Michigan’s Administration of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund

Audit · Department of Education OIG · 2022-09-14 · about Department of Education

Summary

The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Michigan (Michigan) 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 accordance w

Recommendations (5)

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1.1	Open	Provide documentation, or a full and detailed explanation, of the process Michigan used to determine that the four education-related entities that received GEER grant funds were essential for carrying out emergency educational services, providing…
1.2	Open	Develop and implement a process to ensure that it documents the criteria and decisions made for awarding future GEER grant funds in accordance with applicable requirements.
1.3	Open	Take appropriate action if the documentation and other information provided by Michigan in response to the above recommendations does not support that the State followed applicable requirements.
2.1	Open	Timely design and implement a monitoring plan that will ensure that K–12 GEER and Early On program subgrantees’ use of GEER grant funds complies with the CARES Act and other applicable Federal requirements. The monitoring plan should include protocols…
2.2	Open	Develop and implement a process to review, on at least a sample basis, and using a risk-based approach, supporting documentation and award calculations for the FFF Path 1 scholarship awards.

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1.1

Open

Provide documentation, or a full and detailed explanation, of the process Michigan used to determine that the four education-related entities that received GEER grant funds were essential for carrying out emergency educational services, providing…

1.2

Open

Develop and implement a process to ensure that it documents the criteria and decisions made for awarding future GEER grant funds in accordance with applicable requirements.

1.3

Open

Take appropriate action if the documentation and other information provided by Michigan in response to the above recommendations does not support that the State followed applicable requirements.

2.1

Open

Timely design and implement a monitoring plan that will ensure that K–12 GEER and Early On program subgrantees’ use of GEER grant funds complies with the CARES Act and other applicable Federal requirements. The monitoring plan should include protocols…

2.2

Open

Develop and implement a process to review, on at least a sample basis, and using a risk-based approach, supporting documentation and award calculations for the FFF Path 1 scholarship awards.

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