Notes to SEFA
Title: RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounting Policies: The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance include federal and state activity of the Board of Education, Emerson School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Boards basic financial statements. All federal and state awards received directly from the federal and state agencies, as well as federal awards and state financial assistance passed through other government agencies is included on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and state financials assistance. The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance are presented on the budgetary basis of accounting with the exceptions 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 of the Districts basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of OMB Circular Uniform Guidance, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations. 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 schedule (RSI) are presented for the general fund and special revenue fund to demonstrate finance-regulated 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 deferred state aid payments in the current budget year, which is mandated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22-44.2. For GAAP accounting purposes, those payments are not recognized until the subsequent budget year due to the state deferral and recording of the state aid payments 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 revenue, whereas GAAP basis does not. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is ($22,413.00) for the general fund. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is $(-0-) for the special revenue fund. See the notes to the required supplementary information for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the modified accrual basis of accounting for the general and special revenue funds. Federal awards and state financial assistance revenues are reported in the Boards basic financial statements on a GAAP basis as follows: See Notes to the SEFA 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 activity of the Board of Education, Emerson School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Boards basic financial statements. All federal and state awards received directly from the federal and state agencies, as well as federal awards and state financial assistance passed through other government agencies is included on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and state financials assistance. The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance are presented on the budgetary basis of accounting with the exceptions 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 of the Districts basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of OMB Circular Uniform Guidance, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations. 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.