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AUDIT REPORT ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
PEARSON, GEORGIA YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 WASHINGTON STREET ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30334 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS - 
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SECTION I 
 
FINANCIAL 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
 
EXHIBITS 
 
GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
COMBINED STATEMENTS - OVERVIEW 
 
A 
 
COMBINED BALANCE SHEET 
 
ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP 
 
2 
 
B 
 
COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND_ 
 
CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
 
ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
'4 
 
C 
 
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND 
 
CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL 
 
(NON-GAAP BASIS) 
 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
 
5 
 
D NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
6 
 
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
 
COMBINING STATEMENTS 
 
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 
 
E 
 
COMBINING BALANCE SHEET 
 
18 
 
F 
 
COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES 
 
AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
 
22 
 
SCHEDULES 
 
1 SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
 
26 
 
2 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 
 
28 
 
3 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 
 
29 
 
SCHEDULE OF REVENUE 
 
4 
 
STATE 
 
30 
 
5 
 
TAXES AND OTHER 
 
31 
 
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT 
 
6 
 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
 
32 
 
7 
 
LOTTERY PROGRAMS 
 
33 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS - 
 
Page 
 
SECTION I 
 
FINANCIAL 
 
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
 
SCHEDULES 
 
 ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS 
 
GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
 
8 
 
OVERALL 
 
35 
 
9 
 
BYPROGRAM 
 
36 
 
10 SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS 
 
38 
 
SECTION II 
COMPLIANCE 
COMPLIANCE REPORT BASED ON AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SINGLE AUDIT OPINION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NONMAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRANSACTIONS 
 
SECTION III 
INTERNAL CONTROL 
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON THE INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE USED IN ADMINISTERING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS - 
SECTION IV FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS 
SECTIONV PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS 
 
 SECTION I FINANCIAL 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements (Exhibits A through D) of the Atkinson County Board of Education, as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, as listed in the table of contents. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Board's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. 
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and the provisions of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments". Those standards and 0MB Circular A-128 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. 
As described in the notes to the general purpose financial statements, the Board's financial statements have been prepared using certain accounting practices and policies which, in our opinion, vary in some respects from generally accepted accounting principles. These variances are described as follows: 
* The general purpose financial statements of the Board did not contain a General Fixed Assets Account Group to account for property and equipment owned by the Board which should be included to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. 
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 * School activity accounts maintained at the individual schools are not included in the general purpose financial statements. To confonn to generally accepted accounting principles, these accounts should .,,.be included in the general purpose financial statements. 
* The Board did not recognize as expenditures, in the year ended June 30, 1996, a portion of salaries and the corresponding employer's cost of related benefits earned for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1996. Also funds received, subsequent to June 30, 1996, from the Georgia Department ofEducation for the State's share of these unrecorded salaries and related benefits were not recorded as revenue in the year under review. Conversely, the similar expenditures and related revenues for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1995, were improperly recorded in the year ended June 30, 1996. To confonn to generally accepted accounting principles, revenues should be recorded when available and measurable and expenditures should be recorded when incurred, rather than when funds are received or disbursed.  
The aggregate effects on the general purpose financial statements of these variances or omissions have not been determined, but are believed to be material. 
In our opinion, except for the effects on the general purpose financial statements of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph, the general purpose financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Atkinson County Board of Education as of June 30, 1996, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued a report dated February 14, 1997, on our consideration ofthe Board's internal control structure and a report dated February 14, 1997, on its compliance with laws and regulations. 
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general purpose financial statements ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation taken as a whole. The combining statements (Exhibits E and F) and the financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 10 which includes the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance) are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the general purpose financial statements ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation. Such infonnation has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit ofthe general purpose financial statements and, in our opinion, except for the effects of the matters referred to in the third paragraph, such infonnation is fairly presented in all material respects in relation to the general purpose financial statements taken as a whole. 
A copy ofthis report has been filed as a permanent record in the office ofthe State Auditor and made available to the press of the State, as provided for by Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 50-6-24. 
Respectfully submitted, 
&~ 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - 1- 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED BALANCE SHEET 
ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP JUNE 30. 1996 
 
ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Accounts Receivable Prepaid Items Inventories 
Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Amount to be Provided in Future Years For Payment of Capital Lease Agreements 
Total Assets 
 
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
SPECIAL 
 
CAPITAL 
 
GENERAL 
 
REVENUE 
 
PROJECTS 
 
FUND 
 
FUND 
 
FUND 
 
$ 
 
477,755.85 $ 
 
192,029.64 $ 
 
361,640.59 
 
81,788.85 
 
142,991.39 
 
16,938.15 4,272.18 
 
$ 
 
559,544.70 $ 
 
356,231.36 $ 
 
361,640.59 
 
LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 
LIABILITIES 
Cash Overdraft Accounts Payable Salaries Payable Expired Grant Balances Payable Deferred Revenue Capital Lease Agreements 
Total Liabilities 
FUND EQUITY 
Fund Balances Reserved For Expired Grant Balances/Questioned Costs For Inventories Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Unreserved Undesignated 
Total Fund Equity 
Total Liabilities and Fund Equity 
 
$ 
 
2,001.56 $ 
 
20,857.66 
 
72,829.26 
 
851.35 
 
$ 
 
2,001.56 $ 
 
94,538.27 
 
$ 
 
3,216.90 
 
$ 
 
16,938.15 
 
4,272.18 
 
$ 
 
3,216.90 $ 
 
21,210.33 
 
554,326.24 
 
240,482.76 $ 
 
361,640.59 
 
$ 
 
557,543.14 $ 
 
261,693.09 $ 
 
361,640.59 
 
$ 
 
559,544.70 $ 
 
356,231.36 $ 
 
361,640.59 
 
The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -2- 
 
 EXHIBIT"A" 
 
ACCOUNT GROUP "'GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT 
 
TOTALS (Memorandum Only) JUNE 30, 1996 JUNE 30, 1995 
 
$ 1,031,426.08 $ 556,583.13 
 
224,780.24 
 
549,186.56 
 
995.00 
 
$ _ _ _ _2;;;.;3;;.r..,8;..;0=2=.6~8 
 
16,938.15 4,272.18 
23,802.68 
 
17,773.99 3,595.51 
 
$-=====2=3=,8=0=2=.6=8 $ 1,301,219.33 $ 1,128,134.19 
 
$ 
 
87,629.75 
 
$ 
 
22,859.22 
 
93,292.46 
 
72,829.26 
 
79,464.60 
 
851.35 
 
68.51 
 
42.01 
 
$ 
 
23,802.68 
 
23,802.68 
 
$ 
 
23,802.68 $ 
 
120,342.51 $ 
 
260,497.33 
 
$ 
 
3,216.90 $ 
 
4,217.31 
 
16,938.15 4,272.18 
 
$ 
 
24,427.23 $ 
 
1,156,449.59 
 
$ 1,180,876.82 $ 
 
17,773.99 3 595.51 
25,586.81 
842,050.05 
867,636.86 
 
$ 
 
23,802.68 $ 1,301,219.33 $ 1,128,134.19 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES. EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
 
. 
 
ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1996 
 
EXHIBIT"B" 
 
REVENUES 
 
GENERAL FUND 
 
SPECIAL REVENUE 
FUND 
 
CAPITAL PROJECTS 
FUND 
 
TOTALS 
(Memorandum Only) 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 301 1996 JUNE 301 1995 
 
State Funds Federal Funds Taxes and Other Funds 
 
$ 4,670,226.15 $ 287,835.00 $ 
 
6,226.00 
 
1,045,200.53 
 
1,319,987.41 
 
30,381.45 
 
0.00 $ 
 
4,958,061.15 $ 1,051,426.53 1,350,368.86 
 
4,497,269.99 1,063,862.61 
983,739.35 
 
Total Revenues 
 
$ 5,996,439.56 $ 1,363,416.98 $ 
 
0.00 $ 7,359,856.54 $ 6,544,871.95 
 
EXPENDITURES 
 
Current Instruction Support Services PupilServiees Improvement of Instructional Services Educational Media Services General Administration School Administration Business Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Central Support Services Other Support Services Food Services Operation Other Operations of Non-Instructional Services 
Capital Outlay Debt Service 
Principal Interest 
 
$ 3,640,430.64 $ 
108,479.65 201,369.72 190,034.82 205,054.10 318,435.15 143,739.01 359,426.12 396,626.90 
8,685.80 28,998.11 
41,623.02 45,941.00 
22,138.32 3,453.84 
 
573,601.14 $ 
38,852.60 23,186.64 6,095.52 75,734.22 
130.00 14,755.81 12,861.70 
2,628.06 630,116.52 
 
0.00 $ 4,214,031.78 $ 3,847,848.04 
 
147,332.25 224,556.36 196,130.34 280,788.32 318,435.15 143,869.01 374,181.93 409,488.60 
8,685.80 31,626.17 630,116.52 41,623.02 45,941.00 
 
139,616.52 161,347.10 210,913.18 270,191.47 292,261.38 133,519.02 338,155.78 414,925.33 
7,183.90 30,416.88 574,354.93 38,861.27 
 
22,138.32 3,453.84 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
$ 5,714,436.20 $ 1,377,962.21 $ _ _ _---=-0-=00~ $ 7,092,398.41 $ 6,459,594.80 
 
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures 
 
$ 282,003.36 $ 
 
-14,545.23 $ 
 
0.00 $ 267,458.13 $ 
 
85,277.15 
 
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES {USES) 
 
Capital Leases Operating Transfers In Operating Transfers Out 
 
$ 
 
45,941.00 
 
-50,000.00 
 
$ 
 
45,941.00 
 
$ 
 
50,000.00 
 
50,000.00 $ 
 
50,000.00 
 
-50,000.00 
 
-50,000.00 
 
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses) 
 
