REPORT DIGEST

 

CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY

COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION

(In accordance with the
Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133)

For the Year Ended:

June 30, 2007

 

Summary of Findings:

Total this year            

    - Financial Audit         3*

    - Compliance Audit  14

                                        17

Total last year            

    - Financial Audit         2*

    - Compliance Audit  10

                                        12

Repeated from last year

    - Financial Audit        1*

    - Compliance Audit   7

                                         8

*Financial Audit Previously Released

Release Date:

May 15, 2008

 

State of Illinois

Office of the Auditor General

WILLIAM G. HOLLAND

AUDITOR GENERAL

 

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INTRODUCTION

 

      The Financial Statement Audit for the year ended June 30, 2007 was previously released on April 10, 2008.  That audit contained three audit findings. Those findings pertained to significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting.

 

      This report addresses Federal and State Compliance findings pertaining to the Single Audit and State Compliance Examination.  In total, this document contains fourteen audit findings.

SYNOPSIS

 

¨       The University did not have supporting documentation and proper approvals for certain expenditures charged to Federal Programs.

 

¨       The University’s procurement policies have requirements for competitive bidding however no evidence of competitive bidding was noted during testing of Federal transactions.

 

¨       The University failed to comply with cash management requirements.

 

¨       The University did not have adequate controls over contracting procedures.

 

¨       The University did not follow the travel policies of the Higher Education Travel Control Board and the Department of Central Management Services Property Control Rules.  Additionally, numerous charges to the University credit card were not supported by receipts and documentation.

 

¨       The University did not have procedures in place to periodically monitor unclaimed monies to determine proper and timely disposition of the funds in compliance with the Unclaimed Property Act.

 

¨       The University did not perform timely reconciliations of University records to the Office of the State Comptroller records.

 

¨       The University had inadequate controls over its property and equipment records.

 

 

{Financial Information is summarized on the reverse page.}

 


 

 

CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY

COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION

For The Year Ended June 30, 2007

 

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

FY 2007
FY 2006

OPERATING REVENUES

        Student tuition (net of scholarship allowances of $7,573,293 and $7,721,000.............

        Auxiliary enterprises (net of scholarship allowances of $13,664 and $35,336.............

        Grants and contracts (principally federal).........................................................................

        Other sources........................................................................................................................

                ....... Total Operating Revenues...................................................................................

OPERATING EXPENSES

        Instruction..............................................................................................................................

        Research.................................................................................................................................

        Public service.........................................................................................................................

        Academic support.................................................................................................................

        Student services....................................................................................................................

        Institutional support.............................................................................................................

        Operation and maintenance of plant..................................................................................

        Scholarships and fellowships.............................................................................................

        Auxiliary enterprises.............................................................................................................

        Depreciation...........................................................................................................................

        On-behalf State fringe benefits...........................................................................................

                ....... Total Operating Expenses....................................................................................

OPERATING LOSS.......................................................................................................................

NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)

        State appropriations.............................................................................................................

        State fringe benefits..............................................................................................................

        Investment income................................................................................................................

        Interest on capital asset – related debt..............................................................................

                ....... Net nonoperating revenues.................................................................................

 

        Capital appropriations and grants......................................................................................

        Loss on disposal of capital assets.....................................................................................

                ....... Total other revenues.............................................................................................

                          Increase in net assets.........................................................................................

NET ASSETS

Net assets, beginning of the year...............................................................................................

Net assets, end of the year..........................................................................................................

 

$22,023,468

3,630,015

31,083,682

3,023,784

$59,760,949

 

$38,298,566

5,405,867

7,359,554

7,118,467

13,468,500

8,903,062

6,701,614

5,346,202

3,902,710

4,067,182

15,176,756

$115,748,480

$(55,987,531)

 

41,160,000

15,176,756

54,044

(1,350,769)

$55,040,031

($947,500)

$16,916,913

(32,128)

$16,884,785

$15,937,285

 

112,189,557

$128,126,842

 

 $22,437,090

4,100,582

31,181,924

3,149,562

$60,869,158

 

$36,655,375

3,863,448

6,192,057

6,491,124

11,056,396

9,336,983

6,402,239

5,075,461

4,278,278

3,348,005

13,402,670

$106,102,036

$(45,232,878)

 

38,660,300

13,402,670

57,071

(1,472,091)

$50,647,950

$5,415,072

$28,253,484

(37,802)

$28,215,682

     $33,630,754

 

78,558,803

$112,189,557

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (Unaudited)

FY 2007

FY 2006

Employment Statistics

    Faculty/administrative..............................................................................

    Student employees..................................................................................

         Total Employees..............................................................................

Selected Activity Measures

Students (Spring Term)

     Undergraduate.......................................................................................

     Graduate................................................................................................

     Total Students........................................................................................

 

902

299

1,201

 

 

4,775

1,773

6,548

 

950

298

1,248

 

 

4,790

1,864

6,654

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

During Audit Period and Current: Dr. Elnora Daniel



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Failure to maintain supporting documentation

 

 

Questioned costs totaling $13,702

 

 

 

Need to improve property control records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,519,500 of expenditures contained no evidence of bidding

 

 


$58,359 of expenditures contained no evidence of bidding

 

 

 

 


$1,596,637 of expenditures contained no evidence of bidding

 

 

 

 


$1,309,692 of expenditures contained no evidence of bidding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Competitive procurement regulations not followed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash draw-downs exceeded the quoted cost by $76,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$39,650 cash drawn-down pertained to another program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


No evidence of competitive bids for 5 contracts totaling $679,927


One contract for $251,000 was with an employee of the University

 


18 of 26 contracts tested were executed after the date that services commenced

 

 

 


4 contracts exceeding $250,000 each were not approved by the Board of Trustees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit card charges were not always supported

 


Payment documentation did not identify any specific business purpose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Lack of receipts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


University accepted the recommendation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Some outstanding checks were issued over 10 years ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Reconciliations  for the first 5 months were not performed until December 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University agrees with auditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Inadequate controls over property and equipment records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several items observed were not on the property list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items could not be located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Financial Statement adjustments needed as a result of auditor testing