Notes to SEFA
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards includes the federal grant activity of the Douglas County School District RE. 1 (the District) for the year ended June 30, 2025. The schedule does not include the federal grant activity of the District’s Charter Schools, discretely presented component units, for grants in which the District is not named as the fiscal agent. Charter Schools federal grant activity in which they are their own fiscal agent will be included in their separately issued audit. All federal awards received directly from federal agencies, as well as federal awards passed through other governmental agencies, are included in the schedule. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 CFR Part 200. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, (Uniform Guidance). Therefore, some amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. Because the schedule presents only a select portion of the operations of the District, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the District.
The schedule includes federal awards in the form of noncash assistance (food commodities) received during the year in the amount of $2,501,936 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture passed through the State Department of Education and the State Department of Human Services - ALN No. 10.555. The commodities are recognized as expenditures when used by the schools and are valued at current market price.
For the year ended June 30, 2025, the District did not pass through any federal grants to subrecipients.