$ 
 
50,000.00 $ 
 
45,941.00 $ _ _ _---=-0-=00~ 
 
Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses $ 
 
277,944.36 $ 
 
-14,545.23 $ 
 
50,000.00 $ 313,399.13 $ 
 
85,277.15 
 
FUND BALANCE JULY 1 
 
279,598.78 
 
276,397.49 
 
311,640.59 
 
867,636.86 
 
782,769.44 
 
Food Inventory - Net Change in Period Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
 
-835.84 676.67 
 
-835.84 676.67 
 
-774.77 365.04 
 
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30 
 
$ 557,543.14 $ 261,693.09 $ 361,640.59 $ 1,180,876.82 $====86=7=,636====86= 
 
The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -4- 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
BUDGET AND ACTUAL - (NON-GAAP BASIS) GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
EXHIBITc 
 
..,, 
REVENUES 
State Funds Federal Funds Local and Other Funds 
Total Revenues 
EXPENDITURES 
Current Instruction Support Services Pupil Services Improvement of Instructional Services Educational Media Services General Administration School Administration Business Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Central Support Services Other Support Services Food Services Operation Other Operations of Non-Instructional Services 
Capital Outlay Debt Service 
Total Expenditures 
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures 
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) 
Other Sources Other Uses 
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses) 
Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 
FUND BALANCE JULY 1, 1995 
Adjustments 
 
GENERAL FUND 
 
ACTUAL 
 
(BUDGET 
 
BUDGET 
 
BASIS} 
 
$ 4,356,108.00 $ 4,670,226.15 
 
44,047.00 
 
6,226.00 
 
1,006,609.70 1,319,987.41 
 
$ 5,406,764.70 $ 5,996,439.56 
 
$ 3,606,064.58 $ 3,640,430.64 
 
106,390.23 220,142.48 184,802.48 199,514.10 327,716.14 148,811.06 475,360.58 520,996.75 
11,700.00 30,463.00 
 
108,479.65 201,369.72 190,034.82 205,054.10 318,435.15 143,739.01 359,426.12 396,626.90 
8,685.80 28,998.11 
 
42,972.89 2s,n4.18 
 
41,623.02 45,941.00 25,592.16 
 
$ 5,903,708.47 $ 5,714,436.20 
 
$ -496,943.n $ 282,003.36 
 
$ 45,941.00 
 
$ -50,000.00 
 
-50,000.00 
 
$ -50,000.00 $ 
 
-4,059.00 
 
$ -546,943.n $ 653,688.31 
 
2TT,944.36 279,598.78 
 
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 
 
ACTUAL 
 
(BUDGET 
 
BUDGET 
 
BASIS} 
 
$ 185,695.00 $ 287,835.00 
 
874,013.36 1,045,200.53 
 
30,465.00 
 
30,381.45 
 
$ 1,090,173.36 $ 1,363,416.98 
 
$ 369,340.36 $ 573,601.14 
 
33,994.00 19,814.00 
6,000.00 n,ss1.oo 
 
38,852.60 23,186.64 6,095.52 75,734.22 
 
8,768.00 2,000.00 
 
130.00 14,755.81 12,861.70 
 
6,631.00 672,748.80 
 
2,628.06 630,116.52 
 
$ 1,197,157.16 $ 1,Jn,962.21 $ -106,983.80 $ -14,545.23 
 
$ -106,983.80 $ 272,350.71 -10.44 
 
-14,545.23 255,027.99 
 
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30, 1996 
 
$ 106,744.54 $ 557,543.14 
 
$ 165,356.47 $ 240,482.76 
 
The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. - 5- 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
 
The Atkinson County Board ofEducation (Board) was established under the laws of the State of Georgia and 
 
operates under the guidance of a school board elected by the voters and a Superintendent appointed by the 
 
Board. With the exception ofthe departures from generally accepted accounting principles disclosed in these 
 
notes, the financial statements of the Board have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted 
 
accounting principles as applied to governmental units and unless otherwise disclosed in these notes, the 
 
financial statements present all of the fund types and account groups of the Board. The Governmental 
 
Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the accepted standard-setting body for establishing governmental 
 
accounting and financial reporting standards. 
 
 
 
The more significant ofthe Board's accounting policies are described below. 
 
REPORTING ENTITY 
 
In evaluating how to define the governmental unit for financial reporting purposes, management has considered the criteria set forth in GASB Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Section 2100, "Defining the Financial Reporting Entity". The primary government consists of all the organizations that compose the legal entity of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation. 
 
Based upon the application ofthe above criteria, the Atkinson County Board ofEducation is determined to be the lowest level of government exercising oversight responsibility and control over all activities related to public education in Atkinson County, Georgia. The Board is not included in any other governmental "reporting entity" as defined by GASB Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards. 
 
Board members were elected by the public and have decision making authority, the power to designate management, the ability to significantly influence operations, and primary accountability for fiscal matters. The Board determines the millage rate at which school taxes are levied and may incur bonded indebtedness with voter approval. 
 
FUND ACCOUNTING 
 
The Board uses funds and an account group to report on its financial position and the results of its operations. Fund accounting is designed to demonstrate legal compliance and to aid financial management by segregating transactions related to certain governmental functions or activities. 
 
A fund is a separate accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts. An account group is a financial reporting device designed to provide accountability for certain assets and liabilities that are not recorded in the funds because they do not directly affect expendable available financial resources. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note I: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
General Fixed Assets are recorded as expenditures in the various funds at the time of purchase. A General Fixed Assets Account Group is not presently maintained by the Board.' To conform to generally accepted accounting principles, a General Fixed Assets Account Group should be maintained for reporting the cost of assets acquired by governmental fund types. 
Although "school activity accounts" are maintained at the individual schools, neither the assets, liabilities and fund equity, nor the revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances of these accounts are reflected in these financial statements. To conform to generally accepted accounting principles, these accounts should be recorded in the general purpose financial statements. 
The general purpose financial statements account for all State, Federal, Taxes and Other funds under control ofthe Board, in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental units, unless otherwise disclosed in these notes. Funds and the account group presented in this report are as follows: 
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES - are used to account for all or most ofa Board's educational activities. Governmental Fund Types include: 
GENERAL FUND - the fund used to account for all financial resources of the Board except those required to be accounted for in another fund. These transactions relate to resources obtained and used for services provided by a board of education. 
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND - the fund used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than for major capital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes. These funds are primarily received from the Georgia Department of Education and from the Federal government to accomplish specific objectives and are required to be accounted for separately. 
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - the fund used to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities. 
ACCOUNT GROUP 
GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT ACCOUNT GROUP - used to account for material capital lease obligations. 
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING 
a The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to fund is determined by its measurement focus. 
All governmental funds are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities generally are included on the balance sheet. Operating statements of these funds present increases (i.e., revenues and other financing sources) and decreases (i.e., expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets. Their reported fund balance is considered a measure of available spendable resources. 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXIIlBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
Liabilities which are expected to be financed from available spendable resources are reported as liabilities in the governmental funds. Other liabilities, which are not expected to be financed from available spendable resources, are reported in the General Long-Term Debt Account Group. 
Governmental funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis of accounting under which: 
Revenues are recognized when susceptible to accrual (i.e., when they become both measurable and available). "Measurable" means the amount ofthe transaction can be determined and "available" means collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities ofthe current period. Those revenues considered susceptible to accrual are property taxes, intergovernmental grants and investment income. Property taxes are considered available if they are collected and remitted by the collecting agent to the Board within 60 days after fiscal year-end. 
Expenditures are generally recognized when the related fund liability is incurred. 
A departure from the above definitions is the accounting treatment afforded the final two payments on General Fund teachers' and bus drivers' contracts, and the resources available from the Georgia Department of Education for the State's share ofthese contracts. During fiscal year 1996, a substantial number of personnel of the Board were employed for a one hundred and ninety day period beginning in late August 1995 and ending in early June 1996. Personnel contracts for this employment period specify that compensation be paid in twelve equal monthly payments beginning in September 1995 and ending in August 1996. State grants to fund the State's share of these contracts were disbursed from the Georgia Department of Education to the Board in the same twelve months. As ofJune 30, 1996, compensation under these employment contracts had been earned, but two of the twelve monthly payments, due for July and August 1996, had not been made. Payments for these two months were made and recorded as expenditures by the Board subsequent to June 30, 1996. Also, the State's portion of the compensation paid in July and August 1996 was received and recorded as revenue in the fiscal year subsequent to June 30, 1996. Conversely, the similar expenditures and related revenues for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1995, were recorded in the year ended June 30, 1996. Generally accepted accounting principles require that revenues be recorded when available and measurable and that expenditures be recorded when incurred, rather than when funds are received or disbursed. 
BUDGET 
The Atkinson County Board ofEducation's budget is a complete financial plan for the Board's fiscal year and is based upon estimates of expenditures together with probable funding sources. There is no statutory prohibition regarding overexpenditure of the budget at any level. The budget for all governmental funds is prepared by fund, function and object. The legal level of budget control was established by the Board at the aggregate level. The budget for governmental funds was prepared on a basis other than generally accepted 
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accounting principles. . 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXIDBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 1: SUM:MARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
 
The budget process begins when the Board's administration prepares a tentative budget for the Board's approval. After approval of this tentative budget by the Board, such budget is advertised at least once in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation in the locality. At the next regular meeting ofthe Board after advertisement, the Board receives comments on the tentative budget, makes revisions as necessary and adopts a final school budget. This final budget is then submitted, in accordance with provisions of the Quality Basic Education Act, OCGA Section 20-2-167, to the Georgia Department of Education. The Board may increase or decrease the budget at any time during the year. All unexpended budget authority lapses at fiscal year-end. 
 
