The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards include federal and state awards activity of the Board of Education, Hopatcong Borough School District under programs of the federal and state governments for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The information in these schedules is presented 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”) and New Jersey’s OMB Circular 15-08, Single Audit Policy for Recipients of Federal Grants, State Grants and State Aid. Because the schedules present only a selected portion of the operations of the District, they are not intended to and do not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows of the District.
Expenditures reported on the accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are reported on the budgetary basis of accounting with the exception of programs recorded in the food service fund, which are presented on the accrual basis of accounting. These bases of accounting are described in Note 1 to the District’s basic financial statements. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts, if any, shown on the Schedules represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.
The District has elected not to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
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 June state aid payments in the current budget year, which is mandated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22-44.2. For GAAP purposes these payments are not recognized until the subsequent budget year due to the state deferral and recording of the June 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 the GAAP basis does not. The special revenue fund also does not recognize the June state aid payments in the current year. Grant revenue in the capital projects fund is recognized on the budgetary basis in the fiscal year of award but is not recognized on the GAAP basis until expended and submitted for reimbursement. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is ($28,700) for the general fund, $630 (of which $1,093 relates to the local grants) for the special revenue fund, and ($361,771) for the Capital Projects Fund. See Note 1D for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the modified accrual basis of accounting for the general, special revenue, and capital projects funds.
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
Revenue and expenditures reported under the Food Distribution Program represent current year value received and current year distributions respectively. 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 fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
The District was awarded a grant in the amount of $361,771 from the Schools Development Authority (SDA) under the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. As of June 30, 2024, no grant funds have been expended and drawn down on a GAAP basis. In the Capital Projects Fund, the District realized the full amount of the grant revenue on a budgetary basis in the year awarded and realizes the grant revenue on a GAAP basis as it is expended and submitted for reimbursement. Expenditures reported in the NJSDA grants on the Schedules of Expenditures of State Awards represent reimbursement requests submitted to the NJSDA.