Notes to SEFA
Title: NOTE 3 - CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the Amherst Exempted Village School District under programs of the federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and is prepared in accordance with the cash basis of accounting. 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 Amherst Exempted Village School District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Such expenditures are recognized following cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance wherein certain types of expenditures may or may not be limited to as to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: CFR Section 200.414 of the Uniform Guidance allows a non-federal entity that has never received a negotiated indirect cost rate to charge a de minimis rate of 10% of modified total direct costs to indirect costs. The Amherst Exempted Village School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The Amherst Exempted Village School District commingles cash receipts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture with similar State grants. When reporting expenditures on this Schedule, the Amherst Exempted Village School District assumes it expends federal monies first.
Title: NOTE 4 - FOOD DONATION PROGRAM
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the Amherst Exempted Village School District under programs of the federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and is prepared in accordance with the cash basis of accounting. 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 Amherst Exempted Village School District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Such expenditures are recognized following cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance wherein certain types of expenditures may or may not be limited to as to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: CFR Section 200.414 of the Uniform Guidance allows a non-federal entity that has never received a negotiated indirect cost rate to charge a de minimis rate of 10% of modified total direct costs to indirect costs. The Amherst Exempted Village School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The Amherst Exempted Village School District reports commodities consumed on the Schedule at the entitlement value. The Amherst Exempted Village School District allocated donated food commodities to the respective program that benefitted from the use of those donated food commodities.
Title: NOTE 5 - PASS THROUGH GRANTS
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the Amherst Exempted Village School District under programs of the federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and is prepared in accordance with the cash basis of accounting. 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 Amherst Exempted Village School District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Such expenditures are recognized following cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance wherein certain types of expenditures may or may not be limited to as to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: CFR Section 200.414 of the Uniform Guidance allows a non-federal entity that has never received a negotiated indirect cost rate to charge a de minimis rate of 10% of modified total direct costs to indirect costs. The Amherst Exempted Village School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The Amherst Exempted Village School District was awarded federal program allocations to be administered on their behalf by the Lorain County Educational Service Center. For fiscal year 2024, the Amherst Exempted Village School District’s allocation was as follows: English Language Acquisition State Grants (ALN 84.365A) $5,570.