The Statement ofRevenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual presents actual and budgeted data for the General Fund and Special Revenue Fund. To facilitate comparison with the budget, the following adjustments have been made to actual revenues, expenditures and fund balance as reflected on Exhibit "B" ofthis report: 
 
Special Revenue 
Fund 
 
FUND BALANCE JULY 1, 1995 
 
$ 276,397.49 
 
Adjustments Inventories - July 1, 1995 Food Donated Commodities Purchased Foods 
 
-17, 773.99 -3,595.51 
 
Fund Balance July 1, 1995 (Budget Basis) 
 
$ 255,027.99 
 
Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 
 
$ -14,545.23 
 
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30, 1996 (Budget Basis) 
 
$ 240,482.76 
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 
 
COMPOSITION OF DEPOSITS Cash and cash equivalents consist of deposits (including savings and N.O.W. accounts) in authorized financial institutions. Georgia Laws authorize the Board to deposit its funds in one or more solvent banks, insured Federal savings and loan associations, or insured State chartered building and loan associations. The placement of proceeds from bond issues in certificates of deposit is limited to financial institutions located within this State. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE:MENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
 
RECEIVABLES 
 
Receivables consist ofgrant reimbursements due from State or other grantors for expenditures made but not reimbursed and other receivables disclosed from information available. Receivables are recorded when either the asset or revenue recognition criteria has been met. Receivables recorded on the general purpose financial statements do not include any amounts which would necessitate the need for an allowance for uncollectible receivables. 
 
PROPERTY TAXES 
 
The Atkinson County Board of Commissioners fixed the property tax levy for the 1995 tax year (calendar year) on November 9, 1995 (levy date). Taxes were due on February 16, 1996. The lien date for property taxes was January 1, 1995. Taxes collected within the current fiscal year or within 60 days after year-end are reported as revenue in fiscal year 1996 since their collection meets the criteria of GASB codification section P70.103. The Atkinson County Tax Commissioner bills and collects the property taxes for the Board of Education, withholds 2.50% of taxes collected as a fee for tax collection and remits the balance of taxes collected to the Board. 
 
The tax millage rate levied for the 1995 tax year (calendar year) for the Atkinson County Board of Education was as follows (a mill equals $1 per thousand dollars of assessed value): 
 
School Operations 
 
12.721 mills 
 
As of June 30, 1996, the Board is due $102,511.12 in past due taxes. 
 
INVENTORIES 
 
FOOD INVENTORIES Inventories of donated food commodities used in the preparation of meals are reported on the Combined Balance Sheet at their Federally assigned value. Purchased foods inventories are reported on the Combined Balance Sheet at cost (first-in, first-out). Donated food commodities are recorded as revenues and expenditures at the time commodity items are received. Purchased foods inventories are recorded as expenditures at the time of purchase. The inventories reported on the balance sheet for donated food commodities and for purchased foods are equally offset by reservations of fund balance which indicates that these amounts do not constitute "available spendable resources" even though they are a component of net current assets. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS 
The Board has the following types of interfund transactions: 
Reimbursements ofexpenditures initially made from a fund that are properly applicable to another fund, are recorded as expenditures in the reimbursing fund and as reductions of expenditures in the fund that is reimbursed. 
Operating transfers are recorded for all interfund transactions other than reimbursements. 
MEMORANDUM ONLY - TOTAL COLUMNS 
Total columns on the general purpose financial statements are captioned "Memorandum Only" to indicate that they are presented only to facilitate financial analysis. Data in these columns do not present financial position or results of operations in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Neither are such data comparable to a consolidation. Interfund eliminations have not been made in the aggregation of this data. 
Note 2: DEPOSITS 
COLLATERALIZATION OF DEPOSITS Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) Section 45-8-12 provides that there shall not be on deposit at any time in any depository for a time longer than ten days a sum of money which has not been secured by surety bond, by guarantee ofinsurance, or by collateral. The aggregate of the face value of such surety bond and the market value ofsecurities shall be equal to not less than 110 percent of the public funds being secured after the deduction of the amount of deposit insurance. OCGA Section 45-8-11 provides an officer holding public funds may, in his discretion, waive the requirement for security in the case of operating funds placed in demand deposit checking accounts. 
Acceptable security for deposits consists of any one of or any combination of the following: 
(1) Surety bond signed by a surety company duly qualified and authorized to transact business within the State of Georgia, 
(2) Insurance on accounts provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
(3) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other direct obligations of the United States or of the State of Georgia, 
(4) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the counties or municipalities of the State of Georgia, 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 2: DEPOSITS 
 
(5) Bonds ofany public authority created by the laws ofthe State of Georgia, providing that the statute that created the authority authorized the use of the bonds for this purpose, 
 
(6) Industrial revenue bonds and bonds of development authorities created by the laws of the State of Georgia, and 
 
(7) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations of a subsidiary corporation of the United States government, which are fully guaranteed by the United States government both as to principal and interest and debt obligations issued by the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Farm Credit Banks, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, and the Federal National Mortgage Association. 
 
CATEGORIZATION OF DEPOSITS At June 30, 1996, the bank balances were $1,590,330.89. The amounts of the total bank balances are classified into three categories of credit risk: 
 
Category 1 - Cash that is insured (e.g., Federal depository insurance) or collateralized with securities held by the Board or by the Board's agent in the Board's name. 
Category 2 - Cash collateralized with securities held by the pledging financial institution's trust department or agent in the Board's name. 
Category 3 - Uncollateralized deposits. {This includes any bank balance that is collateralized with securities held by the pledging financial institution, or by its trust department or agent but not in the Board's name.) 
 
The Board's deposits are classified by risk category at June 30, 1996, as follows: 
 
Risk Category 
1 2 3 
Total 
Note 3: NON-MONETARY TRANSACTIONS 
 
Bank Balance 
$ 200,000.00 1,187,562.18 202,768.71 
$ 1,590,330.89 
 
The Board receives food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for school breakfast and lunch programs. These commodities are recorded at their Federally assigned value. See Note 1 - Inventories 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
.,.. 
Note 4: RISK MANAGEMENT 
 
The Board is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of assets; errors or omissions; job related illness or injuries to employees; natural disaster; and unemployment compensation. 
 
The Board has obtained commercial insurance for risk ofloss associated with torts, assets, errors or omissions and job related illnesses or injuries to employees. However, the errors or omissions policy excludes coverage for sexual harassment and discrimination. The Board has neither significantly reduced coverage for these risks nor incurred losses (settlements) which exceeded the Board's insurance coverage in any of the past three years. 
 
The Board has elected to self-insure for all losses related to natural disaster. The Board has not experienced any losses related to this risk in the past three years. 
 
The Board is self-insured with regard to unemployment compensation claims. The Board accounts for claims within the same fund that the employee's salary and benefits were paid. Claims are accounted for with expenditure and liability being reported when it is probable that a loss has occurred, and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. 
 
Changes in the unemployment compensation claims liability during the last two fiscal years are as follows: 
 
Beginning of Year Liability 
 
Claims and Changes in Estimates 
 
Claims Paid 
 
EndofYear Liability 
 
1995 1996 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
615.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
615.00 
 
Note 5: GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT 
 
CAPITAL LEASES The Atkinson County Board ofEducation has entered into a lease agreement as lessee for a modular building. This lease agreement qualifies as a capital lease for accounting purposes and, therefore, has been recorded at the present value of the future minimum lease payments as of the date of their inception. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXflll3IT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE:MENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 5: GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT 
 
The changes in General Long-Term Debt during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, were as follows: 
 
Balance July 1, 1995 Additions 
 
Capital Leases 
 
$ 
 
0.00 
 
45,941.00 
 
Deductions Payments 
Balance June 30, 1996 
 
22,138.32 $ 23,802.68 
 
At June 30, 1996, payments due, by fiscal year which includes principal and interest for these items are as follows: 
 
Fiscal Year Ended June 30 
 
Capital Leases 
 
1997 Deduct: Imputed Interest 
 
$ 25,592.16 1 789.48 
 
Net Present Value ofFuture Minimum Lease Payments 
 
$ 23,802.68 
 
Note 6: ON-BEHALF PAY:MENTS 
 
The Board has recognized revenues and expenditures in the amount of $111,115.33 for health insurance and retirement contributions paid on the Board's behalf by the following State Agencies. 
 
