Finding 960146 (2023-001)

Assistance Listing, Federal Agency, and Program Name - Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Federal Pell Grants ALN 84.063 and Direct Student Loan Program ALN 84.268 Federal Award Identification Number and Year - Various Pass-through Entity - None Finding Type - Significant deficiency Repeat Finding - No Criteria - Changes in a student’s status are required to be reported timely and accurately to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) within 30 days of the change or included in a student status confirmation report sent to NSLDS within 60 days of a status change (Pell, 34 CFR Section 690.83(b); Direct Loan, 34 CFR Section 685.309(b)). Condition - The College did not report certain students’ status to the NSLDS in an accurate manner during the fiscal year. Questioned Costs - None Identification of How Questioned Costs Were Computed - N/A Context - Of the 25 students tested, there were 3 students who withdrew whose status changes were not accurately reported to NSLDS after the student ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis. Cause and Effect - The College did not have a control in place to ensure all enrollment changes are reported accurately to NSLDS. As a result, certain student changes were not reported to NSLDS in an accurate manner. Recommendation - The College should implement controls to ensure all student status changes are reported accurately to NSLDS. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan - Management agrees with the finding. The College has implemented a secondary review of the data transmissions related to students who have withdrawn from the College prior to being sent to NSLDS to ensure the student enrollment status is properly reflected in the data transmission.