Notes to SEFA
Title: Pass-Through Awards
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented using the modified accrual basis of accounting. Under the modified accrual basis of accounting, expenditures, are recognized when the related Fund liability is incurred. In instances where the grant agreement requires the Board to match grant awards with Board funds, such matching funds are excluded in the accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The Gwinnett County Board of Education receives certain federal financial assistance from pass-through awards of the State of Georgia. Only the federal portion of such pass-through awards is included in the accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
Title: Non-Cash Awards
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented using the modified accrual basis of accounting. Under the modified accrual basis of accounting, expenditures, are recognized when the related Fund liability is incurred. In instances where the grant agreement requires the Board to match grant awards with Board funds, such matching funds are excluded in the accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The Board receives a noncash award from a Department of Agriculture federal financial assistance program. The Board uses the value of commodities distributed as a basis for determining amounts to be reported as program expenditures. The program includes donated commodities from the Department of Agriculture, passed through the Georgia Department of Agriculture, with a value of $6,158,612.