Georgia Department ofEducation Paid to the State Merit System ofPersonnel Administration For Health Insurance ofNon-Certified Personnel In the amount of$88,708.57 
 
Paid to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia For Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Employer's Cost In the amount of$3,124.76 
 
Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services Paid to the Public School Employees Retirement System For Public School Employees Retirement (PSERS) Employer's Cost In the amount of $19,282.00 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 7: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES 
Amounts received or receivable principally from the Federal government are subject to audit and review by granter agencies. This could result in requests for reimbursement to the granter agency for any expenditures which are disallowed under grant terms. The Board believes that such disallowances, if any, will be immaterial to its overall financial position. 
The Board is a defendant in various legal proceedings pertaining to matters incidental to the performance of routine Board operations. The ultimate disposition ofthese proceedings is not presently determinable, but is not believed to be material to the general purpose financial statements. 
Note 8: RETIREMENT PLANS 
TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (TRS) 
TRS PLAN DESCRIPTION Substantially all teachers, administrative and clerical personnel employed by local school systems are covered by the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (TRS), which is a cost-sharing multiple employer public employee retirement system (PERS). 
TRS provides service retirement, disability retirement and survivors benefits for its members in accordance with State statute. A member is eligible for service retirement after 30 years of creditable service, regardless ofage, or after 10 years of service and attainment of age 60. A member is eligible for early retirement after 25 years of creditable service and attainment of age 55, at a reduced benefit. Retirement benefits paid to members are equal to 2% of the average of the member's two consecutive highest paid years of service multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 40 years. The normal retirement pension is payable monthly for life. Options are available for distribution of the member's monthly pension at a reduced rate to a designated beneficiary on the member's death. 
Retirement benefits also include death and disability benefits. A disabled member or surviving spouse is entitled to receive annually an amount equal to the member's service retirement benefit or disability retirement, whichever is greater. The death benefit is the amount that would be payable to the member's beneficiary had the member retired on the date of death on either a service retirement allowance or a disability retirement allowance, whichever is larger. The benefit is based on the member's creditable service (minimum of 10 years of service) and compensation up to the time of disability or death. 
Members become fully vested after ten years of service. If a member terminates with less than ten years of service, no vesting of employer contributions occurs, but the member's contributions are refunded with interest. 
The Board's payroll for employees covered by TRS for the year ended June 30, 1996, was $3,763,306.08; total payroll was $4,305,108.33. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE1\.1ENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 8: RETIRE1\.1ENT PLANS 
 
TRS CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED AND MADE Employees ofthe Board who are covered by TRS are required by State statute to contribute 5% oftheir gross earnings to TRS. The Board makes monthly employer contributions to TRS at rates adopted by the TRS Board ofTrustees in accordance with State statute and as advised by their independent actuary. For fiscal year 1996 that rate for employer contributions was 11.81%. The interest rate assumption (rate of return on investments) was 7.50%. 
 
Total contributions made during fiscal year 1996 amounted to $632,612.67, of which $444,446.33 was made by the Board and $188,166.34 was made by employees. These contributions represented 11.81% (Board) and 5% (employees) of covered payroll. 
 
TRS FUNDING STATUS AND PROGRESS The amount of the total pension benefit obligation is based on a standardized measurement established by Statement No. 5 ofthe Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) that, with some exceptions, must be used by a PERS. The standardized measurement is the actuarial present value of credited projected benefits. This valuation method reflects the present value of estimated pension benefits that will be paid in future years as a result of employee services performed to date, and is adjusted for the effects of projected salary increases. A standardized measure ofthe pension benefit obligation was adopted by the GASB to enable readers of PERS financial statements to assess that PERS funding status on a going-concern basis, assess progress made in accumulating sufficient assets to pay benefits when due, and make comparisons among other PERS and among other employers. 
 
Total unfunded pension benefit obligation ofTRS as of June 30, 1995, was as follows: 
 
Total pension benefit obligation 
 
$17,442,607,000.00 
 
Net assets available for benefits, at cost 
 
15,857,066,000.00 
 
Unfunded pension benefit obligation 
 
$ 1,585.541.000.00 
 
The measurement ofthe total pension benefit obligation is based on an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 1995. Net assets available to pay pension benefits were valued as of the same date. TRS does not make separate measurements of assets and pension benefit obligation for individual employers. 
 
Total contributions from all employers to TRS for fiscal year ended June 30, 1996 were $607,275,000.00. The Board's contribution for the year ended June 30, 1996 of $444,446.33 was actuarially determined and represented .0731 % of total contributions made by all participating employers. 
 
Ten year-historical trend information is presented in the 1996 TRS Component Unit Financial Report. this information is useful in assessing TRS's accumulation of sufficient assets to pay pension benefits as they become due. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
EXHIBIT "D" 
 
NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
JUNE 30, 1996 
 
Note 8: RETIREMENT PLANS 
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (PSERS) 
PSERS PLAN DESCRIPTION Substantially all bus drivers, maintenance, custodial, and lunchroom personnel employed by local school systems are covered by the Public School Employees Retirement System of Georgia (PSERS). All employer's contributions are made by the State of Georgia in accordance with State statute. 
PSERS provides, in accordance with State statute, service retirement, disability retirement and survivors benefits for its members. A member is eligible for normal service retirement after 10 years of service and attainment ofage 65. A member applying for service retirement with 10 years of service and retires between the ages of 60 and 65 receives a reduced benefit. Monthly retirement benefits paid to members are equal to $8.00 per month multiplied by the number ofyears of creditable service. Options are available for distribution ofthe member's monthly pension at a reduced rate to a designated beneficiary on the member's death. 
Retirement provisions include death and disability benefits. Disability benefits are the same as if the employee had retired at age 65 as long as the employee has 15 or more years of creditable service. Death benefits are dependent upon the number ofyears of service. Ifthere are less than ten years of service, a lump sum refund of the employee's contributions and interest are made to the beneficiary. Ifthere are more than ten years of service, the beneficiary shall receive for life half ofwhat the employee would have received upon retirement. 
Members become fully vested after ten years of service. If a member terminates with less than ten years of service, no vesting ofemployer contnbutions occurs, but the member's contributions are refunded with interest. 
There were 47 employees covered under PSERS for the year ended June 30, 1996. 
PSERS CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED AND MADE Covered employees are required by State statute to contribute $4.00 a month for the nine month school year. Unlike TRS, the Board makes no contribution to PSERS. The State of Georgia is required by statute to make employer contributions actuarially determined and approved and certified by the PSERS' Board of Trustees. Total contributions from employees ofthe Board made during fiscal year 1996 amounted to $1,584.00. Total contribution for all school systems made by the State of Georgia to PSERS for fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, was $9,817,769.80. 
Note 9: SURETY BONDS 
Mr. EdwinF. Davis, School Superintendent through July 31, 1996, was bonded in the amount of$7,500.00 with the Western Surety Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, their Bond No. 60199386. 
The School Superintendent, Dr. Sandra B. Dickson, effective August 26, 1996, is bonded in the amount of $7,500.00 with the Western Surety Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, their Bond No. 13657695, on which premium is paid through December 31, 1997. 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING BALANCE SHEET SPECIAL REVENUE FUND JUNE 30, 1996 
 
ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Accounts Receivable Inventories 
Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Total Assets 
LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY LIABILITIES 
Cash Overdraft Accounts Payable Salarjes Payable Expired Grant Balances Payable Deferred Revenue 
Total Liabilities FUND EQUITY 
Fund Balances Reserved For Inventories Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Unreserved Undesignated Total Fund Equity 
Total Liabilities and Fund Equity 
 
SCHOOL FOOD 
SERVICES FUND 
 
LOTTERY PROGRAMS 
 
STATE PRESCHOOL HANDICAPPED 
PROGRAM 
 
$ 267,039.02 
 
$ 
 
0.00 
 
9,553.50 $ 56,518.00 
 
16,938.15 4,272.18 
 
$ 297,802.85 $ 56,518.00 $ _ _ _ _0._00_ 
 
$ 41,086.65 
 
$ 
 
9,653.66 
 
3,305.82 
 
26,456.10 
 
12,083.52 
 
42.01 
 
$ 36,109.76 $ 56,518.00 
 
$ 16,938.15 4,272.18 
 
$ 21,210.33 
 
240,482.76 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
$ 261,693.09 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
------ $ 297,802.85 $ 56,518.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 EXHIBIT"E" Page 1 
 
" 
GRANTS TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT 
 
TITLEI 
 
STATE 
 
TITLEII 
 
SCHOOL 
 
EISENHOWER 
 
IMPROVEMENT MIGRANT 
 
PROFESSIONAL 
 
GRANTS 
 
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 
 
TITLE VI INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM STRATEGIES 
 
$ 
 
3,491.99 $ 
 
81.30 
 
32,864.91 
 
$ 15,579.68 $ 
 
1,015.73 $ 
 
3,182.00 
 
$ 
 
36,356.90 $ 
 
81.30 $ 
 
15,579.68 $ 
 
- - - - - 1,015.73 $ 
 
3,182.00 
 
$ 
 
7,892.40 $ 
 
28,464.50 
 
$ 
 
36,356.90 $ 
 
$ 5.78 75.52 
 
15,579.68 $ 
 
81.30 $ 15,579.68 $ 
 
1,015.73 $ 1,015.73 $ 
 
3,005.13 176.87 
3,182.00 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
o.oo s_ _ _ _o_.o_o $ _____0._00_ s_ _ _ _o_.o_o 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
o.oo s____o_.o_o s_____o._oo_ s_ _ _ _o._oo_ 
 
$ 
 
s 36,356.90 $ _ _ _s_1_.3_o 
 
15,579.68 s _ _ _1_,0_1_5._73_ s _ _ _3_,1_s_2_.o_o 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING BALANCE SHEET SPECIAL REVENUE FUND JUNE 30, 1996 
 
ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Accounts Receivable Inventories 
Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Total Assets 
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH 
 
DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT 
 
PARTS 
 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
 
FLOW 
 
THROUGH 
 
PRESCHOOL 
 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
FEDERAL 
 
$ 
 
697.97 $ 
 
5,071.47 
 
462.65 
 
$ 
 
6,691.32 
 
$ 
 
1,160.62 $ 
 
5,071.47 $ ___6_,6_9_1._32_ 
 
LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 
LIABILITIES 
Cash Overdraft Accounts Payable Salari~s Payable Expired Grant Balances Payable Deferred Revenue 
Total Liabilities 
FUND EQUITY 
Fund Balances Reserved For Inventories Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
Unreserved Undesignated 
Total Fund Equity 
Total Liabilities and Fund Equity 
 
