Finding Text
Federal Agency: Department of Education
Federal program title: Student Financial Aid Cluster
Assistance Listing Number: 84.033, 84.063, 84.007, 84.379, 84.268
Federal Award Identification Number and Year: P033A223771 (CWS 22‐23), P063P220377 (Pell 22‐23),
P007A223771 (SEOG 22‐23), P268K230377 (Direct Loan 2023)
Award Period: July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023
Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance (Other Matters)
Criteria or specific requirement: The Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 682.610, states that
institutions must report accurately the enrollment status of all students regardless if they receive aid
from the institution or not. This includes the enrollment effective date and related enrollment status,
which must be reported for both the Campus-Level and the Program-Level as well as the program
begin date. In addition, at a minimum, schools are required to certify enrollment every 60 days, and
respond within 15 days of the date that NSLDS sends a Roster file to the school or its third-party
servicer.
Condition: Incorrect or untimely reporting by the University of Students’ Changes in status during the
2020-2021 award year under audit.
Questioned costs: Unknown.
Context: Out of the 17 students tested noted 1 or more discrepancies, as follows:
2 students’ status was incorrectly reported to NSDLS.
1 student’s’ enrollment effective date was not reported correctly to NSLDS.
1 students’ enrollment status change was not reported to NSLDS within 60 days.
Cause: Lack of appropriate policy and procedure in place regarding NSLDS enrollment reporting for
the year under audit.
Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulations which could lead to untimely and incorrect reporting of
enrollment information to NSLDS.
Repeat Finding: Yes – 2022-004
Recommendation: We recommend that the University review their enrollment reporting policies and
procedures to ensure accurate reporting.
Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Management has
addressed their corrective action plan in a separately issued letter.