Report 2010-104 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2010-104: California's Charter Schools: Some Are Providing Meals to Students, but a Lack of Reliable Data Prevents the California Department of Education From Determining the Number of Students Eligible for or Participating in Certain Federal Meal Programs (Release Date: October 2010)

Recommendation #1 To: Education, Department of

To ensure the reliability of the ConApp database fields related to the number of students enrolled at the school level, the number of those enrolled students who are eligible to receive free meals, and the number of those students who are eligible to receive reduced-price meals, Education should modify its ConApp database instructions to require local educational agencies and direct-funded charter schools to retain their documentation supporting the three data fields for a specified period of time.

1-Year Agency Response

Education modified its ConApp instructions to require local educational agencies and direct-funded charter schools to retain documentation supporting reported data in accordance with state and federal records retention requirements. The clause requires each recipient of federal funds to maintain records that will facilitate an effective financial or programmatic audit for three years after the completion of the activity for which the funds are used. (2012-406, p. 52)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-104

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.