$ 
 
1,160.62 $ 
 
$ 
 
1,160.62 $ 
 
$ 
4,589.00 482.47 
 
6,691.32 
 
5,071.47 $ 
 
6,691.32 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
$ 
 
1,160.62 $ 
 
0.00 $ 0.00 $ 
 
0.00 0.00 
 
------ 5,071.47 $ 
 
6,691.32 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 EXHIBIT"E" Page2 
 
'GOALS.2000 STATE AND LOCAL 
EDUCATION SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 
 
JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP 
ACT 
 
TOTALS JUNE 30, 1996 JUNE 30, 1995 
 
$ 276,381.75 $ 288,830.19 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
9,485.21 
 
142,991.39 
 
122,879.43 
 
16,938.15 4,272.18 
 
17,773.99 3,595.51 
 
------- $ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
9,485.21 $ 440,583.47 $ 433,079.12 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
9,335.21 $ 
 
84,352.11 $ 
 
43,887.65 
 
20,857.66 
 
33,218.86 
 
72,829.26 
 
79,464.60 
 
150.00 
 
851.35 
 
68.51 
 
42.01 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
9,485.21 $ 178,890.38 $ 156,681.63 
 
$ 
 
16,938.15 $ 
 
17,773.99 
 
4,272.18 
 
3,595.51 
 
$ 
 
21,210.33 $ 
 
21,369.50 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
240,482.76 
 
255,027.99 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 261,693.09 $ 276,397.49 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
9,485.21 $ 440,583.47 $ 433,079.12 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
REVENUES 
State Funds Federal Funds Taxes and Other Funds 
Total Revenues 
EXPENDITURES 
Current Instruction Support Services Pupil Services Improvement of Instructional Services Educational Media Services General Administration Business Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Other Support Services Fo.od Services Operation 
Total Expenditures 
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures 
FUND BALANCE JULY 1 
Food Inventory- Net Change in Period Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30 
 
SCHOOL FOOD 
SERVICES FUND 
 
LOTTERY 
PROGRAMS 
 
STATE 
PRESCHOOL 
HANDICAPPED PROGRAM 
 
$ 37,900.00 $ 235, 158.00 $ 
 
545,867.60 
 
30,333.95 
 
47.50 
 
$ 614,101.55 $ 235,205.50 $ 
 
14,m.oo 14,m.oo 
 
$ 177,099.87 $ 
 
32,862.45 
1,832.80 
 
3,080.36 
 
$ 628,646.78 
 
13,392.60 
6,000.00 937.42 
 
$ 628,646.78 $ 235,205.50 $ 
 
$ -14,545.23 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
276,397.49 
 
0.00 
 
-835.84 
676.67 
 
14,777.00 
14,777.00 0.00 0.00 
 
$ 261,693.09 $ 
 
------ 0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 EXHIBIT"F" Page 1 
 
.... 
GRANTS TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT 
 
TITLEI 
 
STATE 
 
TITLE II 
 
SCHOOL 
 
EISENHOWER 
 
IMPROVEMENT MIGRANT 
 
PROFESSIONAL 
 
GRANTS 
 
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 
 
TITLE VI INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM STRATEGIES 
 
$ 285,864.91 $ 
 
10,000.00 $ 
 
56,415.01 $ 
 
$ 285,864.91 $ 
 
10,000.00 $ 
 
56,415.01 $ 
 
7,659.82 $ 
 
11,630.13 
 
- - ~ - - 7,659.82 $ 
 
11,630.13 
 
$ 232,056.47 $ 356.85 276.67 
51,119.28 365.00 
1,690.64 
 
$ 285,864.91 $ 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
10,000.00 $ 
10,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 
 
47,353.28 
$ 
784.12 6,807.87 1,469.74 56,415.01 $ 
0.00 $ 0.00 
 
7,644.17 $ 15.65 
 
5,534.61 6,095.52 
 
7,659.82 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 
 
11,630.13 0.00 0.00 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
----- 0.00 $ 
 
. 0.00 $ 
 
----- 0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
REVENUES 
State Funds Federal Funds Taxes and Other Funds 
Total Revenues 
EXPENDITURES 
Current Instruction Support Services Pupil Services Improvement of Instructional Services Educational Media Services General Administration Business Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Other Support Services Food Services Operation 
Total Expenditures 
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures 
FUND BALANCE JULY 1 
Food Inventory - Net Change in Period Donated Commodities Purchased Food 
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30 
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH 
 
DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT 
 
PARTB 
 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
 
FLOW 
 
THROUGH 
 
PRESCHOOL 
 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
FEDERAL 
 
$ 33,962.65 $ $ 33,962.65 $ 
 
19,017.53 $ 33,691.32 19,017.53 $ 33,691.32 
 
$ 11,756.51 $ 
4,333.30 260.00 
17,612.84 
 
13,811.44 $ 1,300.00 
 
33,691.32 
 
3,906.09 
 
$ 33,962.65 $ 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
19,017.53 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 
 
33,691.32 0.00 0.00 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
----- 0.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 EXHIBIT"F" Page2 
 
'GOALS2000 STATE AND LOCAL 
EDUCATION SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 
 
JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP 
ACT 
 
TOTALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 JUNE 30, 1995 
 
$ 287,835.00 $ 315,642.38 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
33,453.17 
 
1,045,200.53 1,033,575.46 
 
30,381.45 
 
31,043.90 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
33,453.17 $ 1,363,416.98 $ 1,380,261.74 
 
$ 
 
33,055.25 $ 573,601.14 $ 580,615.30 
 
38,852.60 
 
45,005.81 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 
 
23,186.64 
 
11,083.89 
 
6,095.52 
 
42,982.70 
 
75,734.22 
 
76,766.33 
 
130.00 
 
130.00 
 
214.09 
 
14,755.81 
 
20,906.05 
 
53.83 
 
12,861.70 
 
12,649.25 
 
2,628.06 
 
3,577.67 
 
630,116.52 
 
574,354.93 
 
$ 
 
7,638.39 $ 
 
33,453.17 $ 1,377,962.21 $ 1,367,941.93 
 
$ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
-14,545.23 $ 
 
12,319.81 
 
0.00 
 
0.00 
 
276,397.49 
 
264,487.41 
 
-835.84 676.67 
 
-774.77 365.04 
 
- - - - - - $ 
 
0.00 $ 
 
0.00 $ 261,693.09 $ 276,397.49 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
FUNDING AGENCY PROGRAM/GRANT 
Agriculture, U. S. Department of Through Georgia Department of Education Food and Nutrition Program Child and Adult Care Food Program 1996 Contract 
Food Services 
School Breakfast Program 1996 Grant 
National School Lunch Program 1996 Grant 
Food Distribution Program (1) 
Total U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Education, U. S. Department of Through Berrien County Board of Education d/b/a Southern Pine Migrant Education Agency Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Migrant Education 1995Summer 1996 Grant 1996Summer Through Georgia Department of Education Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I 
Grants to Local Educational Agencies 
1996 Grant State School Improvement Grants 
1996 Grant Title II 
Eisenhower Professional Development 1995 Grant 1996 Grant 
Title VI Innovative Education Program Strategies 1996 Grant 
Goals2000 State and Local Education Systemic Improvement Grants 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B - Special Education Flow Through 1996 Grant Preschool 1996 Grant 
Vocational Education - Basic Grants to States High School Program Basic Grant 1996 Grant Tech-Prep Education 1996 Grant 
Through Okefenokee Regional Educational 
Service Agency Safe and Drug-Free Schools 1996 Grant 
Total U. S. Department of Education 
 
CFDA NUMBER 
 
FEDERAL REVENUE IN PERIOD 
 
EXPENDITURES IN PERIOD 
 
10.558 $ 
 
2,827.60 
 
(2) 
 
10.553 
* 10.555 
10.550 
$ 
 
142,000.99 
350,758.05 $ 50,280.96 
545,867.60 $ 
 
(2) 
578,365.82 (3) 50,280.96 
628,646.78 
 
- 26 - 
 
84.011 $ 84.011 84.011 
 
26,838.64 $ 13,996.69 15,579.68 
 
26,838.64 13,996.69 15,579.68 
 
84.010 84.218 
84.281 84.281 
84.298 
84.276 
 
285,864.91 10,000.00 
1,644.09 6,015.73 
11,630.13 
7,638.39 
 
285,864.91 10,000.00 
1,644.09 6,015.73 
11,630.13 
7,638.39 
 
84.027 84.173 
 
33,962.65 19,017.53 
 
33,962.65 19,017.53 
 
84.048 84.243 
 
23,848.00 9,843.32 
 
23,848.00 
9,843.32 
,.._ 
 
84.186 $ 
 
6,226.00 472,105.76 $ 
 
6,226.00 472,105.76 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
SCHEDULE 1 
 
FUND!,WG AGENCY PROGRAM/GRANT 
Labor, U. S. Department of Through Southeast Georgia Regional Development Center Job Training Partnership Act 95B-06 96B-01 
Total U. S. Department of Labor 
 
CFDA NUMBER 
 
FEDERAL REVENUE IN PERIOD 
 
EXPENDITURES IN PERIOD 
 
17.250 $ 17.250 
$ 
 
23,967.96 $ 9,485.21 
33,453.17 $ 
 
23,967.96 9,485.21 
33,453.17 
 
Total Federal Financial Assistance The Major Program is identified by an asterisk (*) in front of the CFDA number. 
 
