Audit report, Gordon County Board of Education, Calhoun, Georgia, year ended June 30, 1994

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STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
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AUDIT REPORT GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
CALHOUN, GEORGIA YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS -

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

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

AND EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

4

C

COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -ACTUAL AND BUDGET

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

6

D NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

7

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

COMBINING STATEMENTS

SPECIAL REVENUE FUND

E

COMBINING BALANCE SHEET

20

F -

COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

22

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND

G

COMBINING BALANCE SHEET

24

H

COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

26

FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE

I

COMBINING BALANCE SHEET

28

J

COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

29

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS -

SECTION I

FINANCIAL

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SCHEDULES

1 SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

30

2 ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

32

3 INVESTMENTS

33

4 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

34

5 DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS TO MATURITY

35

SCHEDULE OF REVENUE

6

STATE FUNDS

36

7

LOCAL AND OTHER FUNDS

37

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT

8

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

38

9

LOTTERY PROGRAMS

39

10

FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE

EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

40

ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS

GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS

11

OVERALL

41

12

BYPROGRAM

42

13 SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL OF BOARD MEMBERS

44

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

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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
SECTION IV FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS

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
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members of the Gordon 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 Gordon County Board of Education, as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, as listed in the table of contents. These financial statements are the responsibility ofthe 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 conform 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, 1994, a portion of salaries and the corresponding employer's cost of related benefits earned for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1994. Also funds received, subsequent to June 30, 1994, 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, 1993, were improperly recorded in the year ended June 30, 1994. To conform 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 Gordon County Board of Education as of June 30, 1994, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general purpose financial statements ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation taken as a whole. The combining statements (Exhibits E through J) and the financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 13 which includes the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance) are presented for purposes ofadditional analysis and are not a required part of the general purpose financial statements ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation. Such information 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 information 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 of the State Auditor and made available to the pJess of the State, as provided for by Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 50-6-24.
tt.~ ~ Respectfully submitted,
Claude L. Vickers State Auditor
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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - 1-

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP JUNE 30, 1994

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Investments Accounts Receivable Inventories
Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food
Amount Available in Debt Service Fund Amount to be Provided in Future Years
For Payment of Bond Debt
Total Assets

GENERAL FUND

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

SPECIAL

CAPITAL

REVENUE

PROJECTS

FUND

FUND

$ 336,890.35 $ 524,536.72 $ 1,071,848.32

1,015,557.66

295,768.77

191,698.96

48,916.50

12,747.51 7,462.06

$ 1,648,216.78 $ 736,445.25 $ 1,120,764.82

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable Salaries Payable Contracts Payable Retainages Payable General Obligation Bonds Payable
Total Liabilities
FUND EQUITY
Fund Balances Reserved For Debt Service For Expired Grant Balances/Questioned Costs For Inventories Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food For State Capital Outlay Projects
Unreserved Undesignated
Total Fund Equity

$

156,658.48 $

90,864.52 $

6,154.08

165,535.63

6,200.00
41,542.22 72,070.93

$

162,812.56 $

256,400.15 $

119,813.15

$

30,162.79

$

12,747.51

7,462.06

----- $

1,000,951.67

$

30,162.79 $

20,209.57 $ 1,000,951.67

1,455,241.43

459,835.53

0.00

$ 1,485,404.22 $ 480,045.10 $ 1,000,951.67

Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

$ 1,648,216.78 $ 736,445.25 $ 1,120,764.82

The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -2 -

EXHIBIT"A"

DEBT SERVICE
FUND

FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

ACCOUNT GROUP GENERAL
LONG-TERM DEBT

TOTALS (Memorandum Onll) JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$ 213,698.27 $

10,397.00

$ 2,157,370.66 $ 2,158,836.48

1,015,557.66

10,638.95

11,094.08

547,478.31

488,018.17

12,747.51 7,462.06

26,291.02 6,374.59

$

224,792.35

224,792.35

218,603.64

925,207.65

925,207.65

1,081,396.36

$

224,792.35 $

10,397.00 $

1,150,000.00 $ 4,890,616.20 $ 3,990,159.21

$ 253,723.00 $

83,672.80

171,689.71

161,785.86

41,542.22

54,346.55

72,070.93

$

1,150,000.00

1,150,000.00

1,300,000.00

$

1, 150,000.00 $ 1,689,025.86 $ 1,599,805.21

$ 224,792.35
$ 224,792.35 0.00 $
$ 224,792.35 $ $ 224,792.35 $

10,397.00 10,397.00
10,397.00 $

$ 224,792.35 $ 218,603.64

30,162.79

28,768.66

12,747.51 7,462.06
1,000,951.67

26,291.02 6,374.59
553,864.00

$ 1,276,116.38 $ 833,901.91

1,925,473.96

1,556,452.09

$ 3,201,590.34 $ 2,390,354.00

1,150,000.00 $ 4,890,616.20 $ 3,990,159.21

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES AND EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1994

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 Community Service Operations Other Operations of Non-Instructional Services
Cspital Outlay Debt Service
Principal Interest Paying Agent Fees
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES <USES}
Operating Transfers In Operating Transfers Out
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses
FUND BALANCE JULY 1
Food Inventory Donated Commodities July 1 June30 Purchased Food July 1 June30

GENERAL FUND

GOVERNMENTAL FUND

SPECIAL

CAPITAL

REVENUE

PROJECTS

FUND

FUND

$ 14,056,469.38 $ 82,305.84
51970?82.40

681,576.85 $ 1,450,906.96
6791855.85

$ 2011091557.62 $ 218121339.66 $

535,011.17 5351011.17

$ 11,827,699.61 $ 1,045,005.89

613,823.11 767,907.45 566,710.52 387,951.46 1,087,562.15 80,032.53 1,852,911.27 1,200,662.12
11,887.50 599.15
83,193.46 17,701.22 350,015.46

213,963.80 22,044.87 1,100.97 1,209.40
11,264.71 6,870.46
2,223.59 1,456, 170.94
$ 1,033,089.63

$ 1818481657.01 $ 2?591854.63 $ 1,033,089.63

$ 1,2601900.61 $

521485.03 $ -4981078.46

$ $ -9171495.31
$ -9171495.31 $

1,329.18 $ 916,166.13 11329.18 $ 9161166.13

$

343,405.30 $

1,141,998.92

53,814.21 $ 438,686.93

418,087.67 582,864.00

-26,291.02 12,747.51
-6,374.59 7A62.06

FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

$ 1,485,404.22 $

The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -4-

480,045.10 $ 1,000,951.67

EXHIBIT"B"

TYPES DEBT
SERVICE FUND

TOTAL

FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

TOTALS
{Memorandum Onl~ YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$ 15,273,057.40

1,533,212.80

$ 230,916.21

6,881,554.46 $

$ 230,916.21 $ 23,687,824.66 $

$ 15,273,057.40 $ 14,447,049.46

1,533,212.80

1 ,449,959.99

21,905.00

6,903,459.46

6,0211882.48

21,905.00 $ 23.709.729.66 $ 21 ,918,891.93

$ 12,872,705.50 $

827,786.91 789,952.32 567,811.49 389,160.86 1,087,562.15
80,032.53 1,864,175.98 1 ,207 ,532.58
11,887.50 2,822.74 1,456, 170.94 83,193.46 17,701.22 1,383,105.09

$

150,000.00

73,500.00

1,227.50

150,000.00 73,500.00 1,227.50

$ 224.727.50 $ 22,866,328.n s

$

61188.71 $ 821 ,495.89 $

14,708.51 $ 12,887,414.01 $ 11,924,546.58

5,000.00

827,786.91 789,952.32 567,811.49 389,160.86 1,087,562.15
80,032.53 1,864, 175.98 1,207,532.58
11,887.50 2,822.74 1,456, 170.94 83,193.46 17,701.22 1,388,105.09

