Notes to SEFA
Title: Adjustments on the Schedule of Federal Awards
Accounting Policies: GeneralThe accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance present the activity of all federal awards and state financial assistance programs of the Palisades Park School District. The District is defined in Note 1 (A) to the District's basic financial statements. All federal awards and state financial assistance received directly from federal and state agencies, as well as federal awards and state financial assistance passed through other government agencies, are included on the Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance.Basis of accountingThe accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance are presented using the budgetary basis of accounting with the exception of programs recorded in the food service fund, which are presented using the accrual basis of accounting. These bases of accounting are described in Notes 1 (C) and 1 (D) to the District's basic financial statements.Relationship of financial statementsThe basic financial statements present the general fund and special revenue fund on a GAAP basis. Budgetary comparison statements or schedules are presented for the general fund and special revenue fund to demonstrate finance-related legal compliance in which certain revenue is permitted by law or grant agreement to be recognized in the audit year, whereas for GAAP reporting, revenue is not recognized until the subsequent year or when expenditures have been made.The general fund is presented in the accompanying schedules on the modified accrual basis with the exception of the revenue recognition of the one or more deferred June state aid payments in the current budget year, which is mandated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22-44.2. For GAAP purposes payments are not recognized until the subsequent budget year due to the state deferral and recording of the one or more June state aid payments in the subsequent year. The special revenue fund is presented in the accompanying schedules on the budgetary basis which recognizes encumbrances as expenditures and also recognizes the related revenues, whereas the GAAP basis does not. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is $77,783 for the general fund and ($346,793) for the special revenue fund. See Exhibit C-3 for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the modified accrual basis of accounting for the general and special revenue funds.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
On Schedule A; the adjustment for the ESSA Title III Immigrant program for fiscal year 2021 for $21 represents adjustments to activity to correspond to board financial reports.