Lodge Grass School District No. 27 & 2

Finding 2025 - 001 – Reporting – Late Data Collection Form Submission Condition: The audited financial statements were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of June 30, 2026. Questioned Costs: None Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Section 200.512, an entity expending more than $750,000 of federal funds within a fiscal year must submit the data collection form and reporting package by a due date that is the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the year end of the audit period. Cause: We requested information relating to the completion of the audit. This information was not provided on a timely basis, causing the filing for that audit to be late. Effect: The School District was not in compliance with Uniform Guidance, which could lead to sanctions by the funding agencies. Recommendation: We recommend the School District organize and provide requested information on a timely basis to ensure completion of the audit by June 30 of each year. Views of Responsible Officials: Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan for management’s views and planned corrective action.

Finding 2025-001 – Reporting – Late Data Collection Form Submission Condition: The audited financial statements were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of June 30, 2026. Questioned Costs: None. Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Section 200.512, an entity expending more than $750,000 of federal funds within a fiscal year must submit the data collection form and reporting package by a due date that is the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the year end of the audit period. Cause: We requested information relating to the completion of the audit. This information was not provided on a timely basis, causing the filing for that audit to be late. Effect: The School District was not in compliance with Uniform Guidance, which could lead to sanctions by the funding agencies. Recommendation: We recommend the School District organize and provide requested information on a timely basis to ensure completion of the audit by June 30 of each year. Views of Responsible Officials: The District was without a Business Manager for the audit period and as such relied on the Financial Consultant to submit the majority of audit information. The Consultant was unable to meet deadlines for submitting audit information. With the employment of a Business Manager for the 2025-26 fiscal year, the District is planning to be more timely with the submission of records to the audit firm.

Finding 2025 - 001 – Reporting – Late Data Collection Form Submission Condition: The audited financial statements were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of March 31, 2026. Questioned Costs: None Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Section 200.512, an entity expending more than $750,000 of federal funds within a fiscal year must submit the data collection form and reporting package by a due date that is the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the year end of the audit period. Cause: We requested information relating to the completion of the audit. This information was not provided on a timely basis, causing the filing for that audit to be late. Effect: The School District was not in compliance with Uniform Guidance, which could lead to sanctions by the funding agencies. Recommendation: We recommend the School District organize and provide requested information on a timely basis to ensure completion of the audit by March 31 of each year. Views of Responsible Officials: Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan for management’s views and planned corrective action.

Finding 2025-001 – Reporting – Late Data Collection Form Submission Condition: The audited financial statements were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of March 31, 2026. Questioned Costs: None. Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Section 200.512, an entity expending more than $750,000 of federal funds within a fiscal year must submit the data collection form and reporting package by a due date that is the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the year end of the audit period. Cause: We requested information relating to the completion of the audit. This information was not provided on a timely basis, causing the filing for that audit to be late. Effect: The School District was not in compliance with Uniform Guidance, which could lead to sanctions by the funding agencies. Recommendation: We recommend the School District organize and provide requested information on a timely basis to ensure completion of the audit by March 31 of each year. Views of Responsible Officials: The District was without a Business Manager for the audit period and as such relied on the Financial Consultant to submit the majority of audit information. The Consultant was unable to meet deadlines for submitting audit information. With the employment of a Business Manager for the 2025-26 fiscal year, the District is planning to be more timely with the submission of records to the audit firm.

Finding 2023-002 – Reporting – Compliance (Repeat Finding: 2022-005) Condition: The School District did not complete and submit their audit to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of March 31, 2024. Questioned Costs: None. Criteria: 2 CFR §200.512 of the Uniform Guidance requires an entity expending more than $750,000 of federal funds within the calendar year to submit a data collection form by a due date that is the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s) or nine months after the end of the audit period. Cause: During FY 2021, 2022, and 2023 the School District employed multiple Business Managers. This affected providing documentation in a timely manner. Effect: Late filing of the data collection form results in noncompliance with requirements of Uniform Guidance which could lead to sanctions by funding agencies. Recommendation: We recommend the School District become familiar with reporting requirements for each award and implement procedures to begin audit preparation work earlier in the fiscal year to ensure reports are filed within the nine-month reporting deadline set forth by Uniform Guidance. Views of Responsible Officials: Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan for management’s views and planned corrective action.