730,211.87 728,327.07 544,426.n 362,705.18 1,128,028.27
83,862.29 1,586,262.06 1,106,299.26
11,935.00
1,369,455.40
23,456.19 1,849,618.54

150,000.00 73,500.00 1,227.50

150,000.00 82,500.00
1,303.00

19.708.51 $ 22,886,037.28 $ 21,682,937.48

2,196.49 $ 823,692.38 $ 235,954.45

$ 917,495.31 -917,495.31

$

0.00

$

6,188.71 $ 821,495.89 $

218,603.64

2,382, 153.49

$ 917,495.31 $ 764,813.03

-917,495.31

-7641813.03

$

0.00 $

0.00

2,196.49 $ 823,692.38 $ 235,954.45

8,200.51

2,390,354.00

2,153,270.41

-26,291.02 12,747.51
-6,374.59 7,462.06

-26,291.02 12,747.51
-6,374.59 7,462.06

-26,444.72 26,291.02
-5,091.75 6,374.59

$ 224,792.35 $ 3,191,193.34 $

10,397.00 $ 3,201,590.34 $ 2,390,354.00

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~ORQQN COUNTY BOARD OF ~DUQATIO~ QOMBINEQ STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES ANQ CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
AQT!.!A!. AND BU~ET - GOVERNMENTAi. F!,!NQ TYPl;S YEAR ENQEQ JUNE 30, 1994

EXHIBIT "C"

ACTUAL PER
EXHIBIT"B"

ACTUAL PER
ADJUSTMENTS BUDGET BASIS

BUDGET

VARIANCE FAVORABLE {UNFAVORABLE)

Rt;~t:H,!ES
State Funds Federal Funds Local and other Funds

$ 15,273,057.40 $ 1,533,212.80 6,881,554.46

0.00 $ 15,273,057.40 $ 14,498,882.00 $ 1,533,212.80 1,291,084.00 6,881,554.46 6,441,392.00

n4,175.40 242,128.80 440,162.46

Total Revenues

$ 23,687,824.66 $

0.00 $ 23,687,824.66 $ 22,231,358.00 $ 1,456,466.66

EXPf~D!I.\,!RES

Current Instruction Support Services Pupil Services Improvement of Instructional Services Educational Media Services General Administration School Administration Buainesa Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Central Support Services other Support Services Food Services Operation Community Service Operations other Operations of Non-Instructional Services
Capital Outlay Debt Service
Total Expenditures

s $ 12,8n,105.50
827,786.91 789,952.32 567,811.49 389,160.86 1,087,562.15 80,032.53 1,864,175.98 1,207,532.58
11,887.50 2,822.74
1,456,170.94 83,193.46
17,701.22 1,383,105.09
224,n1.50
$ n 22,866,328. s

s 0.00 $ 12,8n,1os.50 12,654,142.00 $

827,786.91 789,952.32 567,811.49 389,160.86 1,087,562.15 80,032.53 1,864, 175.98 1,207,532.58
11,887.50 2,622.74
1,456,170.94 83,193.46

n6,003.oo 769,205.00 595,181.00 378,515.00 1,102,n3.00
79,410.00 1,731,201.00 1,263,371.00
11,888.00
1,371,876.00

17,701.22 1,383,105.09
224,n7.50

16,150.00 1,535,n1.oo
224,900.00

s s n o.oo 22,866,328.

22,510,336.00 $

-218,563.50
-51,783.91 -20,747.32 27,369.51 -10,645.86 15,160.85
-622.53 -132,974.98
55,838.42 0.50
-2,822.74 -84,294.94 -83,193.46
-1,551.22 152,665.91
1n.50
-355,992.n

Exceea of Revenues over (under) Expenditures

$ 821,495.89 $

0.00 $ 821,495.89 $ -278,978.00 $ 1,100,473.89

QTHEB E!NA~QIN~ Q!.!RQES (!,!SES}

other Sources other Uses

$ 917,495.31 $ -917,495.31

0.00 $ 917,495.31 $ 563,422.00 $

-917,495.31

-563,422.00

354,073.31 -354,073.31

Total other Financing Sources (Uses) $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00

Exceu of Revenues and other Financing Sources

over (l,lllder) Expenditures and other Financing

Uses

$

821,495.89 $

0.00 $ 821,495.89 $ -278,978.00 $ 1,100,473.89

E!.!!::U:2 ~~NQE .!!.!LY 1, l ~

2,382, 153.49

-32,665.56 2,349,487.93 2,216,912.46

132,575.47

FOOQ !~~NTQBY

Donated Commodities

July1, 1993

-26,291.02

26,291.02

0.00

0.00

June 30, 1994

12,747.51

-12,747.51

0.00

0.00

Purchased Food

July 1, 1993

-6,374.59

6,374.59

0.00

0.00

June 30, 1994

7,462.06

-7,462.06

0.00

0.00

F!.!t:U2 ~~NQE ,!!.!NI;~. j994

$ 3,191,193.34 $ -20,209.52 $ 3,170,983.82 $ 1,937,934.46 $ 1,233,049.36

The notes to the general purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -6-

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30. 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Gordon County Board ofEducation (Board) was established under the laws ofthe State of Georgia and operates under the guidance of a school board and Superintendent, both elected by the voters. With the exception of the departures from generally accepted accounting principles disclosed in the following paragraphs, the financial statements ofthe Board have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied to government units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the accepted standard-setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial reporting standards.
The more significant of the Board's accounting policies are described below.
REPORTING ENTITY
In evaluating how to define the government 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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation.
Based upon the application ofthe above criteria, the Gordon 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 Gordon County, Georgia, excluding that area encompassed by the City of Calhoun. 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, except for the Superintendent who was also elected, the ability to significantly influence operations, and primary accountability for fiscal matters. The Board determines the millage rates 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.
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.
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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note I: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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, Local 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 general 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 traditionally 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. Also included are proceeds received from State, Federal, Local and Other sources for operations of the school food services fund. This fund ~uld be accounted for as an enterprise fund~ however, the Board chooses not to provide for depreciation, but to maintain the fund on a modified accrual basis and to report the fund as a special revenue fund under governmental fund types, which is acceptable under generally accepted accounting principles for governmental entities.
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - the fund used to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities.
DEBT SERVICE FUND - the fund used to account for the accumulation ofresources for, and the payment of, general long-term principal, interest and paying agent fees.
FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE - the trust funds used to account for assets held by a government unit in a trustee capacity or as an agent for individuals, private organizations, other government units and/or other funds. These funds include:
EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS Ratner Fund - the fund used to account for expenditures approved by the trustees of the Ratner Foundation for specific purposes.
Self-Insured Employee Benefit Fund - the fund used to account for Unemployment Compensation Insurance contributions and expenditures.
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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNT GROUP
GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT ACCOUNT GROUP - used to account for general obligation bonds outstanding.
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. All governmental funds and expendable trust 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.
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 and expendable trust 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 of the current period. Those revenues considered susceptible to accrual are property taxes, intergovernmental grants and investment income. Property taxes are considered available ifthey 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 1994, a substantial number of personnel of the Board were employed for a one hundred and ninety day period beginning in late August 1993 and ending in early June 1994. Personnel contracts for this employment period specify that compensation be paid in twelve equal monthly payments beginning in September 1993 and ending in August 1994. 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, 1994, compensation under these employment contracts had
been earned, but two of the twelve monthly payments, due for July and August 1994, had not been made. Payments for these two months were made and recorded as expenditures by the Board subsequent to

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
June 30, 1994. Also, the State's portion of the compensation paid in July and August 1994 was received and recorded as revenue in the fiscal year subsequent to June 30, 1994. Conversely, the similar expenditures and related revenues for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1993, were recorded in the year ended June 30, 1994. 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 Gordon County Board of Education has a legally authorized nonappropriated budget which is formally approved by the Board at the aggregate level. Budgets are prepared to provide a basis for funding operations and there is no legal prohibition regarding overexpenditure of the aggregate budget. The budget process begins when the Board's administration prepares a tentative aggregated 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 of the 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 ofEducation.
The Board prepares its budget on the modified accrual basis, which is the same basis on which it presents its financial statements. The budget comparison on Exhibit "C" presents actual and budget data for all governmental funds on a combined basis. To facilitate comparison with the budget, donated and purchased food inventories as reflected on Exhibit "B" have been eliminated from fund balance.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
COMPOSITION OF DEPOSITS Cash and cash equivalents consist ofdeposits 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.
INVESTMENTS
COMPOSITION OF INVESTMENTS Investments made by the Board are stated at cost. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 36-83-4 authorizes the Board to invest its funds in the following:
(1) Obligations issued by the State of Georgia or by other states,
(2) Obligations issued by the United States government,

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE:MENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(3) Obligations fully insured or guaranteed by the United States government or a United States government agency,

(4) Obligations of any corporation of the United States government,

(5) Prime banker's acceptances,

(6) The Local Government Investment Pool administered by the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services,

(7) Repurchase agreements, and

(8) Obligations of other political subdivisions of the State of Georgia.

