Audit 293946

Accounting Policies: NOTE A – BASIS OF PRESENTATION The accompanying Schedule of Receipts and Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of Southern Local School District (the District) under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2023. The information on this Schedule is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position (cash basis) of the District. NOTE B – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Receipts and expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance wherein certain types of expenditures may or may not be allowable or may be limited as to reimbursement. NOTE C – INDIRECT COST RATE The District has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. NOTE D - SUBRECIPIENTS The District passes certain federal awards received from the U.S. Department of Education to other governments or not-for-profit agencies (subrecipients). As Note B describes, the District reports expenditures of Federal awards to subrecipients when paid in cash. As a subrecipient, the District has certain compliance responsibilities, such as monitoring its subrecipients to help assure they use these subawards as authorized by laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements, and that subrecipients achieve the award’s performance goals. NOTE E - CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER The District commingles cash receipts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture with similar State grants. When reporting expenditures on this Schedule, the District assumes it expends federal monies first. NOTE F – FOOD DONATION PROGRAM The District reports commodities consumed on the Schedule at the fair value. The District allocated donated food commodities to the respective program that benefitted from the use of those donated food commodities. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: NA