Finding 2023-002 – Reporting (Compliance; Internal Control Over Compliance) Condition: The School District did not complete and submit their audit to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by the due date of March 31, 2023. Recommendation: We recommend the School District become familiar with reporting requirements for each award and implement procedures to begin audit preparation work earlier in the fiscal year to ensure reports are filed within the nine-month reporting deadline set forth by Uniform Guidance. Finding 2023-002 – Reporting (Compliance; Internal Control Over Compliance), continued Views of Responsible Officials: The District hired new Financial Staff as of July 1, 2023. The Financial Consultant did not renew an agreement for assistance for the 2023-24 fiscal year. New Finance Staff did not provide audit information on a timely basis to the audit firm. The Financial Consultant was rehired on May 2024 and has since been working with the audit firm to provide the needed information in a timely fashion. The District is retaining the current audit firm with anticipation of the report for the 2023-24 fiscal year being issued and filed on a timely basis. Rachel Pretty On Top, Chairman of the Board Lodge Grass School District

2022-005

Finding 2022-004 – Internal Control Over Disbursements (Allowable Costs/Activities) Significant Deficiency AL Number: 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund Condition: During our testing of internal controls over nonpayroll disbursements we reviewed 20 transactions, noting there was no supporting documentation for 2 transactions. No additional documentation was present to show that approval was obtained through other means, such as by email, verbally or follow-up signature approval from the program director. The sampling was not a statistically valid sample. Questioned Costs: None. Criteria: Internal controls should be in place that provide reasonable assurance that all financial transactions are reviewed and approved before payments are made and reports generated. No one individual should handle a transaction from its inception to its completion. Cause: Inattention to the procedures already in place to ensure that all transactions are properly authorized by appropriate personnel signing approvals before payment is issued may have led to this finding. Effect: Inadequate internal controls over disbursements could adversely affect the School District’s ability to detect misstatements in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements in a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. Recommendation: We recommend that the School District strengthens internal control policies and procedures over disbursements and employees indicate their review and approval for all transactions to ensure they are properly authorized. We further recommend no disbursement be processed without all necessary supporting documentation being obtained.

Finding 2022-004 – Internal Control Over Disbursements (Allowable Costs/Activities) Condition: During our testing of internal controls over nonpayroll disbursements we reviewed 20 transactions, noting there was no supporting documentation for 2 transactions. No additional documentation was present to show that approval was obtained through other means, such as by email, verbally or follow-up signature approval from the program director. The sampling was not a statistically valid sample. Recommendation: We recommend that the School District strengthens internal control policies and procedures over disbursements and employees indicate their review and approval for all transactions to ensure they are properly authorized. We further recommend no disbursement be processed without all necessary supporting documentation being obtained. Views of Responsible Officials: The District concurs with the recommendation. The Superintendent is working with finance staff on the review process so as to provide documentation for each expenditure incurred by the District. The review is completed by the Business Manage then submitted to the Supt and Board of Trustees on a periodic basis.

Internal Controls over Level of Effort Federal program information: Funding agency: Department of Education Title: Impact Aid CFDA number: 84.041 Award year and number: 2021; S041B 20212892 Criteria or Specific Requirement: Section 7003(d) funds may not supplant any state funds (either general or special education state aid) that were or would have been available to the LEA for the free, appropriate public education of federally connected children with disabilities counted under Section 7003(d). A reduction in the per-pupil amount of state aid for children with disabilities, including children counted under Section 7003(d), from that received in the previous year raises a presumption that supplanting has occurred. Condition: It was determined that a school employee that worked in the special education program wages and benefits for the period under audit were not charged to special education reporting code. The School worked with Office of Public Instruction ("OPI") to resolve this issue and an exception of $67,688 was allowed for the miscoded school employee and it was determined the the School was not supplanting and maintenance of effort was maintained. Context: We looked at all expenditures for the period under audit that were charged to the program code for special education in the general fund for the Elementary and High School. A total of $264,288 was charged to the special education program for the general fund in the initial trial balance provided to us by the School. Questioned Costs: None Effect: The School could be non-compliant with level of effort requirements for the grant. Cause: Management did not assign priority to implementing effective internal controls over the level of effort process. Repeat: No Auditor's Recommendation: The Superintendent and Business Manager should make sure all employees wages and benefits are charged to the correct reporting code per the OPI chart of chart of accounts. Views of Responsible Officials: The School agrees with the finding.

2021-002 The Superintendent of Schools fully concurs with the auditor?s recommendation and findings. The outgoing Business Manager made changes during the 21-22 fiscal year to properly code staffing. The Financial Consultant has worked with the new Business Manager to implement measures since July 1, 2022 to specifically identify staff working in the Special Services Department. Coding changes within the payroll software accounting system have been made to comply with OPI chart of accounts to start the 2021-22 fiscal year. The Business Manager understands the importance of MOE and will continue to monitor coding for special services staffing as changes are made.

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