RECEIVABLES

Receivables consist ofgrant reimbursements due from Federal, 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 Gordon County Board ofCommissioners fixed the property tax levy for the 1993 tax year (calendar year) on October 5, 1993 (levy date). Taxes were due on February 10, 1994. The lien date for property taxes was January 1, 1993. Taxes collected within the current fiscal year or within 60 days after year-end are reported as revenue in fiscal year 1994 since their collection meets the criteria of GASB codification section P70.103. The Gordon County Tax Commissioner bills and collects the property taxes for the Board of Education, withholds 2.5% oftaxes collected as a fee for tax collection, and remits the balance of taxes collected to the Board.

Tax millage rates levied for the 1993 tax year (calendar year) for the Gordon County Board of Education were as follows (a mill equals $1 per thousand dollars of assessed value):

School Operations School Bonds

17.96 mills _:fil.mills

18.63 mills

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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. 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.
COMPENSATED ABSENCES
Compensated absences represent obligations of the Board relating to employees' rights to receive compensation for future absences based upon service already rendered. This obligation relates only to vesting accumulating leave in which payment is probable and can be reasonably estimated. No liability has been recorded in the individual funds for the current portion of this obligation as this amount is deemed immaterial to the general purpose financial statements.
Additionally, the dollar value of accumulated compensated absences at June 30, which will be payable from future resources has not been recorded in the General Long-Term Debt Account Group as this liability is also deemed to be immaterial to the fair presentation of these financial statements.
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
The Board issues general obligation bonds to provide funds for the acquisition and construction of major capital facilities. General obligation bonds are direct obligations and pledge the full faith and credit of the government. The outstanding amount of these bonds is recorded in the General Long-Term Debt Account Group.
INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS
The Board has the following types ofinterfund 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.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXIDBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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 AND INVESTMENTS
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 in an amount of not less than 110 percent of the public funds being secured after the deduction ofthe 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:
(I) 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,
(4t Bonds, bills, notes, certificates ofindebtedness or other obligations of the counties or municipalities
ofthe State of Georgia,
(5) Bonds ofany public authority created by the laws of the 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 ofthe 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 Banlc, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Farm Credit Banlcs, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, and the Federal National Mortgage Association.
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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE:MENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 2: DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS

CATEGORIZATION OF DEPOSITS At June 30, 1994, the bank balances were $3,146,612.26. 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, 1994, as follows:

Risk Category

Bank Balance

1

$ 100,000.00

2

0.00

3

3,046,612.26

Total

$3,146,612.26

CATEGORIZATION OF INVESTMENTS Investments are classified as to risk by the three categories described below:

Category 1 - Insured or registered, or securities held by the Board or the Board's agent in the Board's
name.
Category 2 - Uninsured or unregistered, with securities held by the counterparty's trust department or agent in the Board's name.
Category 3 - Uninsured or unregistered, with securities held by the counterparty, or by its trust department or agent but not in the Board's name.

Funds invested in an investment pool managed by another government are not required to be categorized unless the investing entity owns specific, identifiable investment securities in the pool.

At June 30, 1994, the carrying amount of the Board's total investments was $1,015,557.66 and consisted entirely offunds in the Local Government Investment Pool administered by the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services which are not required to be categorized since the Board did not own any specific identifiable securities in the pool.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXIDBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 3: NON-MONETARY TRANSACTIONS

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

Note 4: RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board has established a limited risk management program for Unemployment Compensation. Estimated claims are budgeted by management based on known claims and prior experience. Each fund contributes their pro rata share to the Unemployment Compensation fund and claims are paid from this fund during the fiscal year. During fiscal year 1994, a total of $1,521.00 was paid in claims.

Note 5: GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT

The changes in General Long-Term Debt during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, were as follows:

General Obligation
Bonds

Balance July 1, 1993

$ 1,300,000.00

Deductions

150,000.00

Balance June 30, 1994

$ 1,150,000.00

At June 30, 1994, payments due, by fiscal year which includes principal and interest for these items:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30

General Obligation
Bonds

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

$ 214,500.00 254,000.00 242,000.00 230,000.00 218,000.00 206,000.00

Total Principal and Interest

$ 1,364,500.00

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATE:MENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 6: SIGNIFICANT COMMIT:MENTS

At June 30, 1994, the Board had encumbrances in the amount of$361,680.0l for the unperformed portion of purchase orders, contracts and other commitments for goods and services associated with Lottery Programs. Lottery funds in the amount of $358,279.15 are available to fund these encumbrances. Encumbrances outstanding do not constitute expenditures or liabilities in the current year because these commitments will be honored during the subsequent fiscal year. These encumbrances are identified by Lottery Program as follows:

Computers in Classrooms Distant Learning Safe Schools Grant Media Center and Library Equipment

$ 51,852.90 7,912.00
161,915.11 140,000.00

$ 361,680.01

The following is an analysis of significant outstanding construction or renovation contracts executed by the Board as ofJune 30, 1994, together with funding available:

Proiect

Unearned Executed Contracts

Funding Available From State

664-001 664-002 664-003

$ 656,017.76 $ 17,017.50

3,271.51

0.00

309,060.00

58,553.88

$ 968.349.27 $ 75.571,38

The amounts described in this note are not reflected in the general purpose financial statements.

Note 7: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Amounts received or receivable principally from the Federal government are subject to audit and review by grantor agencies. This could result in requests for reimbursement to the grantor 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.

Note 8: ACCUMULATED EMPLOYEES' LEAVE

The Board's administrative staff and certain other full-time employees earn up to 15 days per year of annual leave based on number ofyears of service. In case oftermination of employment or retirement, payment, at the current rate ofpay, shall be made up to the maximum accumulation oftwenty (20) days for unused accrued annual leave. See Note 1- Compensated Absences

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 9: 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. A member is eligible for service retirement after 30 years of creditable service, regardless of age, 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 ofthe 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 compensatien 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 ofemployer 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, 1994, was $11,843,138.75~ total payroll was $13,671,302.33.
TRS CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED AND MADE Employees ofthe Board who are covered by TRS are required to contribute 6% of their gross earnings to TRS. The Board makes monthly employer contributions to TRS at rates adopted by the TRS Board of Trustees as advised by their independent actuary. For fiscal year 1994 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 1994 amounted to $2,109,263.98, of which $1,398,674.67 was made by the Board and $710,589.31 was made by employees. These contributions represented 11.81% (Board) and 6% (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
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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXIIlBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 9: RETIREMENT PLANS

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, 1993, was as follows:

Total pension benefit obligation

$13,912,014,000.00

Net assets available for benefits, at cost

12,821,722,000.00

Unfunded pension benefit obligation

$ 1.090.292.000.00

The measurement ofthe total pension benefit obligation is based on an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 1993. 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, 1994 were $521,550,000.00. The Board's contribution for the year ended June 30, 1994 of$1,398,674.67 was actuarially determined and represented .2681% of total contributions made by all participating employers.

