Department of Education

The Department complied with IPERA because it met all six compliance requirements. The Department’s improper payment estimate and methodology for the Restart program was generally accurate and complete. However, the Department published improper payments estimates that were unreliable for the...

We found that SLMA’s billing for its NLMA subsidiary for SAP under the 9.5 percent floor, complied with the TTPA and HERA. However, SLMA’s billing for NLMA did not comply with other requirements for the 9.5 percent floor calculation. Specifically, SLMA continued to bill loans under the 9.5 percent...

We determined that TCI met requirements in the HEA and regulations for institutional (excluding the 90/10 rule), program, and student eligibility and for award calculations. However, our review disclosed that (1) TCI improperly paid $440,487 to FFEL lenders to pay off its students’ loans and prevent...

Our audit disclosed that mc did not comply with the terms of its agreement with the U.S. Department of Education. UIC failed to show that its GEAR UP project provided services to 1,130 participants from its cohort during each of the first three years of the grant (September 1, 1999, through August...

Our objective was to perform the required risk assessment to determine whether an audit or review of the Department’s grant closeout process was warranted. We assessed the risk of the Department’s grant closeout process as moderate and determined that an audit or review is warranted. Specifically...

We determined that Texas’s system of internal control over displaced student count data did not ensure that the data provided to the Department were accurate and complete because it did not always prevent or detect inaccurate displaced student counts reported by LEAs. The displaced student count...

FSA consistently administered its heightened cash monitoring payment methods for schools that FSA placed on heightened cash monitoring for the top five reasons, and the documentation generally supported FSA’s placement of the schools on heightened cash monitoring. In our review of supporting...

We found that Texas established and implemented systems of internal control that provided reasonable assurance that Restart program funds were allocated appropriately and that sufficiently ensured that LEAs and nonpublic schools used Restart program funds for allowable and intended purposes.However...

The University of Southern California did not complete verification of applicant data in accordance with Federal requirements for 7 of the 60 students included in our statistical random sample. As a result, the university improperly disbursed $21,530 in Title IV aid to four students and improperly...

Based on our review, we determined that the purchase card program does not pose a high risk to the Department and an audit of the program is not necessary. We found that the Department has policies and procedures in place that address the applicable purchase card internal control requirements...