Report 2010-104 Recommendation 3 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 #3 To: Education, Department of

To ensure the accuracy of the CNIPS database, Education should direct the school food authorities to establish internal control procedures to ensure the accuracy of the application information they enter into the CNIPS database.

1-Year Agency Response

Educations CNIPS application includes a certification check box that school food authorities must check in order to submit the application. In addition, Education posted a notice on the first screen of the CNIPS advising sponsors of their responsibility to ensure that they report accurate information. Education also stated that beginning with the 201112 school year it will further ensure the accuracy of the application information by including a clause in the annual instructions to remind school food authorities of their responsibility to ensure that they report accurate CNIPS information, to clarify that charter schools be identified as such and not as public schools, and to suggest that a second person review the information for accuracy before the school food authorities submit the information to Education. (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.