Ten year historical trend information is presented in the 1994 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.

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.

PSERS provides service retirement, disability retirement and survivors benefits for its members. A member is eligible for normal service retirement after 10 years ofservice and attainment of age 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 of years of creditable service. Options are available for distribution of the member's monthly pension at a reduced rate to a designated beneficiary on the member's death.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EXIIlBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1994

Note 9: RETIREMENT PLANS
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 ofthe 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 of what 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 contributions occurs, but the member's contributions are refunded with interest.
There were 174 employees covered under PSERS for the year ended June 30, 1994.
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 1994 amounted to $5,492.00. Total contribution for all school systems made by the State of Georgia to PSERS for fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, was $9,150,000.00.
Note 10: SURETY BONDS
The School Superintendent, Mr. Philip Robbins, Jr., is bonded in the amount of$30,000.00 with the Western Surety Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, their Bond No. 60330951, on which premium is paid through January 1, 1997.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING BALANCE SHEET SPECIAL REVENUE FUND JUNE 30, 1994

ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Accounts Receivable
Inventories
Food
Donated Commodities Purchased Food

ELEMENTARY AND

SCHOOL FOOD
SERVICES FUND

LOTTERY PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1

EDUCATION OF EDUCATION OF

CHILDREN IN

DEPRIVED

STATE SCHOOLS CHILDREN

$ 531,804.52 $

1,839.29 $

0.00 $

928.24

14,787.75

55,884.85

65,045.48

12,747.51 7,462.06

Total Assets

$ 566,801.84 $ 57,724.14 $

o.oo $ _ _e_s_.s_1_3._1_2

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY LIABILITIES
Cash Overdraft Accounts Payable Salaries Payable
Total Liabilities FUND EQUITY
Fund Balances Reserved For Inventories Food
.. Donated Commodities Purchased Food
Unreserved Unclesignated
Total Fund Equity
Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

$

7,979.41 $ 57,724.14

1a,m.33

$ 86,756.74 $ 57,724.14

$

14,605.02

51,368.70

$

65,973.72

$ 12,747.51 7,462.06
$ 20,209.57 459,835.53 $
$ 480,045.10 $

0.00 $ 0.00 $

$ 566,801.84 $ 57,724.14 $

0.00 $

0.00

0.00 $

0.00

o.oo $ _ _e_s_.s_1_3_.1_2

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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EXHIBIT"E"

SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

TITLE II-

EISENHOWER

CHAPTER2

MATHEMATICS

BLOCK GRANT - AND SCIENCE

FLOW THROUGH EDUCATION

INDIVIDUALS WITH

DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT

TITLE VI, B

FLOW

PRESCHOOL

THROUGH

PROGRAM

JOB TRAINING

PARTNERSHIP

TOTALS

ACT

JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$

0.00 $

931.22

$

1,999.45

$ 537,502.72 $ 471,722.08

$

46,267.76

6,643.85 $

3,069.27

191,698.96

131,598.42

12,747.51 7,462.06

26,291.02 6,374.59

$

0.00 $

931.22 $

46,267.76 $

8,643.30 $

3,069.27 $ 749,411.25 $ 635,986.11

$

11,388.42

$

1,577.58 $

12,966.00

$

931.22

7,518.16 $

1,982.88

123.69

90,864.52 $

41,413.32

27,361.18

6,660.42

1,368.00

165,535.63

155,885.86

$

931.22 $

46,267.76 $

8,643.30 $

3,069.27 $ 269,366.15 $ 197,299.18

$

0.00 $

$

0.00 $

s_____o._oo_ s

0.00 $ 0.00 $

0.00 $ 0.00 $

0.00 $ 0.00 $

$
$ 0.00 0.00 $

12,747.51 $ 7,462.06
20,209.57 $ 459,835.53
480,045.10 $

26,291.02 6,374.59
32,665.61 406,021.32
438,686.93

931.22 $

46,267.76 $

8,643.30 $

3,069.27 $ 749,411.25 $ 635,986.11

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

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 Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Other Support Services Food Services Operation
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Operating Transfers In
Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures
FUND BALANCE JULY 1
Foodinventory Donated Commodities July 1 June30 Purchased Food July 1 June30
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

SCHOOL FOOD
SERVICES FUND

ELEMENTARY AND

LOTTERY PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1

EDUCATION OF EDUCATION OF

CHILDREN IN

DEPRIVED

STATE SCHOOLS

CHILDREN

$ 111,782.00 $ 569,794.85

716,608.30

$

679,855.85

$ 1,508,246.15 $ 569,794.85 $

3,540.00 $

411,623.30

3,540.00 $

411,623.30

$ 488,817.21
61,183.15 $ 5,582.87

$ 1,454,431.94

11,264.71 313.50
2,223.59 1,739.00

$ 1,454,431.94 $ 571,124.03 $

$ 53,814.21 $ -1,329.18 $

1,329.18

$ 53,814.21 $ 438,686.93

0.00 $ 0.00

-26,291.02 12,747.51
-6,374.59 7,462.06

$ 480,045.10 $

0.00 $

$ 3,140.00

410,413.90

400.00

1,209.40

3,540.00 $ 0.00 $

411,623.30 0.00

0.00 $ 0.00

0.00 0.00

------ 0.00 $

0.00

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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EXHIBIT"F"

SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

TITLE II-

EISENHOWER

CHAPTER2

MATHEMATICS

BLOCK GRANT - AND SCIENCE

FLOW THROUGH EDUCATION

INDIVIDUALS WITH

DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT

TITLE VI, B

FLOW

PRESCHOOL

THROUGH

PROGRAM

JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
ACT

TOTALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$ 681,576.85 $ 154,339.00

$

29,183.00 $

16,462.00 $

217,118.76 $

45,200.85 $

11,170.75 1,450,906.96 1,390,364.66

679,855.85

679,166.18

$

29,183.00 $

16,462.00 $

217,118.76 $

45,200.85 $

11,170.75 $ 2,812,339.66 $ 2,223,869.84

$

28,082.03

$

83,612.04 $

30,470.71 $

3,610.00 $ 1,045,005.89 $ 615,521.11

$ 1,100.97

16,462.00

127,349.76 6,156.96

14,730.14

7,560.75

213,963.80 22,044.87 1,100.97 1,209.40 11,264.71 6,870.46 2,223.59
1,456,170.94

157,142.89 17,895.43 1,280.12 720.53
7,107.22
1,369,455.40

$

29,183.00 $

16,462.00 $

217,118.76 $

45,200.85 $

11,170.75 $ 2,759,854.63 $ 2,169,122.70

$

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $ 52,485.03 $

54,747.14

1,329.18

$

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

0.00 $

53,814.21 $

54,747.14

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

438,686.93

382,810.65

-26,291.02 12,747.51
-6,374.59 7,462.06

-26,444.72 26,291.02
-5,091.75 6,374.59

$

0.00 $ _ _ _ _ _o._oo_ $ _ _ _ _ _o_.00_ $ _ _ _ _0_._00_ $ _ _ _ _o_.00_$ 480,045.10 $ 438,686.93

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING BALANCE SHEET CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND JUNE 30, 1994

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Accounts Receivable

REGULAR

GEORGIA STATE FINANCING

PROJECT

PROJECT

92/92S-664-045

664-001

$

0.00 $

0.00 $

688,872.56

25,939.50

Total Assets

$

0.00 $

0.00 $ ===7=14='=81=2=.0=6

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable Contracts Payable Retainages Payable
Total Liabilities
FUND EQUITY
Fund Balances Reserved For State Capital Outlay Projects Unreserved Undesignated
Total Fund Equity

