Finding 637741 (2022-002)

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Requirement
F
Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2022-11-09

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The District included items below the $5,000 capitalization threshold in capital outlay, violating its Fixed Asset Policy.
  • Impacted Requirements: The District's budgeting and reporting processes must align with its capitalization policy to ensure compliance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure future budgets only include items over the $5,000 threshold in capital outlay and monitor adherence to the policy.

Finding Text

'8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation): Equipment/Real Property Management '9. Condition: The District budgeted for and included items in capital outlay objects in both the general ledger and Illinois State Board of Education expenditure reports that were below the District's capitalization threshold of $5,000. '10. Questioned Costs: No questioned costs. '11. Context: Of the 7 Education Stabilization Fund grants that had expenditures in fiscal year 2022 , one of the grants included items below the capitalization threshold of $5,000 in capital outlay objects. '12. Effect: The District did not follow its capitalization threshold as outlined in its Fixed Asset Policy. 13. Cause: This was an oversight by the grant coordinator as they did not take into consideration the District's capitalization policy when compiling the budget. 14. Recommendation: The District should only include items greater than its $5,000 capitalization threshold in capital outlay objects in its general ledger, budgets, and expenditure reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Education. 15. Management's response: The District will follow the District's capitalization policy in future budgeting.

Categories

Equipment & Real Property Management

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $516,400
10.553 School Breakfast Program $163,502
84.367 Improving Teacher Quality State Grants $75,566
84.027 Special Education_grants to States $51,484
84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $36,985
10.555 National School Lunch Program $25,492
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $18,261
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $16,754
84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $15,405
84.358 Rural Education $12,015
84.173 Special Education_preschool Grants $5,263
32.009 Emergency Connectivity Fund Program $3,600
10.559 Summer Food Service Program for Children $3,209
10.649 Pandemic Ebt Administrative Costs $614