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2022-006 - Education Stabilization Fund - Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund - Assistance Listing No. 84.425D and ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund - Assistance Listing No. 84.425U; Grant Period - For the year ended June 30, 2022 Condition: The internal controls over the payroll process did not identify the same payroll listed on the federal expenditure being claimed twice under this federal program. Criteria: Proper functioning internal controls would result in the District having control procedures in place to identify this duplication. Cause: The system of controls over the Education Stabilization Fund did not operate properly to allow for the District to identify the duplicate weeks of payroll being claimed as part of this grant. Effect: The District claimed duplicate payroll for 2 of 4 employees selected for testing. Context: A sample of 4 employees totaling $152,615 was selected for testing from a population of 38 employees totaling $408,826. The test found duplicate payroll claimed under the federal program for 2 of 4 employees selected for testing with questioned costs totaling $662. Recommendation: The District's internal control system over the federal payroll claiming process related to the Education Stabilization Fund should be reviewed and modified to prevent future errors. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: Employees will be allocated to the correct code as soon as notified allowing financial reports to reflect true payroll totals for salaries/benefits to all funds. Documentation for federal/single funded employees will be retained for 7 years. Payroll will have a list of employees who are paid by federal/state grants; a memo will be generated of these employees by the business manager by August 1st to be provided to the payroll office.