$

0.00 $

$

0.00 $

$

6,200.00

34,827.87

25,939.50

$

66,967.37

$
0.00
0.00 $

647,844.69 0.00
647,844.69

Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

$

0.00 $

0.00 $ ===7=14=,8=1=2=.0==6

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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EXHIBIT"G"

AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION

PROJECT

PROJECT

664-002

664-003

TOTALS JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$

125,824.00 $

257,151.76 $ 1,071,848.32 $

467,548.32

22,977.00

48,916.50

169,662.23

$

148,801.00 $

257,151.76 $ 1,120,764.82 $

637,210.55

$

68.71 $

46,131.43

$

46,200.14 $

$
6,645.64
6,645.64 $

6,200.00 41,542.22 $ 72,070.93

54,346.55

119,813.15 $ ----54-,3-46-.55-

$

102,600.86 $

250,506.12 $ 1,000,951.67 $

553,864.00

$

0.00 102,600.86 $

0.00 250,506.12 $

__ __ 0.00
1,000,951.67 $

29,000.00 5_8_2,_,864.00

$

148,801.00 $

257,151.76 $ 1,120,764.82 $

637,210.55

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

REVENUES State Funds
EXPENDITURES Capital Outlay Building and Building Improvements
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Operating Transfers In Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources
over (under) Expenditures FUND BALANCE JULY 1
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

REGULAR

GEORGIA STATE FINANCING

PROJECT

PROJECT

92/92S-664-045

664-001

$

0.00 $

0.00 $ 342,013.26

$ 62,520.75 $ $ -62,520.75 $

5,738.51 $ 511,925.00 -5,738.51 $ -169,911.74

33,520.75
$ -29,000.00 $
29,000.00

5,738.51

628,406.87

0.00 $ 458,495.13

0.00

189,349.56

$

o.oo s======o=.o=o $ . 647,844.69

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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EXHIBIT "H"

AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION

PROJECT

PROJECT

664-002

664-003

TOTALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$

s_ _ _ _ s 192,997.91

o_.o__o $ 535,011.11

751,959.12

$

442,103.49 $

$

-249,105.58 $

10,801.88 $ 1,033,089.63 $ 1,545,408.74
-10,801.88 $ -498,078.46 $ -793,449.62

248,500.00

916,166.13

764,813.03

$ -249, 105.58 $ 351,706.44

237,698.12 $ 12,808.00

418,087.67 $ 582,864.00

-28,636.59 611,500.59

$

102,600.86 $

250,506.12 $ 1,000,951.67 $

582,864.00

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING BALANCE SHEET FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE JUNE 30, 1994

EXHIBIT"!''

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents

EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

SELF-INSURED

EMPLOYEE

BENEFIT FUND

UNEMPLOYMENT

RATNER

COMPENSATION

FUND

FUND

TOTALS JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

$

2,513.00 $

7,884.00 $

1o,397.oo $ =-===8,...,2...,6_0..s...,1

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY

LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable

FUND EQUITY

Fund Balances

Unreserved

Undesignated

$

2,513.00 $

Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

$

2,513.00 $

$

60.00

1884.oo $ _ _ _10...1.3_9_7_.o_o

8,200.51

7,884.00 $

10,397.00 $===8,...,2=6=0.=5=1

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES. EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1994

EXHIBIT "J"

REVENUES

Local and Other Funds

$

EXPENDITURES

Current

Instruction

$

Other Operations of Non-Instructional

Services

Capital Outlay

Total Expenditures

$

Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures $

FUND BALANCE JULY 1

Residual Equity Transfer

RATNER FUND

SELF-INSURED EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT FUND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
FUND

TOTALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994 JUNE 30, 1993

12,500.00 $

9,405.00 $

21,905.00 $

25,671.n

13,187.51 $
5 000.00 18,187.51 $ -5,687.51 $ 8,200.51

1,521.00 $
1,521.00 $ 7,884.00 $
0.00

14.708.51 $
5,000.00 19,708.51 $ 2,196.49 $ 8,200.51

10,171.77 6,028.42 3,160.00 19,360.19 6,311.58
0.00 1,888.93

FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

$

2,513.00 $

7,884.00 $

10,397.00 $===8=,2=0=0.=51=

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHED!.!!.E OF FEDERAi. FINANCIAi. ASSISTANCE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994

SCHEDULE 1

FUNDING AGENCY PROGRAM/GRANT

CFDA NUMBER

AWARDS IN PERIOD

FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED IN PERIOD(NET OF REFUNDS)

FEDERAL REVENUE IN PERIOD

EXPENDITURES IN PERIOD

Agriculture, U. S. Department of

Through Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services

National Forest Reserve Funds

10.665 $

Through Georgia Department of Education

Food and Nutrition Program

Child and Adult Care Food Program

1994 Contract

10.558

Food Services

School Breakfast Program

1994Grant

10.553

National School Lunch Program

1993 Grant

* 10.555

1994 Grant

* 10.555

Food Distribution Program (1)

10.550

3,805.26 $
4,640.17 132,544.83 457,966.87 1211456.43

3,805.26 $

3,805.26

(5)

4,640.17
129,835.43
3,239.83 445,888.52 NIA

4,640.17

(2)

132,544.83

(2)

457,966.87 $ 1,332,975.51 (3)

1211456.43

1211456.43

Total U.S. Department of Agriculture

$ 7201413.56 $

5871409.21 $ 7201413.56 $ 114541431.94

Education, U.S. Department of

Through Georgia Department of Education

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Chapter 1

Education of Children in State Schools

1994 Regular

84.009 $

Education of Deprived Children

1993 Regular

* 84.010

1993 carry-Over

* 84.010

1994 Regular

* 84.010

Chapter2

Block Grant Flow Through

1994 Regular

84.151

Title II

Eisenhower Mathematics and Science

Education

1994 Regular

84.164

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Title VI, B

Flow Through

1993 Regular

84.027

1993 carry-Over

84.027

1994 Regular

84.027

Preschool Program

1993 Regular

84.173

'1993 carry-Over

84.173

1994 Regular

84.173

Vocational Education Basic Grants to States

High School Program

Basic Grant

1993 Grant

84.048

1994Grant

84.048

Tech-Prep Education

1994 Grant

84.243

3,540.00 $ 53,n1.oo 379,554.00 29,183.00
16,462.00
13,726.00 213,204.00
7,682.00 45,549.00
48,914.70 71685.41

3,540.00 $
67,448.96 53,n1.oo 292,806.82

3,540.00 $
53,n1.oo 357,852.30

3,540.00
53,n1.oo 357,852.30

29,183.00

29,183.00

29,183.00

16,462.00

16,462.00

16,462.00

49,385.02 13,726.00 157,125.00
9,669.n 7,682.00 30,875.00

13,726.00 203,392.76
7,682.00 37,518.85

13,726.00 203,392.76
7,682.00 37,518.85

24,194.54

35,548.55

48,914.70

(4)

99.69

71685.41

{4)

Total U. S. Department of Education

$ 8191271.11 $

7911517.35 $ n9z728.02 $

7231127.91

Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Through Georgia Department of Human Resources Payments to States for Child Care Assistance

93.575 $

261000.00 $

211675.24 $ 211900.47 $

82.936.52 (3)

- 30 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994

SCHEDULE "1"

FUNDING AGENCY PROGRAM/GRANT
Labor, U.S. Department of Through Coosa Valley Regional Development Center Job Training Partnership Act 17-92-20-007 17-93-20-007
Total U.S. Department of Labor

CFDA NUMBER

AWARDS IN PERIOD

FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED IN PERIOD (NET OF REFUNDS}

FEDERAL REVENUE IN PERIOD

EXPENDITURES IN PERIOD

17.250 $ 17.250
$

700.00 $ 13,183.00
13,883.00 $

9,956.32 $ 91956.32 $

8,101.48 $ 3,069.27
111170.75 $

8,101.48 31069.27
11170.75

Total Federal Financial Assistance

$ 115791567.67 $

114101558.12 $ 115331212.80 $ 212711667.12

Major Programs are identified by an asterisk (*) in front of the CFDA number.

