You are auditing Pell grant provided to students at six state universities. The Pell grant program is a federal financial aid program for college students. The maximum grant a student can receive during a school year is $3,125 with a maximum of $1,041.67 per semester and summer session. The amount of a grant depends on financial need and the number of credits taken (status). Students cannot receive a grant at two different schools during the same school term.

SSN: Social security number

Last: Students last name

First: Students first name

Middle: Students middle name or initial

School: School- Coded 1 to 6

Term: Coded 1 to 3

1- Fall semester

2- Spring semester

3- Summer semester

*Need: Financial need - coded 1 to 5

1- 100% of allowable grant

2- 75%

3- 50%

4- 25%

5- 0%

*Status: Credit taken - Coded 1 to 4

1-12 or more credits: 100%

2-9 to 11 credits 75%

3-6 to 8 credits 50%

4-3 to 5 credits 25%

Amount: Amount of grant for the term

Computation of grant $3,125/3 * Need * Status

For a full time student with maximum need:

$3,125 / 3 * 100% * 100% = $1,041.67

For a student with a code 3 need taking 9 credits

$3,125 / 3 * 50% * 75% = $390.63

Required:

1. Develop an audit program to identify potential fraud using ACL

2. Use ACL to perform the steps in your audit program. Turn in the following:

a. Your audit program referenced to the ACL printouts supporting each audit step.

b. A report on your finding including additional steps you would take to determine if fraud actually occurred

c. Appropriate ACL printouts properly indexed with comments written on the printout to explain the printout and its implications. Do not print out the entire grant file. Extract only the items of significance.