we are required to test the authenticity and completeness of the federal drawdowns. However, as a result of the District being behind in preparing draw down requests there were no reimbursements to test. Additionally, we noted that the business office did not have a formal review or reconciliation process in place related to grant funds. Questioned Costs: -0- Cause and Effect: Turnover in the business manager position led to the District falling behind in many administrative duties, such as drawing down federal funds and reconciling grant activity. At year end the District had a large grant receivable Balance, accordingly, the Grant Fund was required to borrow from other funds. Recommendation: We recommend that the District continue to review, develop and implement a formal processes to ensure grant funds are drawn down and reconciled frequently. Additionally, the District should continue to focus on cross training employees in an effort to help with continuity in the event of staff turnover. View of responsible Officials and planned Corrective actions: Please see the last page, for management?s response as prepared on District letterhead.