$ 1,051,426.53 $ 1,134,205.71 
 
(1) The amounts shown for the Food Distribution Program represents the Federally assigned value of nonmonetary assistance for donated commodities received and/or consumed by the system during the current fiscal year. 
(2) Expenditures for the School Breakfast Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program were not maintained separately and are included in the 1996 National School Lunch Program. 
(3) Expenditures for this program include State, and/or Local and Other Funds. Expenditures are not maintained by fund source. 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 
JUNE 30, 1996 
INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNTS 
The Citizens Exchange Bank, Pearson, Georgia 
N.O.W. Account (2.93%) Money Market Account (3.14%) 
The Peoples Bank, Pearson, Georgia 
Money Market Accounts (3.25%) 
 
SCHEDULE "2" 
$ 16,370.08 184,493.82 830,562.18 
$ 1,031,426.08 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE JUNE 30, 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "3" 
 
.,.. 
Atkinson County Tax Commissioner County Wide School Tax 
Berrien County Board of Education d/b/a Southern Pine Migrant Education Agency Elementary and Secondary Education Act Trtlel Migrant Education 
Concerted Services, Incorporated Child and Adult Care Food Program 
Education, Georgia Department of Food Services Child and Adult Care Food Program School Breakfast Program National School Lunch Program Vocational Education State Funds Federal Funds Other State Programs At-Risk Summer School Program Remedial Summer School Program Federal Programs Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies Title II Eisenhower Professional Development Title VI Innovative Education Program Strategies Goals2000 State and Local Education Systemic Improvement Grants Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B - Special Education Flow Through 
Office of School Readiness Pre-Kindergarten Program 
Okefenokee Regional Educational Service Agency Federal Program Safe and Drug-Free Schools 
Southeast Georgia Regional Development Center Job Training Partnership Act 
 
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
SPECIAL 
 
GENERAL 
 
REVENUE 
 
FUND 
 
FUND 
 
TOTAL 
 
$ 
 
55,725.09 
 
$ 
 
55,725.09 
 
$ 
 
15,579.68 
 
2,131.98 
 
15,579.68 2,131.98 
 
6,891.00 
9,592.93 3,353.83 
 
968.52 2,728.85 3,724.15 
6,691.32 
 
968.52 2,728.85 3,724.15 
6,891.00 6,691.32 
9,592.93 3,353.83 
 
32,864.91 1,015.73 3,182.00 7,638.39 
462.65 
56,518.00 
 
32,864.91 1,015.73 3,182.00 7,638.39 
462.65 
56,518.00 
 
6,226.00 
 
9,485.21 
 
6,226.00 9,485.21 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
$ 
 
81,788.85 $ 
 
142,991.39 $ ====22=4,=78=0=.2=4 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "4" 
 
AGENCY/FUNDING 
GRANTS Education, Georgia Department of Quality Basic Education General and Career Education Programs Special Education Programs Remedial Education Program Media Center Programs Staff Development Programs Indirect Cost Pupil Transportation Regular Bus Replacement Sparsity Grant Limited English Speaking Special Instructional Assistance In-School Suspension Technology Training Mid-term Adjustment Migrant Mid-term Adjustment 
Counselors Grades 4 and 5 Local Fair Share Educational Equalization Funding Grant Food Services Vocational Education other State Programs At-Risk Summer School Program Environmental Science Program Health Insurance Mentor Teacher Program Preschool Handicapped Program Remedial Summer School Program Teachers' Retirement Lottery Programs Instructional Technology Pre-Kindergarten Program Safe Schools Grant Technology Installation 
Office of School Readiness Pre-Kindergarten Program 
Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services Public School Employees Retirement 
 
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
SPECIAL 
 
GENERAL 
 
REVENUE 
 
FUND 
 
FUND 
 
TOTAL 
 
$ 2,545,678.00 339,293.00 77,039.00 108,725.00 33,712.06 748,546.00 
198,095.00 62,336.00 49,906.00 38,528.00 81,249.00 35,466.00 25,765.00 170,855.00 
3,127.00 7,805.00 -400,945.00 355,826.00 
$ 63,488.00 
9,592.93 500.00 
88,708.57 1,170.00 
3,353.83 3,124.76 
 
$ 2,545,678.00 339,293.00 77,039.00 108,725.00 33,712.06 748,546.00 
 
37,900.00 
 
198,095.00 62,336.00 49,906.00 38,528.00 81,249.00 35,466.00 25,765.00 170,855.00 
3,127.00 7,805.00 -400,945.00 355,826.00 37,900.00 63,488.00 
 
14,777.00 
 
9,592.93 500.00 
88,708.57 1,170.00 
14,777.00 3,353.83 3,124.76 
 
45,000.00 97,500.00 6,140.00 30,000.00 
 
45,000.00 97,500.00 6,140.00 30,000.00 
 
56,518.00 
 
56,518.00 
 
19,282.00 
 
19,282.00 
 
$ 4,670,226.15 $ 
 
)\ 
287,835.00 $ 4,958,061.15 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OFTAXES AND OTHER REVENUE 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "5" 
 
'1i 
Taxes County Wide School Tax Railroad Car Tax Real Estate Transfer Tax 
Other Sources Commodity Rebates Compensation for Loss of Assets Interest Earned Lost and Damaged Books Reimbursements for Salaries Work-First Program Sales Lunches and Breakfast School Assets other 
 
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 
 
SPECIAL 
 
GENERAL 
 
REVENUE 
 
FUND 
 
FUND 
 
TOTAL 
 
$ 1,277,807.60 4,500.78 1,523.94 
 
$ 1,277,807.60 4,500.78 1,523.94 
 
$ 6,417.98 22,318.98 
421.57 
1,680.00 
3,413.50 1,903.06 
 
484.22 8,634.05 
20,843.66 419.52 
 
484.22 6,417.98 30,953.03 
421.57 
1,680.00 
20,843.66 3,413.50 2,322.58 
 
$ 1,319,987.41 $ 30,381.45 $ 1,350,368.86 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 31 - 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "6" 
 
EXPENDITURES 
Operating Costs Salaries Employee Benefits Travel of Employees Professional and Technical Services Compensation of Board Members Water, Sewer and Cleaning Services Repair and Maintenance Services Rents Insurance Communications Commodity Hauling Shared Services Other Purchased Services Supplies Energy Food Usage Books, Textbooks and Periodicals Dues and Fees Other Expenditures 
Nonoperating Costs Principal and Interest Building and Building Improvements Equipment 
 
GENERAL FUND 
 
SPECIAL REVENUE 
FUND 
 
TOTAL 
 
$ 3:691,216.29 $ 1,096,228.73 22,374.68 58,339.28 6,250.00 5,284.04 11,694.47 9,870.04 70,693.74 26,508.56 
28,463.00 22,297.80 216,381.53 153,005.57 
97,897.47 8,450.52 3,725.00 
 
613,892.04 $ 127,560.84 
15,957.68 44,767.62 
2,048.85 2,030.72 
130.00 3,933.76 3,486.06 
907.42 85,238.62 44,034.80 312,291.76 
2,940.67 5,769.00 18,630.12 
 
4,305,108.33 1,223,789.57 
38,332.36 103,106.90 
6,250.00 7,332.89 13,725.19 9,870.04 70,823.74 30,442.32 3,486.06 28,463.00 23,205.22 301,620.15 197,040.37 312,291.76 100,838.14 14,219.52 22,355.12 
 
25,592.16 45,941.00 114,222.32 
 
94,342.25 
 
25,592.16 45,941.00 208,564.57 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
$ 5,714,436.20 $ 1,377,962.21 $ 7,092,398.41 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 32 - 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT 
LOTTERY PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1996 
 
SCHEDULE '7" 
 
.,, 
 
SAFE 
 
INSTRUCTIONAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY 
 
TECHNOLOGY 
 
PROGRAM 
 
GRANT 
 
INSTALLATION 
 
TOTAL 
 
EXPENDITURES 
 
Operating Costs 
 
Salaries 
 
Employee Benefits 
 
Travel of Employees 
 
Professional and Technical Services 
 
Communications 
 
Other Purchased Services 
 
Supplies 
 
$ 
 
Energy 
 
Books, Textbooks and Periodicals 
 
Dues and Fees 
 
Other Expenditures 
 
$ 6,105.00 
 
84,592.09 17,638.53 
1,648.88 410.00 
1,145.82 907.42 
15,419.96 $ 9,702.09 173.55 50.00 803.91 
 
$ 3,293.00 
 
$ 30,000.00 
 
84,592.09 17,638.53 
1,648.88 30,410.00 
1,145.82 907.42 
24,817.96 9,702.09 173.55 50.00 803.91 
 
Nonoperating Costs Equipment 
 
38,895.00 
 
211573.25 
 
2,847.00 
 
63,315.25 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
$ 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS - OVERALL 
GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "8" 
 
" 
Minimum Expenditure Requirements (Total Allotment) Expenditures on Combined Program Basis 
Salaries Operations 
Less: Expenditures for Media Center Programs in Excess of Total Media Allotment 
Expenditures per Audit 
 
THIRTEEN WEIGHTED AND MEDIA CENTER 
PROGRAMS 
 
100% TEST FOR 
OPERATIONS 
PORTION OF THIRTEEN WEIGHTED 
PROGRAMS 
 
$ 3,211,215.00 $ 
 
101,031.00 
 
$ 3,217,693.62 152,786.71 $ 
$ 3,370,480.33 
 
129,626.28 
 
-53;967.35 
$ 3,316,512.98 
 
Amount of Underexpenditure for Total Allotment 
 
$ 
 
o.oo $=====o=.o=o 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 35 - 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD Of EDUCATION 
ANALVSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS - BY PROGRAM GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1996 
 
GENERAL AND CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS Kindergarten (") Grades 1 - 3 (") SUb-Total - K-3 Grades 4 - 5 (") Grades 6 - 8 (") 
Grades 9 - 12 M High School Laboratories M 
Vocational Education Laboratories (*) Total General and Career Education Programs 
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS Regular Programs Category I (*) Category II (*) Category 111 (") Category IV (*) Sub-Total - Regular Category V (Gifted) (*) Total Special Education Programs 
REMEDIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM(*) Total Thirteen Weighted Programs 
MEDIA CENTER PROGRAMS Salaries Operations Total Media Center Programs 
Total Thirteen Weighted and Media Center Programs 
STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Cost of Instruction Professional Development 
Total Staff Development Programs (*) Identifies Thirteen Weighted Programs. 
 
ALLOTMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
 
REQUIRED 
 
ORIGINAL 
 
% 
 
ORIGINAL 
 
MID-TERM 
 
$ 
 
262,658.00 
 
$ 
 
236,392.20 
 
672.766.00 
 
605,489.40 $ 
 
$ 
 
935,424.00 90 $ 
 
841,881.60 $ 
 
329,238.00 90 
 
296,314.20 
 
609,323.00 90 
 
548,390.70 
 
333,299.00 90 
 
299,969.10 
 
176,721.00 90 
 
159,048.90 
 
161,673.00 90 
 
145,505.70 
 
$ 2,545,678.00 
 
$ 2,291,110.20 $ 
 
135,807.00 135,807.00 
135,807.00 
 
$ 
 
330,200.00 
 
$ 
 
297,180.00 $ 
 
0.00 
 
$ 
 
330,200.00 90 $ 
 
297,180.00 $ 
 
9,093.00 90 
 
8,183.70 
 
$ 
 
339,293.00 
 
$ 
 
305,363.70 $ 
 
$ 
 
77,039.00 90 $ 
 
69,335.10 $ 
 
$ 2,962,010.00 
 
$ 2,665,809.00 $ 
 
0.00 
0.00 0.00 135,807.00 
 
$ 
 
85,933.00 90 $ 
 
22,792.00 90 
 
$ 
 
108,725.00 
 
$ 
 
77,339.70 $ 20,512.80 
97,852.50 $ 
 
3,522.00 1,151.00 
4,673.00 
 
$ 3,070,735.00 
 
$ 2,763.661.50 $ 
 
140.480.00 
 
$ 
 
14,334.85 
 
19,377.21 
 
$ 
 
14,334.85 $ 
 
19,377.21 
 
$ 
 
33.712.06 100 $ 
 
33,712.06 $ 
 
522.00 0.00 
522.00 
 
.... 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 SCHEOULE"9" 
 
TOTAL REQUIRED 
 
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES 
 
SALARIES 
 
OPERATIONS 
 
TOTAL 
 
AMOUNT OF UNDEREXPENDITURE 
FOR REQUIRED ALLOTMENT 
 
$ 
 
236,392.20 $ 
 
283,526.00 $ 
 
15,130.32 $ 
 
298,656.32 
 
741,296.40 
 
709,615.98 
 
39,507.50 
 
749,123.48 
 
$ 
 
977,688.60 $ 
 
993,141.98 $ 
 
54,637.82 $ 1,047,779.80 $ 
 
0.00 
 
296,314.20 
 
357,257.42 
 
17,413.09 
 
374,670.51 
 
0.00 
 
548,390.70 
 
584,270.31 
 
19,457.97 
 
603,728.28 
 
0.00 
 
299,969.10 
 
346,312.14 
 
26,037.73 
 
372,349.87 
 
0.00 
 
159,048.90 
 
168,686.26 
 
1,525.65 
 
170,211.91 
 
0.00 
 
145,505.70 
 
189,712.86 
 
8,170.04 
 
197,882.90 
 
0.00 
 
$ 2,426,917.20 $ 2,639,380.97 $ 
 
127,242.30 $ 2,766,623.27 
 
$ 
 
297,180.00 
 
$ 
 
38,355.35 $ 61,555.53 190,441.76 33,883.82 
 
48.92 $ 92.55 268.20 
 
38,404.27 61,648.08 190,709.96 33,883.82 
 
$ 
 
297,180.00 $ 
 
324,236.46 $ 
 
409.67 $ 
 
324,646.13 
 
0.00 
 
8,183.70 
 
39,958.86 
 
1,946.71 
 
41,905.57 
 
0.00 
 
$ 
 
305,363.70 $ 
 
364,195.32 $ 
 
2,356.38 $ 
 
366,551.70 
 
$ 
 
69,335.10 $ 
 
69,912.41 $ 
 
27.60 $ 
 
69,940.01 
 
0.00 
 
$ 2,801,616.00 $ 3,073,488.70 $ 
 
129,626.28 $ 3,203,114.98 
 
$ 
 
80,861.70 $ 
 
144,204.92 
 
$ 
 
144,204.92 
 
0.00 
 
21,663.80 
 
$ 
 
23,160.43 
 
23,160.43 
 
0.00 
 
$ 
 
102,525.50 $ 
 
144,204.92 $ 
 
23,160.43 $ 
 
167,365.35 
 
$ 2,904,141.50 $ 3,217,693.62 $ 
 
152,786.71 $ 3,370,480.33 $ 
 
0.00 
 
$ 
 
14,856.85 
 
19,377.21 
 
s_ _ _34_.,2_34_.oo_ 
 
$ 
 
14,856.85 $ 
 
14,856.85 
 
19,377.21 
 
19,377.21 
 
$ 
 
34,234.06 $ 
 
34,234.06 s _ _ _ _ _ _o_.oo_ 
 
- 37 - 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
BOARD MEMBER ADDRESS 
Ms. Hilda Haskins Mercer, Chairperson (*) Route 1. Box 146 Axson, Georgia 31624 
Mr. DeLouis Bell (*) 
P. 0. Box567 
Willacoochee, Georgia 31650 
Ms. Glenda M. Bester (*) 
P. 0. Box 1374 
Pearson, Georgia 31642 
Mr. Larry Hayes (*) Route 1, Box 350 Willacoochee, Georgia 31650 
Mr. Roger T. White (*) Route 1, Box 22 Axson, Georgia 31624 
(*) Denotes Board Members Serving as of June 30, 1996 
 
SCHEDULE "10" 
 
$ 
 
1,250.00 
 
1,250.00 
 
1,250.00 
 
1,250.00 
 
1,250.00 
 
$ =====6,=25=0=.0=0 
 
See notes to the general purpose financial statements. 
 
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 SECTION II COMPLIANCE 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
COMPLIANCE REPORT BASED ON AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. 
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. 
Compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grants applicable to Atkinson County Board of Education is the responsibility ofthe Board's management. As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of the Board's compliance with certain provisions oflaws, regulations, contracts, and grants. However, the objective of our audit of the financial statements was not to provide an opinion on overall compliance with such provisions. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 
The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance that are required to be reported herein under Government Auditing Standards. 
 
96CRL-10 
 
 This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter.,., of public record. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
CLV:dt 96CRL-10 
 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. 
 
We have applied procedures to test the Atkinson County Board of Education's compliance with the following requirements applicable to each of its Federal financial assistance programs, which are listed in the Schedule ofFederal Financial Assistance, for the year ended June 30, 1996: 
 
(I) Political Activity 
 
(5) Allowable Costs/Cost Principles 
 
(2) Civil Rights 
 
(6) Audit Follow-Up/Resolution 
 
(3) Cash Management 
 
(7) Administrative Requirements 
 
(4) Federal Financial Reports 
 
Our procedures were limited to the applicable procedures described in the Office of Management and Budget's "Compliance Supplement for Single Audits of State and Local Governments" and other additional procedures as deemed necessary. Our procedures were substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion on the Board's compliance with the requirements listed in the preceding paragraph. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 
 
96CRL-40 
 
 With respect to the items tested, the results of those procedures disclosed no material instances of noncompliance with the requirements listed in the second paragraph of this report. With respect to items not tested,...nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that Atkinson County Board ofEducation had not complied, in all material respects, with those requirements. 
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
CLV:dt 96CRL-40 
 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
 
SINGLE AUDIT OPINION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. 
 
We have also audited the Atkinson County Board ofEducation's compliance with the requirements governing: 
 
(I) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed 
 
(5) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions 
 
(2) Eligibility 
(3) Matching, Level of Effort, and/or Earmarking 
 
(6) Other Requirement Claims for Advances and Reimbursements 
 
(4) Reporting 
 
These requirements are applicable to the major Federal financial assistance program, which is identified in the Schedule ofFederal Financial Assistance, for the year ended June 30, 1996. The management of the Atkinson County Board of Education is responsible for the Board's compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance with those requirements based on our audit. 
 
96CRL-80 
 
 We conducted our audit ofcompliance in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and Office ofManagement and 
,. Budget (0MB) Circular A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments". Those standards and 0MB 
Circular A-128 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether material noncompliance with the requirements referred to above occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Atkinson County Board of Education's compliance with those requirements. We believe that our audit providesa reasonable basis for our opinion. 
In our opinion, the Atkinson County Board of Education complied, in all material respects, with the requirements as disclosed in the second paragraph that are applicable to its major Federal financial assistance program for the year ended June 30, 1996. 
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audi.t agency and other Federal granter agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
CLV:dt 96CRL-80 
 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
 
 , . 
CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NONMAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRANSACTIONS 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various.departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. 
 
In connection with our audit of the fiscal year 1996 general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board of Education and with our consideration of the Board's control structure used to administer Federal financial assistance programs, as required by Office of Management and Budget (0MB) Circular A128, "Audits of State and Local Governments", we selected certain transactions applicable to certain nonmajor Federal financial assistance programs for the year ended June 30, 1996. As required by 0MB Circular A-128, we have performed auditing procedures on the selected transactions to test compliance with the requirements goverrung: 
 
( 1) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed 
 
(3) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions 
 
(2) Eligibility 
 
Our procedures were substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion on the Atkinson County Board of Education's compliance with these requirements. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 
 
96CRL-120 
 
 With respect to the items tested, the results of those procedures disclosed no material instances of noncompliance with the requirements listed in the second paragraph. With respect to items not tested, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Atkinson County Board of Education had not complied, in all material respects, with those requirements. 
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
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Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
 
 SECTION III INTERNAL CONTROL 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation 
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. 
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. 
The management ofthe Atkinson County Board of Education is responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. The objectives ofan internal control structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, and that transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation ofgeneral purpose financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because ofinherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or irregularities may nevertheless occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to risk that procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation of policies and procedures may deteriorate. 
 
