Missouri’s Administration of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund Grant
Audit · Department of Education OIG · 2022-02-10 · about Department of Education
Report
Title
Missouri’s Administration of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund Grant
Submitting OIG
Department of Education OIG
Component agency
Department of Education
Type
Audit
Publication date
2022-02-10
Summary
The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Missouri (Missouri) designed and implemented awarding processes that ensured that the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER grant) was used to support local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) that were most significantly impacted by the coronavirus or LEAs, IHEs, or other education-related entities within the State that were deemed essential for carrying out emergency educational services; and monitoring processes to ensure that subgrantees used GEER grant funds in accorda
Recommendations (3)
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Status
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1.1
Closed
Provide evidence that its May 2021 LEA Connectivity Initiative reallocations are accurate and complete, and if not, make proper corrections as needed, and inform the affected LEAs accordingly.
1.2
Closed
Develop and implement controls to ensure that allocation methodologies are implemented as designed, and funding decisions are fully supported.
2.1
Closed
Develop and implement protocols to sample and review supporting documentation related to expenditures charged to the GEER grant for LEAs identified as medium-risk.