(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 Food Care Program were not maintained separately and are included in the 1994 National School Lunch Program.
(3) Expenditures for this program include State, and/or Local and Other Funds. Expenditures are not maintained by fund source.
(4) Expenditures on this program were not maintained by fund source. (5) Funds earned on this program do not require reporting of expenditures.

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
JUNE 30, 1994
INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNTS
Calhoun First National Bank, Calhoun, Georgia
Commercial Checking Account (Variable)

SCHEDULE "2" $ 2,157,370.66

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 32 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION INVESTMENTS JUNE 30, 1994
INVESTMENT POOL Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services Local Government Investment Pool (4.237%)

SCHEDULE "3" $ 1,015,557.66

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 33 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE JUNE 30. 1994

SCHEDULE "4"

Coosa Valley Regional Development Center Job Training Partnership Act
Education, Georgia Department of Food Service School Breakfast Program National School Lunch Program Vocational Education Federal State Lottery Programs ComputerainC~ssrooms Safe Schools Grant Federal Programs ESEA - Chapter 1 Education of Deprived Children Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Title VI, B Flow Through Preschool Program Other State Programs Apprenticeship Program
Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Reimbursement on Construction Projects
Gordon County Tax Commissioner County Wide Bond Tax County Wide School Tax
Human Resources, Georgia Department of Children"s Trust Fund of Georgia Fresh Start Program Payments to States for Child Care Assistance
Stepp,Joe Sale of School Assets

GENERAL FUND

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

SPECIAL

CAPITAL

REVENUE

PROJECTS

FUND

FUND

DEBT SERVICE
FUND

TOTAL

$

3,069.27

$

3,069.27

$ 20,951.87 360.00
2,513.55

2,709.40 12,078.35
48,221.40 7,663.45
65,045.48
46,267.76 6,643.85

2,709.40 12,078.35 20,951.87
360.00 48,221.40 7,663.45
65,045.48
46,267.76 6,643.85 2,513.55

220,886.n
2,302.47 225.23
48,528.88

$ 48,916.50

48,916.50

$ 11,094.08

11,094.08 220,886.n

2,302.47 225.23
481528.88

$ 295,768.n $ 191,698.96 $ 48,916.50 $ 11,094.08 $ 547,478.31

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS TO MATURITY
JUNE 30, 1994

SCHEDULE "5"

PAYMENTS DUE IN FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

TOTAL DEBT SERVICE

1973 BOND ISSUE

INTEREST

PRINCIPAL

$ 214,500.00 $ 254,000.00 242,000.00 230,000.00 218,000.00 206,000.00

64,500.00 $ 54,000.00 42,000.00 30,000.00 18,000.00
6,000.00

150,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00

$ 1,364,500.00 $ 214,500.00 $ 1,150,000.00

CHANGES IN GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT Bonds Payable at July 1, 1993 Bonds Retired During Period
Bonds Payable at June 30, 1994

1973 ISSUE $ 1,300,000.00
150,000.00
$ 1,150,000.00

MATURITY DATES Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates Annual Debt Retirement Date

FEB 1-AUG 1 AUG 1

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 35 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1994

SCHEDULE 6"

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 Limited English Speaking Middle School Incentive Special Instructional Assistance In-School Suspension Mid-term Adjustment Local Fair Share Educational Equalization Funding Grant Food Services Vocational Education Other State Programs Apprenticeship Program Innovative Programs Mentor Teacher Program Preschool Handicapped Program Special Education Low Incidence Grant Supervision and Assessment of Student and Beginning Teachers and PerformanceBased Certification Teachers' Retirement Lottery Programs Algebra Classrooms Computers in Classrooms Pre-Kindergarten Program safe Schools Grant
Financing and Investment Commission, Georgia State Reimbursement on Construction Projects
CONTRACTS Education, Georgia Department of Implementation of School Based Leadership Development Activities in Those Schools Represented in the 1992-1993 Governor's School Leadership Institute (GSLI)
Human Resources, Georgia Department of Children's Trust Fund of Georgia Fresh Start Program
OTHER Education, Georgia Department of Student Information Project

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

SPECIAL

CAPITAL

GENERAL

REVENUE

PROJECTS

FUND

FUND

FUND

TOTAL

$ 8,267,357.00 1,403,032.00 165,023.00 354,836.00 113,821.00 2,412,845.00
671,134.00 190,252.00 27,834.00 323,126.00 278,421.00 102,466.00 231,548.00 -1,630,245.00 1,021,987.00
$ 960.00
4,757.75 4,980.00 10,080.00 62,082.00 10,810.00

111,782.00

500.00 14,572.16

2,316.00 93,801.40 466,014.00 7,663.45

$ 8,267,357.00 1,403,032.00 165,023.00 354,836.00 113,821.00 2,412,845.00
671,134.00 190,252.00
27,834.00 323,126.00 278,421.00 102,466.00 231,548.00 -1,630,245.00 1,021,987.00 111,782.00
960.00
4,757.75 4,980.00 10,080.00 62,082.00 10,810.00
500.00 14,572.16
2,316.00 93,801.40 466,014.00
7,663.45

$ 535,011.17

535,011.17

1,000.00 12,290.47 1,000.00

1,000.00 12,290.47
1,000.00

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

$ 14p56,469.38 $ 681,576.85 $ 535,011.17 $ 15,273,057.40 - 36 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF LOCAL AND OTHER REVENUE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

SCHEDULE '7"

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

SPECIAL

DEBT

GENERAL

REVENUE

SERVICE

FUND

FUND

FUND

FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS

TOTAL

Taxes County Wide Bond Tax County Wide School Tax Railroad Car Tax Real Estate Transfer Tax

$ 5,719,201.47 275.84
6,137.30

$ 228,532.70
11.53 228.95

$ 228,532.70 5,719,201.47 287.37 6,366.25

Other Compensation for Loss of Assets Contracted Meals Tallatoona Economic Opportunity Agency
Contributions to Self-Insured
Employee Benefit Fund from Other Funds For Unemployment Compens;ition
Donations Milton R. Ratner Foundation Other
Interest Earned Jury Duty Fees Rental Income Revenue in Lieu of Taxes
Tennessee Valley Authority Sales
Breakfast and Lunches Supplemental School Assets Tuition Other

32,212.70 $

6,181.00

32,212.70 6,181.00

7,775.00 35,451.39
2,915.00 1,930.00

10,743.77

2,560.61

48,528.88 100,049.46
13,744.75

513,400.84 138,933.25
10,596.99

$ 2,143.03

9,405.00 12,500.00

9,405.00
12,500.00 7,775.00
48,338.19 2,915.00 1,930.00
2,560.61
513,400.84 138,933.25 48,528.88 100,049.46
24,341.74

$ 5,970,782.40 $ 679,855.85 $ 230,916.21 $

21,905.00 $ 6,903,459.46

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

SCHEDULE "8"

EXPENDITURES
Operating Costs Salaries Employee Benefits Travel of Employees Professional and Technical Services Compensation and Travel of Board Members Water, Sewer and Cleaning Services Repair and Maintenance Services Rents Insurance Communications Tuition Commodity Hauling Shared Services Other Purchased Services Supplies Energy Food Usage Books, Textbooks and Periodicals Dues and Fees Interest Expense Other Expenditures
Nonoperating Costs Land and Land Improvements Building and Building Improvements Equipment

GENERAL FUND

SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND

TOTAL

$ 12,468,433.12 $ 3,409,544.86 45,103.71 68,178.78 23,915.51 126,752.81 502,095.17 42,859.63 35,237.00 39,150.90
11,887.50 18,352.15 560,174.96 682,998.85
212,594.68 31,501.00 788.40 17,006.91