96ICL-3 
 
 In planning and performing our audit ofthe general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation for the year ended June 30, 1996, we obtained an understanding of the internal control structure. With r~spect to the internal control structure, we obtained an understanding of the design of relevant policies and procedures and whether they have been placed in operation, and we assessed control risk in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the general purpose financial statements and not to provide an opinion on the internal control structure. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 
 
We noted certain matters involving the internal control structure and its operation that we consider to be reportable conditions under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Reportable conditions involve matters coming to our attention relating to significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the internal control structure that, in our judgment, could adversely affect the entity's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data consistent with the assertions of management in the general purpose financial statements. 
 
As described in the Schedule ofFindings and Improper or Questioned Costs, reportable conditions were noted in the following control categories: 
 
(1) Accounting Controls (Overall) 
 
(2) General Fixed Assets 
 
A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation ofone or more of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the general purpose financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. 
 
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be reportable conditions and, accordingly, would not necessarily disclose all reportable conditions that are also considered to be material weaknesses as defined above. However, we believe that the reportable conditions disclosed above are also considered to be material weaknesses. 
 
These conditions were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be performed in our audit ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation's financial statements and this report does not affect our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. 
 
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
CLV:dt 96ICL-3 
 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
 
 CLAUDE L. VICKERS 
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 
February 14, 1997 
 
Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation 
and Superintendent and Members of the Atkinson County Board of Education 
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON THE INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE USED IN ADMINISTERING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1996, and have issued our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. This report was qualified for various departures from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements. We have also audited the Atkinson County Board of Education's compliance with requirements applicable to major Federal financial assistance programs and have issued our opinion thereon dated February 14, 1997. 
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and the provisions of Office of Management and Budget (0MB) Circular A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments". Those standards and 0MB Circular A-128 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement and about whether the Atkinson County Board of Education complied with laws and regulations, noncompliance with which would be material to a major Federal financial assistance program. 
In planning and performing our audit for the year ended June 30, 1996, we considered the Board's internal control structure in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the Board's general purpose financial statements and on its compliance with requirements applicable to major Federal financial assistance programs and to report on the internal control structure in accordance with 0MB Circular A-128. This report addresses our consideration of internal control structure policies and procedures relevant to compliance with requirements applicable to Federal financial assistance programs. We have addressed internal control structure policies and procedures relevant to our audit of the general purpose financial statements in a separate report dated February 14, 1997. 
96ICL-ll 
 
 The management ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation is responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are requir~ to assess the expected benefits and related costs ofinternal control structure policies and procedures. The objectives ofan internal control structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that, assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, that transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation of general purpose financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that Federal financial assistance programs are managed in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors, irregularities, or instances of noncompliance may nevertheless occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation of policies and procedures may deteriorate. 
 
For the purpose of this report, we have classified the significant internal control structure policies and procedures used in administering Federal financial assistance programs in the following control categories: 
 
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 
 
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 
 
(1) Political Activity (2) Civil Rights (3) Cash Management (4) Federal Financial Reports 
 
(1) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed 
(2) Eligibility 
(3) Matching, Level ofEffort, and/or Earmarking 
 
(5) Allowable Costs/Cost Principles 
 
(4) Reporting 
 
(6) Audit Follow-Up/Resolution (7) Administrative Requirements 
 
(5) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions 
(6) Other Requirement Claims for Advances and Reimbursements 
 
For all of the internal control structure categories listed above, we obtained an understanding of the design of relevant policies and procedures and determined whether they have been placed in operation, and we assessed control risk. 
 
During the year ended June 30, 1996, the Atkinson County Board ofEducation expended 61% of its total Federal financial assistance under a major Federal financial assistance program and the following nonmajor Federal financial assistance program: 
 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies 
 
96ICL-11 
 
 We performed tests of controls, as required by 0MB Circular A-128, to evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of internal control structure policies and procedures that we considered relevant to preve~ting or detecting material noncompliance with general requirements and specific requirements as described above that are applicable to the Board's major Federal financial assistance program, which is identified in the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance, and the aforementioned nonmajor program. Our 
procedures were less in scope than would be necessary to render an opinion on these internal control structure 
policies and procedures. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 
We noted a certain matter involving the internal control structure and its operation that we consider to be a reportable condition under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Reportable conditions involve matters coming to our attention relating to significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the internal control structure that, in our judgment, could adversely affect the Board's ability to administer Federal financial assistance programs in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 
As described in the Schedule ofFindings and Improper or Questioned Costs, a reportable condition was noted in the following control category: 
Administrative Requirements 
A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation of one or more ofthe internal control structure elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that noncompliance with laws and regulations that would be material to a Federal financial assistance program may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. 
Our consideration of the internal control structure policies and procedures used in administering Federal financial assistance would not necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be reportable conditions, and accordingly, would not necessarily disclose all reportable conditions that are also considered to be material weaknesses as defined above. However, we believe that the reportable condition described above is also considered to be a material weakness. 
This condition was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be performed in our audit ofthe Atkinson County Board ofEducation's compliance with requirements applicable to its major Federal financial assistance program for the year ended June 30, 1996, and this report does not affect our report thereon dated February 14, 1997. 
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal granter agencies and should not be used for any other purpose. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. 
a~ Respectfully submitted, 
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor 
CLV:dt 96ICL-11 
 
 SECTION IV FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
PRIOR"YEA. R 
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Finding Resolved Audit Control Number 6021-93-04 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, stated that the Board had an underexpenditure of Quality Basic Education (QBE) funds of$1,000.4 l for the StaffDevelopment - Cost of Instruction Program. For the year under review, an adjustment was made to the Board's local fair share by the Georgia Department of Education to refund the underexpenditure as required. 
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Amount: $3,216.90 Audit Control Number 6021-94-02 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1994, disclosed that the Staff Development - Professional Development Stipends Program had an underexpenditure of Quality Basic Education (QBE) funds of $3,216.90 for the required minimum allotment. In the year under review, no adjustment was made to the Board's local fair share by the Georgia Department ofEducation to refund this underexpenditure as required. These funds should be returned to the Georgia Department ofEducation through an increase in the Board's local fair share for the QBE programs in a subsequent fiscal year. 
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Salary Payment Errors Financial Statements Audit Control Number 6021-95-01 Finding Resolved 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1995, stated that the Board overpaid an employee in the amount of$150.00 and underpaid another employee in the amount of$27.50. Subsequent to the year under review, reimbursement of $150.00 was secured and deposited to the Board's General Fund and payment of $27.50 from the Board's General Fund was made to the employee who was underpaid. 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
PRIOR YEAR 
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Excess Lottery Cash Balance Financial Statements Audit Control Number 6021-95-02 Finding Resolved 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1995, stated that a review of cash management procedures for the Lottery - Distant Learning program disclosed that cash draws were made in excess of actual expenditures by $42.01. Subsequent to the year under review, the Board refunded the excess lottery cash balance to the Georgia Department ofEducation 
PRIOR YEAR/CURRENT YEAR 
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Financial Statements Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6021-93-02 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1995, noted that the management of the Atkinson County Board ofEducation had chosen not to maintain a system-wide General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records as required by generally accepted accounting principles. In the year under review, the Board did not establish a General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records. This condition results in the general purpose financial statements of the Board being incomplete and not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Appropriate action should be taken by the Board to establish accounting controls and procedures to provide for maintenance of a General Fixed Assets Account Group. These subsidiary records should include an inventory ofland, buildings and equipment owned by the Board and should include, but may not be limited to, date acquired, acquisition cost, estimated replacement cost, location and description. Detailed records should be maintained of all additions and deletions to the General Fixed Assets Account Group. 
ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Conditions - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6021-94-01 
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1995, disclosed that the Board did not provide for adequate separation of employee duties in the performance of accounting functions and related procedures for all funds. For the year under review, no improvement in adequate separation of employee duties was noted. This 
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 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 PRIOR" YEAR/CURRENT YEAR ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Conditions - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6021-94-01 deficiency was a result ofmanagement's decision to limit the number of administrative staff made responsible for accounting functions. Management should periodically review this decision to d~termine if employee duties can be reassigned to achieve a higher degree of internal controls with existing staff. Note: All Federal Financial Assistance Programs listed in the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance, Schedule "l" of this report, are affected by this finding.. 
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 SECTIONV PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS 
 
 ATKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Amount: $3,216.90 Audit Control Number 6021-94-02 
We concur with this finding. This finding will be resolved by the Georgia Department ofEducation through a future increase in the Board's local fair share portion of QBE allotments. 
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Financial Statements Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6021-93-02 
We concur with this recommendation. Due to current staffing limitations and budgetary considerations prohibiting the hiring of additional administrative staff, the Board has decided not to pursue the recording of general fixed assets on the financial statements. 
ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Conditions - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6021-94-01 
We concur with this finding, however due to current bugetary constraints, the Board is unable to hire the additional staff required to clear this finding. The Board feels it has provided for the most appropriate assignment of duties with the number of personnel available to perform the accounting functions. With staff limitations, this finding can not be totally resolved.