Notes to SEFA
The accompanying schedules of financial assistance present the activity of all federal and state financial assistance programs of the Board of Education, Cumberland Regional School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 (A) to the Board's basic financial statements. All federal assistance received directly from federal agencies, as well as federal financial assistance passed through other government agencies is included on the schedule of federal financial assistance.
The accompanying schedules of federal awards and state financial assistance are presented on the budgetary basis of accounting with the exception of programs recorded in the enterprise fund, which are presented using the accrual basis of accounting and those in the special revenue fund, which are presented using the budgetary basis of accounting. These bases of accounting are described in Notes 1 (C) and 1 (D) to the Board's basic financial statements. The information included in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of OMB Uniform Guidance and NJ OMB 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. The District has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect 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 two state aid payments 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 two 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 revenues, whereas the GAAP basis does not. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is -$340,320.00, for the general fund and +$96,423.00 for the special revenue fund. See the Notes to Required Supplementary Information for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis of accounting for the general and special revenue funds. Awards and financial assistance revenues are reported in the Board's basic financial statements on a GAAP basis as follows: SEE THE NOTES TO THE SEFA FOR CHART/TABLE The On-Behalf Pension Contributions made for the district by the State of New Jersey are recognized as revenue in the basic financial statements, but are not considered in the major program determination.
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
Revenues and expenditures reported under the U.S.D.A. Commodities Program represent current year value received and current year distributions respectively. The amount reported as TPAF Pension Contributions represents the amount paid by the state on behalf of the district for the year ended June 30, 2025. TPAF Social Security Contributions represents the amount reimbursed by the state for the employer's share of social security contributions for TPAF members for the year ended June 30, 2025.
The District has instances where a grant period overlaps fiscal years and the grant has not closed out at the end of the current fiscal year.