1,202,869.21 $
309,396.86 8,629.41
15,355.55
1,836.77 8,377.53
3,610.00 7,118.14
15,580.55 284,239.48
689,790.58 1,753.19 6,109.56
1,734.75

13,671,302.33 3,718,941.72 53,733.12 83,534.33 23,915.51 128,589.58
510,472.70 42,859.63 35,237.00 39,150.90 3,610.00 7,118.14 11,887.50 33,932.70
844,414.44
682,998.85 689,790.58 214,347.87
37,610.56 788.40
18,741.66

56,150.17 72,502.75 423,428.15

203,453.05

56,150.17 72,502.75 626,881.20

Total Expenditures

$ 18,848,657.01 $ 2,759,854.63 $ 21,608,511.64

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 38 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT
LOTTERY PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1994

SCHEDULE"9"

EXPENDITURES
Operating Costs Salaries Employee Benefits Travel of Employees Professional and Technical Services Other Purchased Services Supplies Food Usage Books, Textbooks and Periodicals Dues and Fees Other Expenditures
Nonoperating Costs Equipment

ALGEBRA CLASSROOMS

COMPUTERS IN
CLASSROOMS

PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

SAFE SCHOOLS
GRANT

$

$

2,316.00 $

10,601.40

83,200.00

141,530.00 34,407.37
3,861.07 801.12
2,223.59 169,957.50 $
1,739.00 2,501.28 2,025.00 1,134.75

$ 7,663.45

107,162.50

TOTAL
141.530.00 34,407.37
3,861.07 801.12
2,223.59 190,538.35
1,739.00 2,501.28 2,025.00 1,134.75
190,362.50

Total Expenditures

$

2,316.00 $

93,801.40 $

467,343.18 $

7,663.45 s ___s_?1_._12_4_.03_

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

- 39 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT FIDUCIARY FUND TYPE - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994
EXPENDITURES Operating Costs Unemployment Compensation Claims Supplies Nonoperating Costs Equipment
Total Expenditures

SCHEDULE "1 O"

$

1,521.00

4,177.00

14,010.51

$ 19,708.51

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 40 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS - OVERALL
GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

SCHEDULE "11"

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 for Staff Development Programs in Excess of Total Staff Development Allotment for: Cost of Instruction
Expenditures per Audit
Amount of Underexpenditure for Total Allotment

THIRTEEN WEIGHTED AND MEDIA CENTER
PROGRAMS

STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM

$ 10,421,796.00 $

113,821.00

$ 10,643,529.68 528,579.75 $
$ 11,172,109.43 $

124,402.25 124,402.25

-211,874.52

$ 10,960,234.91 $

-11,975.38 112,426.87

$

0.00 $ ==:::::::::::::!1,=39=4=.1=3

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 41 -

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS - BY PROGRAM
GENERAL FUND- QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1994

GENl;B.&, AND CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS Kindergarten (") Grades 1 - 3 (") Sub-Total - K-3 Grades 4 - 5 (") Grades 6 - 8 (") Grades 9 - 12 (") High School Laboratories (") Vocational Education Laboratories (") Total General and Career Education Programs
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS Regular Programs Category I(") Category II(") Category Ill(") Category IV (") Hinerant Supplemental Speech Sub-Total - Regular Category V (Gifted) (") Total Speclal Education Programs
R!;Ml;Q!& EQUCATIQN PROGRAM 0
MEDIA CENTER PROGRAMS
Total Thirteen Weighted and Media Center
STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (1) Cost of Instruction Professional Development
Total Staff Development
(") Identifies Thirteen Weighted Programs. Nole: (1) $13,236.90 of the allotment for Professional
Development has been transferred to Cost of Instruction as authorized by OCGA 20-2-182. See noles to the general purpose financial statements.

ALLOTMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

REQUIRED

TOTAL

ORIGINAL

%

ORIGINAL

MID-TERM

REQUIRED

$

891,824.00

$

802,641.60 $

2, 180,440.00

1,962,396.00

$ 3,072,264.00 90 $ 2,765,037.60 $

1,121,423.00 90

1,009,280.70

1,857,030.00 1,135,174.00

90. 90

1,671,327.00 1,021,656.60

563,948.00 90

507,553.20

517,518.00 90

465,766.20

$ 8,267,357.00

$ 7,440,621.30 $

0.00 $
0.00 $ 231,548.00
-104,778.00 104,778.00
231,548.00 $

802,641.60 1,962,396.00 2,765,037.60 1,240,828.70 1,671,327.00
916,878.60 612,331.20 465,766.20 7,672,169.30

$ 1,344,587.00

$ 1,210,128.30 $

0.00 $ 1,210,128.30

$ 1,344,587.00 90 $ 1,210,128.30 $

58,445.00 90

52,600.50

$ 1,403,032.00

$ 1,262,728.80 $

$

165,023.00 90 $

148,520.70 $

$

354,836.00 90 $

319,352.40 $

0.00 $
0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $

1,210,128.30 52,600.50
1,262,728.80 148,520.70 319,352.40

$ 10,190,248.00

$ 9,171,223.20 $

231,548.00 $ 9,402,771.20

$

38,811.90 100 $

38,811.90 $

75,009.10 100

75,009.10

0.00 $

38,811.90 75,009.10

$

113,821.00

$

113,821.00 $

0.00 $

113,821.00

$ 10,304,069.00

$ 9,285,044.20 $

231,548.00 $ 9,516,592.20

- 42 -

SCHEDULE "12"

REQUIRED ALLOTMENT

SALARIES ACTUAL

DISTRIBUTION BY RESPECTIVE PORTIONS

AMOUNT OF UNDEREXPENDITURE
FOR REQUIRED ALLOTMENT

REQUIRED ALLOTMENT

OPERATIONS

AMOUNT OF

UNDEREXPENDITURE

FOR REQUIRED

ACTUAL

ALLOTMENT

$

782,855.10 $

992,268.37

$

19,786.50 $

25,800.76

1,903,696.20

2,031,801.32

58,699.80

87,630.16

$ 2,686,551.30 $ 3,024,069.69 $

0.00

$

78,486.30 $

113,430.92 $

0.00

1,211,710.10

1,363,158.67

0.00

29,118.60

57,890.73

0.00

1,624,643.10

1,864,228.55

0.00

46,683.90

70,494.78

0.00

874,506.60

891,620.70

0.00

42,372.00

60,167.81

0.00

591,363.90

886,053.71

0.00

20,967.30

21,395.18

0.00

408,515.40

560,630.10

0.00

57,250.80

63,729.09

0.00

$ 7,397,290.40 $ 8,589,761.42 $

0.00

$

274,878.90 $

387,108.51 $

0.00

$

53,794.80

227,003.40 $

334,908.29

842,276.70

971,358.87

40,986.90

3,373.82

6,094.80

10,003.50

$

2,586.60 $

107.45

4,557.60

10,838.42

21,508.20

22,729.57

1,315.80

14.47

$ 1,180,160.10 $ 1,309,640.98 $

0.00

$

29,968.20 $

33,689.91 $

0.00

51,232.50

77,810.90 $

0.00

1,368.00

1,489.02 $

0.00

$ 1,231,392.60 $ 1,387,451.88

$

31,336.20 $

35,178.93

$

146,054.70 $

203,202.75 $

0.00

$

2,466.00 $

2,695.42 $

0.00

$

250,429.50 $

463,113.63 $

0.00

$

68,922.90 $

103,596.89 $

0.00

$ 9,025,167.20 $ 10,643,529.68 $

0.00

$

377,604.00 $

528,579.75 $

0.00

$

38,811.90 $

50,787.28 $

75,009.10

73,614.97

0.00 1,394.13

$

113,821.00 $

124,402.25 $ _ _ _ _ _1_,3_94_._13_

$ 9,025,167.20 $ 10,643,529.68 $ _ _ _ _ _ _0._00_

$

491,425.00 $

652,982.00 $ _ _ _ _ _1_,3_94_._13_

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GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL OF BOARD MEMBERS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994

