Notes to SEFA
Title: OTHER DISCLOSURES
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such
expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein
certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited as to reimbursement.
Matching costs (the District’s share of certain program costs) are not included in the reported expenditures.
Pass-through numbers are presented where available.
The amounts reported as federal expenditures were obtained from the federal financial reports for the
applicable program and periods. The amounts reported in these reports are prepared from records
maintained for each program, which are reconciled with the District’s financial reporting system.
Non-cash assistance is reported in the Schedule at the fair market value of commodities used, which are
amounts provided by New York State under the National School Lunch Program.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: Great Neck Union Free School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed
under the Uniform Guidance.
No insurance is carried specifically to cover equipment purchased with federal funds. Any equipment
purchased with federal funds has only a nominal value, and is covered by the District’s casualty insurance
policies.
There were no loans or loan guarantees outstanding at year end.
Title: DISASTER GRANTS – PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such
expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein
certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited as to reimbursement.
Matching costs (the District’s share of certain program costs) are not included in the reported expenditures.
Pass-through numbers are presented where available.
The amounts reported as federal expenditures were obtained from the federal financial reports for the
applicable program and periods. The amounts reported in these reports are prepared from records
maintained for each program, which are reconciled with the District’s financial reporting system.
Non-cash assistance is reported in the Schedule at the fair market value of commodities used, which are
amounts provided by New York State under the National School Lunch Program.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: Great Neck Union Free School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed
under the Uniform Guidance.
Expenditures for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants are recognized on the Schedule
in the year the related project worksheet is approved by the oversight entity or the year expended, whichever
is later.
Title: SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS RECONCILIATION
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Such
expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein
certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited as to reimbursement.
Matching costs (the District’s share of certain program costs) are not included in the reported expenditures.
Pass-through numbers are presented where available.
The amounts reported as federal expenditures were obtained from the federal financial reports for the
applicable program and periods. The amounts reported in these reports are prepared from records
maintained for each program, which are reconciled with the District’s financial reporting system.
Non-cash assistance is reported in the Schedule at the fair market value of commodities used, which are
amounts provided by New York State under the National School Lunch Program.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: Great Neck Union Free School District has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed
under the Uniform Guidance.
The accompanying Schedule reflects only those expenditures that are subject to the requirements of the
Uniform Guidance, and thus excludes certain items reported in the District's financial statements.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the District reported $210,270 in surplus food commodities received
from the federal government as federal sources revenue in its governmental funds financial statements.
However, in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, the value of surplus food commodities used during the
fiscal year is required to be reported as federal awards expended. Therefore, an adjustment of $8,815 was
reflected, resulting in a total of $219,085 reported as non-cash assistance (food distribution) for surplus food
commodities used in the National School Lunch Program, ALN: 10.555.
Additionally, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the District received $127,009 in E-Rate funding, which
is reported as federal sources revenue in the governmental funds financial statements. However, E-Rate
program reimbursements are not classified as federal awards expended in accordance with the Uniform
Guidance.
Federal sources revenues was also adjusted by $285,498 as Medicaid payments to the District as a
subrecipient for providing patient care services to Medicaid eligible individuals are not considered federal
awards expended.
The following is a reconciliation of the federal revenues reported in the financial statements to federal
awards expended, as reported in the Schedule: