Notes to SEFA
The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance include federal and state award activity of the Board of Education, Township of Commercial School District. The Board of Education is defined in Note 1 to the Board's basic financial statements. All federal and state awards received directly from federal and state agencies, as well as federal awards and state financial assistance passed through other government agencies is included on the schedules of expenditures of federal awards and state financial assistance.
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 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 the one or more state aid June payments in the current budget year, consistent with N.J.S.A. 18A:22-44.2. The net adjustment to reconcile from the budgetary basis to the GAAP basis is $140,157 for the general fund and $527,617 for the special revenue fund. See Note 2 (Notes to Required Supplemental Information) for a reconciliation of the budgetary basis to the modified accrual 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.
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
The Township of Commercial had no outstanding loans as of June 30, 2025.
Revenues and expenditures reported under the Food Distribution 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.
As the District’s Federal Programs are on a targeted student group basis, there are no schoolwide programs in the District.
There were no adjustments noted on Schedule A, Exhibit K-3, Schedule of Federal Awards and no adjustments noted on Schedule K-4, Schedule of State Financial Assistance.