Notes to SEFA
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 one or more deferred 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 payments are not recognized until the subsequent budget year due to the state deferral and recording of the one or more 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 revenues, whereas the GAAP basis does not. The special revenue fund also recognizes one or more state aid June payments in the current budget year, consistent with N.J.S.A. 18A:22-4.2.
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
The Southern Regional School district had no loan balances outstanding at June 30, 2025.
The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Financial Assistance required an adjustment during the fiscal year to cancel uncollectable balances for the Local Food for School Cooperative Program and ARP ESSER grants in the amount of $10 and $7,866 respectively.