SCHEDULE "13"

BOARD MEMBER ADDRESS
Mr. Barry W. Wright, Chairman (*) 337 Langston Drive, N. E. Calhoun, Georgia 30701
Mr. Danny Bingham (*) 198 Corinth Road, N. E. Calhoun, Georgia 30701
Mrs. Amogene Blackstock (*) 1519 Nickelsville Road, N. E. Resaca, Georgia 30735
Mr. Jerry Casey (*) 881 Covington Bridge Road, S. E. Fairmount, Georgia 30139
Mr. Bobby E. Hall (*) 186 Hunt Bend Road, N. W. Calhoun, Georgia 30701
Mr. Jack W. Miller (*) 640 Miller Loop, S. W. Plainville, Georgia 30733
Mr. Johnny Owens (*) 12453 Fairmount Highway, S. E. Fairmount, Georgia 30139

COMPENSATION

TRAVEL

$

1,900.00 $

1,280.22

1,550.00

1,195.49

2,150.00

1,522.86

1,950.00

1,868.74

1,900.00

1,655.07

1,900.00

2,629.48

1,750.00

663.65

$

13,100.00 $ =======1=0==,8=1==5=.5==1=

(*) Denotes Board Members Serving as of June 30, 1994

See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 44 -

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
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members of the Gordon 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 ofthe Gordon County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. 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, anq grants applicable to Gordon County Board ofEducation 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 ofour tests indicate that, with respect to the items tested, the Gordon County Board of Education complied, in all material respects, with the provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph. With respect to items not tested, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Board had not complied, in all material respects, with those provisions.

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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
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CLAUDE L. VICKERS
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members of the Gordon 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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. 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 Gordon County Board ofEducation'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, 1994:

( 1) 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 ofState 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.

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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 Gordon 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.
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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
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members of the Gordon 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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. 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 Gordon County Board of Education's compliance with the requirements governing:

(1) Types of Services
........ Allowed or Unallowed
(2) Eligibility
(3) Matching, Level ofEffort, and/or Earmarking

(5) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions
(6) Other Requirement Claims for Advances and Reimbursements

(4) Reporting

These requirements are applicable to the major Federal financial assistance programs, which are identified in the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance, for the year ended June 30, 1994. The management of the Gordon County Board ofEducation 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.

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We conducted our audit of compliance 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 Gordon County Board ofEducation's compliance with those requirements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the Gordon 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 programs for the year ended June 30, 1994.
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
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CLAUDE L. VICKERS
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members ofthe Gordon 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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. This report was qualified for various depart,!lres from generally accepted accounting principles, as identified in the auditor's report on the general purpose financial statements.

In connection with our audit ofthe fiscal year 1994 general purpose :financial statements of the Gordon County Board of Education and with our consideration of the Board's internal control structure used to administer Federal :financial assistance programs, as required by Office ofManagement and Budget (0MB) Circular A128, "Audits ofState and Local Governments", we selected certain transactions applicable to certain nonmajor Federal :financial assistance programs for the year ended June 30, 1994. As required by 0MB Circular A-128, we have performed auditing procedures on the selected transactions to test compliance with the requirements governing:

(1) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed

(2) Eligibility

Our procedures were substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion on the Gordon County Board ofEducation's compliance with these requirements. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

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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 Gordon 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
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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
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members of the Gordon 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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. 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 perfonn the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement.
In planning and performing our audit ofthe general purpose financial statements of the Gordon County Board of Education for the year ended June 30, 1994, we considered the internal control structure in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the general purpose financial statements and not to provide assurance on the internal control structure.
The management of the Gordon County Board ofEducation 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 of an 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
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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.

For the purposes of this report, we have classified the significant internal control structure policies and procedures in the following categories:

(I) Cash and Cash Equivalents (2) Investments (3) Inventories (4) Revenue/Receivables/Receipts (5) Procurement

(6) Expenditures/Liabilities/ Disbursements
(7) Employee Compensation
(8) General Ledger (9) General Fixed Assets

For all ofthe internal control categories listed above, 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.

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:

(I) Accounting Controls (Overall)

(2) General Fixed Assets

A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation of one 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 all of the reportable conditions disclosed above are also considered to be material weaknesses.

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These conditions were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be performed in our audit ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation's financial statements and this report does not affect our report thereon dated April 11, 1995.

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.

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Claude L. Vickers State Auditor

CLAUDE L. VICKERS
STATE AUDITOR (404) 6562174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
April 11, 1995

Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation
and Superintendent and Members ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation
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 ofthe Gordon County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated April 11, 1995. 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 Gordon County Board of Education's compliance with requirements applicable to major Federal :financial assistance programs and have issued our opinion thereon dated April 11, 1995.
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 Gordon County Board ofEducation 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, 1994, we considered the Board's internal control structure in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion 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 ofinternal 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 April 11, 1995.
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The management of the Gordon County Board ofEducation 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, 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 ofany 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 Cost_s/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 ofthe 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, 1994, the Gordon County Board of Education expended 57% of its total Federal financial assistance under major Federal financial assistance programs.

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 preventing or detecting material noncompliance with general requirements and specific requirements, as described above that are applicable to each ofthe Board's major Federal financial assistance programs, which

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are identified in the Schedule ofFederal Financial Assistance. 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 ofthe 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 of the 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 Gordon County Board ofEducation's compliance with requirements applicable to its major Federal financial assistance programs for the year ended June 30, 1994, and this report does not affect our report thereon dated April 11, 1995.
This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor 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.

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SECTION IV FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994
PRIOR YEAR
AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Amount: $28,768.66 Audit Control Number 6641-93-02
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, disclosed that the Staff Development - Professional Development Stipends Program had an underexpenditure of Quality Basic Education (QBE) funds of $28,768.66 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. 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 period.
PRIOR YEAR/CURRENT YEAR
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Financial Statements Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6641-93-01
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, noted that the management of the Gordon 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, no action was taken by the Board to establish this account group. This condition results in the general purpose financial statements ofthe 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 ofacquisition, 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.
CURRENT YEAR
ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6641-94-01
Our audit disclosed that the Board had not provided for adequate separation of employee duties in the performance of accounting functions and related procedures for the School Food Services Fund. This deficiency was a result ofmanagement's decision to limit the number of administrative staff made responsible

GORDON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994
CURRENT YEAR
ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL)-Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 6641-94-01
for accounting functions. Management should periodically review this decision to determine if employee duties can be reassigned to achieve a higher degree of internal control with existing staff
Note: Federal financial assistance programs affected by this finding are as follows: National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) School Breakfast Program (CFDA 10.553) Food Distribution Program (CFDA 10.550) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558)
EXPENDITURES/LIABILITIES/DISBURSEMENTS Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Nonmaterial Noncompliance Amount: $1,394.13 Audit Control Number 6641-94-02
For the year under review, the Board reported to the Georgia Department of Education on De form 0420 "General Fund QBE Program Expenditure Summary" expenditures totaling $50,787.28 for the Staff Development - Cost ofInstruction Program. A review ofthe underlying source documentation for the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Program disclosed that the Board expended more than 15 percent of its initial allotment offunds for Professional Development Stipends for StaffDevelopment - Cost oflnstruction Program purposes resulting in an underexpenditure of$1,394.13 for the minimum required allotment of $75,009.10 for the StaffDevelopment - Professional Development Stipends Program.
This questioned cost resulted from management's reliance on incorrect information received from the Georgia Department ofEducation, resulting in a violation of Official Code of Georgia 20-2-182. These funds should be returned to the Georgia Department of Education through an increase in the Board's local fair share for the QBE programs in a subsequent fiscal period.
Note: The Gordon County Board of Education was provided an opportunity to include pertinent comments from the Board's management concerning these audit findings, conclusions and recommendations. The Board has elected not to provide comments for inclusion in this report.