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Finding 969905 (2022-010)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2024-04-16
Audit: 303680
Organization: Kentucky State University (KY)
Auditor: Blue & CO

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The University failed to notify NSLDS of a student's status change within the required timeframe.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with 34 CFR 685.309, which mandates timely reporting of student enrollment status changes.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement controls to monitor the third-party servicer's reporting to ensure timely updates to NSLDS.

Finding Text

NSLDS Notification of Withdrawn Status Information on the Federal Program: Federal Direct Student Loan Program (AL Number 84.268) – U.S. Department of Education Criteria or specific requirement: 34 CFR 685.309 - Unless the school expects to submit its next enrollment report within 60 days, the school must notify the lender or the guaranty agency within 30 days if it discovers that a student who received a loan either did not enroll or ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis. The school is responsible for timely reporting whether they report directly or via a third-party servicer. Condition: Out of a population of 26 withdrawn students, we sampled 5. Out of this sample, the University failed to correctly notify NSLDS of 1 student’s status change. Questioned Cost: $-0- Cause: The University relied on their third-party servicer for reporting and did not have a control in place to ensure that timely reporting of all status changes to NSLDS was occurring. Effect: Without notification, the NSLDS is not timely updated of change in status for students who have withdrawn or graduated. Timely notification allows the NSLDS to determine when a student enters repayment status. Recommendation: We recommend that the University establish controls to review the reporting function of their third-party servicer to ensure student enrollment status in the NSLDS is updated in a timely manner in compliance with federal requirements.

Categories

Reporting Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 393459 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393460 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393461 2022-008
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393462 2022-009
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393463 2022-010
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393464 2022-011
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393465 2022-012
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393466 2022-013
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393467 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393468 2022-015
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393469 2022-016
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393470 2022-017
    Material Weakness
  • 393471 2022-018
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393472 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393473 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393474 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393475 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393476 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 393477 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393478 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393479 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393480 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393481 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393482 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393483 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 393484 2022-017
    Material Weakness
  • 393485 2022-018
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969901 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969902 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969903 2022-008
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969904 2022-009
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969906 2022-011
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969907 2022-012
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969908 2022-013
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969909 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969910 2022-015
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969911 2022-016
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969912 2022-017
    Material Weakness
  • 969913 2022-018
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969914 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969915 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969916 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969917 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969918 2022-006
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 969919 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969920 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969921 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969922 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969923 2022-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969924 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969925 2022-014
    Significant Deficiency
  • 969926 2022-017
    Material Weakness
  • 969927 2022-018
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $9.51M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $5.45M
10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University $3.02M
10.512 Agriculture Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions $2.63M
10.524 Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions (b) $657,179
84.031 Higher Education_institutional Aid $503,470
84.382 Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions $436,065
10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $419,414
84.038 Federal Perkins Loan Program $382,419
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $285,463
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $261,355
84.042 Trio_student Support Services $258,781
84.047 Trio_upward Bound $223,951
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $168,085
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $138,700
10.311 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program $118,472
47.076 Education and Human Resources $108,537
10.443 Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers $90,269
10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (afri) $87,086
93.910 Family and Community Violence Prevention Program $58,414
10.514 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program $49,799
10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care $49,494
10.202 Cooperative Forestry Research $44,350
10.216 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants $39,481
16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program $36,085
10.001 Agricultural Research_basic and Applied Research $34,182
10.500 Cooperative Extension Service $15,688
10.515 Renewable Resources Extension Act and National Focus Fund Projects $15,235
10.215 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education $13,708
43.008 Education $12,317
10.229 Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement $11,699
10.523 Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions (b) $10,000
93.658 Foster Care_title IV-E $8,892
10.175 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (b) $1,532
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $943
10.902 Soil and Water Conservation $-3,517