Finding Text
MONTICELLO COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 25
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
Year Ending June 30, 2023
SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
1. FINDING NUMBER: 2023- 003 2. THIS FINDING IS: X New Repeat from Prior year?
Year originally reported?
3. Federal Program Name and Year: Child Nutrition Cluster (National School Lunch Program & School Breakfast Program) 2022 & 2023
4. Project No.: 2022-4210, 2022-4220, 2023-4210, 2023-4210-SC, 2023-4220 5. CFDA No.: 10.553 & 10.555
6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education
7. Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation)
By November 15th of each school year, the School District must verify the correct free and reduced price eligibility of households selected from a sample of applications that it has approved for free and reduced price meals and complete and submit a verification summary by December 15th. (7 CFR section 245.6a)
9. Condition
The verification process was not performed.
10. Questioned Costs
None
11. Context
The verification process was not performed for fiscal year 2023.
12. Effect
The District did not comply with the Federal compliance requirement.
13. Cause
After the exemption from the verification process during school years impacted by COVID-19, it was an oversight that the verification procedures were not implemented.
14. Recommendation
The annual verification process should be completed by November 15th and the results should be reported to ISBE by December 15th.
15. Management's response
Management will implement the auditor's recommendation for the year ended June 30, 2024.