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, Hillside School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Board’s 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 financial assistance. The accompanying schedules 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 basis of accounting are described in Note 1 of the Board’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of U.S. Uniform Guidance and New Jersey OMB Circular 15-08. 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 audittee 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 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 revenue, whereas 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 ($476,529.00) for the general fund and ($1,646,365.23) for the special revenue fund and $31,293.14 for the capital projects fund. See Notes to 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 activity of the Board of Education, Hillside School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Board’s 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 financial assistance. The accompanying schedules 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 basis of accounting are described in Note 1 of the Board’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of U.S. Uniform Guidance and New Jersey OMB Circular 15-08. 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 audittee 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 activity of the Board of Education, Hillside School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Board’s 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 financial assistance. The accompanying schedules 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 basis of accounting are described in Note 1 of the Board’s basic financial statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of U.S. Uniform Guidance and New Jersey OMB Circular 15-08. 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 audittee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
Revenues and expenditures reported in the Food Distribution Program represent current year value received and current year distributions respectively. The amount reported as TPAF pension contributions, post-retirement medical benefits, and long-term disability insurance represents the amount paid by the state on behalf of the district for the year ended June 30, 2023. TPAF Social Security contributions 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.