Finding Text
2023-004 – Reporting Requirements
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
AL Number: 84.425E, 84.425F, 4.425K
Criteria or Specific Requirement: Quarterly Reports were required to be submitted 10 days from the close of a quarter. These reports were required to be publicly reported for the student portion, and the institution portion. Additionally, an annual report covering the period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 is required to be filed by April 10, 2023.
Condition: The College did not have the 3rd quarter of 2023 report or the required annual report on its website. The 3rd quarter report for 2023 was posted but when the link was checked the webpage was unavailable. Finally, the fiscal year-end report was not posted to the College’s website.
Context: Per requirements the forms must be conspicuously posted on the institution’s primary website on the same page the reports of the IHE’s activities as to the emergency financial aid grants to students are posted.
Questioned Costs: None
Effect: The College did not meet the posting requirements for the reports.
Cause The College did not realize that the way that they were posting the reports caused them to be removed automatically after a set number of days on the website and forgot to upload the required annual report.
Recommendation: For future grants, we recommend thorough review of the reporting requirements to avoid missed deadlines or omissions or portions of the requirements.
View of Responsible Official: Chief Dull Knife College will continue to review reporting requirements for all grants received. HEERF reports were posted to the College’s website, but the third quarter 2023 report was posted in the Financial Section rather than the IHE’s activities section. This procedure is being corrected and will be reviewed for all grants.