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Federal Program Name and Year:Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; Project No.:23-4300-00; Assistance Listing no.: 84.010; Passed Through:Illinois State Board of Education; Federal Agency:United States Department of Education. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation), Per the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Electronic Expenditure Reporting System Quarterly user guide, quarterly
expenditure reports are due 20 calendar days after the expenditure report date. Condition: The District submitted all quarterly expenditure reports late per ISBE requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Context: All quarterly expenditure reports submitted were late. Quarter one was due October 20, 2023 and submitted September 22, 2023. Quarters two and three were not submitted. Quarter four was due July 20, 2023, and submitted October 2, 2023. Effect: The District was out of compliance with its subgrantor/cognizant agency (ISBE) as a result of submitting the expenditure reports late. Cause: The cause of the condition was a lack of a procedure to ensure timely filings in the grant administration department. Recommendation: It is recommended that the District establish policies and procedures regarding timely grant expenditure report submissions and
that these policies and procedure be trained on with staff and enforced to ensure compliance. Managements response: See corrective action plan.