Title: RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance include federal and state award activity of the City of Union City School District (the “District’). The District is defined in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. All federal awards and state awards 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance. The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Awards and Financial Assistance are presented on 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 Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The basic financial statements present the General Fund and Special Revenue Fund on a GAAP basis. Budgetary comparison statements or schedules (RSI) 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 last state aid payment in the current budget year, which is mandated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22- 44.2. For GAAP purposes that payment is not recognized until the subsequent budget year due to the state deferral and recording of the last state aid payment in the subsequent year. The Special Revenue Fund is presented in the accompanying schedules on the grant accounting budgetary basis which recognizes encumbrances as expenditures and also recognizes the related revenues, whereas the GAAP basis does not. The Special Revenue Fund also recognizes the last State aid payment in the current budget year, consistent with N.J.S.A. 18A:22-44.2. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is ($652,626) for the General Fund and ($1,007,701) for the Special Revenue Fund. See Note 1 (the Notes to Required Supplementary Information) for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the modified accrual basis of accounting for the General and Special Revenue Funds. Awards and financial assistance revenues are reported in the District’s basic financial statements on a GAAP basis as follows "See the Notes to the SEFA for table"
Title: RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL REPORTS
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance include federal and state award activity of the City of Union City School District (the “District’). The District is defined in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. All federal awards and state awards 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance. The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Awards and Financial Assistance are presented on 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 Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
Title: OTHER
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance include federal and state award activity of the City of Union City School District (the “District’). The District is defined in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. All federal awards and state awards 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance. The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Awards and Financial Assistance are presented on 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 Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
Revenues and expenditures reported under the Food Distribution Program represent current year value received and current year distributions, respectively. The amount of $34,790,328 reported as TPAF Pension Contributions, $11,347 reported as TPAF Long-Term Disability Insurance Premiums, and $9,139,336 reported as TPAF Post-Retirement Medical Contributions represent the amount paid by the State on behalf of the district for the year ended June 30, 2023. TPAF Social Security Contributions in the amount of $7,443,944 represent the amount reimbursed by the State for the employer’s share of Social Security Contributions for TPAF members for the year ended June 30, 2023. SDA Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act on-behalf payments totaling $1,426,830 represent amounts paid by the SDA on behalf of the District for SDA administered facility for the year ended June 30, 2023.
Title: ON-BEHALF PROGRAMS NOT SUBJECT TO STATE SINGLE AUDIT
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance include federal and state award activity of the City of Union City School District (the “District’). The District is defined in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. All federal awards and state awards 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance. The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Awards and Financial Assistance are presented on 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 Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
On-behalf expenditures for the District by the State or City of Union City are not subject to a State single audit and, therefore, are excluded from major program determination. The Schedule of State Financial Assistance provides a reconciliation of State financial assistance reported in the District’s basic financial statements and the amount subject to the State single audit
and major program determination.
Title: SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAM FUNDS
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance include federal and state award activity of the City of Union City School District (the “District’). The District is defined in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. All federal awards and state awards 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance. The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Awards and Financial Assistance are presented on 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 Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented 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). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
Schoolwide programs are not separate Federal programs as defined in Uniform Guidance; amounts used in schoolwide programs are included in the total expenditures of the program contributing the funds in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. The following fund by program is included in schoolwide programs in the District "See the Notes to the SEFA for table"