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'. , '- ; ' J I ., , ' " GREENE 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 EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS EXHIBITS GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMBINED STATEMENTS - OVERVIEW A COMBINED BALANCE SHEET ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP 2 B COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 4 C COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - BUDGET AND ACTTJAL (NON-GAAP BASIS) GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 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 II COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 25 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS 26 2 SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE 28 3 SCHEDULE OF APPROVED LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS 31 ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS (QBE) 4 BY PROGRAM 32 5 BY SITE 33 GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS - SECTION II COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CONTROL REPORTS REPORT ON COMPLIANCE AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCEwrnIGOVERNMENTAUDITINGSTANDARDS REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WTil-1 REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITII 0MB CIRCULAR A-133 SECTION III AUDITEE'S RESPONSE TO PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SECTIONN FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SECTION! FINANCIAL {tJ<,.<,EU. W. HINTON STATE AUDITOR (404\656-;,1;4 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 Washington Street, SW ~u,tc 214 AtlJntJ, Georgia 30334-8400 Apnl 25, 2003 Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducahon and Supenntendent and Members of the Greene County Board of Education INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS Ladies and Gentlemen We have audited the accompanymg general-purpose financial statements of the Greene County Board of Education, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2002, as hsted m the table of contents These general-purpose financial statements are the respons1bt!Jty of the Greene County Board of Education's management Our respons1b1hty 1s to express an opm1on on these general-purpose financial statements based on our audit We conducted our audit m accordance with aud1tmg standards generally accepted m the Umtcd States of Amenca and the standards apphcable to financtal audits contamed m Government Aud1tmg Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the Uruted States Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtam reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free ofmatenal misstatement An audit mcludes exammmg, on a test basis, evidence supportmg the amounts and disclosures m the financial statements An audit also mcludes assessmg the accounting pnnc1plcs used and s1gruficant estimates made by management, as well as evaluatmg the overall financial statement presentation We beheve that our audit prov,des a reasonable basis for our op1mon As descnbed m the notes to the general-purpose financial statements, the Board of Educatmn's financial statements have been prepared usmg certam accountmg practices and pohc1es wluch, m our opmton, vary m some respects from generally accepted accountmg pnnc1ples These vananccs arc descnbed as follows 2002ARL-l3 The general-purpose financial statements of the Board of Educat10n did not contain a General Fixed Assets Account Group to account for property and equipment owned by the Board of Educat10n which should be included to conform to generally accepted accounting pnnc1ples. School acllv1ty accounts mainta1Ded at the 1Dd1v1dual schools arc not included m the general-purpose financial statements To conform to generally accepted accounting pnnc1ples, these accounts should be included in the general-purpose financial statements The Board of Educallon did not recognize as expenditures, in the year ended June 30, 2002, a portion of salanes and the correspond1Dg employer's cost of related benefits earned for contractual services completed pnor to June 30, 2002. Also funds received, subsequent to June 30, 2002, from the Georgia Department ofEducallon for the State's share of these unrecorded salanes and related benefits were not recorded as revenue in the year under review Conversely, the similar expenditures and related revenues for contractual services completed pnor to June 30, 200 I, were improperly recorded in the year ended June 30, 2002 To conform to generally accepted accountmg pnnc1ples, 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 f1Danc1al statements of these vanances or om1ss1ons have not been determ1Ded, but are believed to be matenal In our opin10n, except for the effects on the general-purpose financial statements of the matters referred to m the preceding paragraph, the general-purpose financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all matenal respects, the financial pos1hon of the Greene County Board of Educallon as ofJune 30, 2002, and the results of1ts operallons for the year then ended, in conformity with account1Dg pnnc1ples generally accepted ID the United States of Amenca In accordance with Governrnent Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated Apnl 25, 2003, on our cons1dera11on of the Greene County Board of Educallon's internal control over financial report1Dg and our tests of1ts compliance with certain prov1S1ons oflaws, regulallons, contracts and grants That report 1s an integral part of an audit performed in accordance With Government Auditing Standards and should be read in conJunctJon With this report ID cons1denng the results of our audit Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an op1ruon on the general-purpose financial statements of the Greene County Board of Educat10n taken as a whole The accompany1Dg combin1Dg statements (Exlub1ts E through H) and the financial schedules (Schedules I through 5), which 1Dcludes the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards as requrred by U S Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133, Audzts of States, local Governments, and Non-Profit Orgamzat1ons, are presented for purposes of add11lonal analysis and are not a required part of the general-purpose financial statements Such informallon has been subJected to the auditing 2002ARL-!3 procedures apphed m the audit of the general-purpose financial statements and m our op1mon, except for the effects ofthe matters referred tom the th1rd paragraph, such mformallon 1s fiurly stated, mall matenal respects, m relation to the general-purpose financial statements taken as a whole. A copy ofth1s report has been filed as a permanent record m the office ofthe State Auditor and made available to the press ofthe State, as provided for by Offic1al Code ofGeorgia Annotated Secllon 506-24. Respectfully submitted, - (gy Computers In the Classroom 570,043 00 20,809 00 1,026,625 00 215,810 00 495,166 00 100,733 00 866,670 00 673,180 00 406,342 00 1,145,154 00 216,277 00 28,546 00 70,134 00 25,680 00 50,492 00 172,874 00 33,110 00 277,86800 483,387 00 373,219 00 367,224 00 113,797 00 20,000 00 58,982 00 9,263 00 18,419 00 150,408 00 $ 86,642 24 50,00000 182,174 28 750 00 28,655 00 32,758 44 28,763 16 20,580 00 4,000 00 6 708 13 100 938 86 570,043 00 20,80900 1,026,825 00 215,810 00 495,166 00 100,733 00 866,670 00 673,180 00 406,342 00 1,145,154 00 216,277 00 28,546 00 70,134 00 25 680 00 50.492 00 172,874 00 33,110 00 277,868 00 483,387 00 373,219 00 367.224 00 113,797 00 20,000 00 58,962 00 9,263 00 18,419 00 150,408 00 86,642 24 50,000 00 182,174 28 750 00 28,655 00 32,758 44 28,76316 20,580 00 4,000 00 6,708 13 100,938 86 Georgia State Fmancmg and Investment CommlHD'l Reimbursement on Construction Pf'Of8d9 $ 176,500 00 176,500 00 Office of School Readiness Pr&-Klndergarten Program 475,461 49 475,461 49 - 28 GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 2002 SCHEDULE "2" AGENCY/FUNDING GRANTS Office of Treasury end Fiscal SeMces Public School Employees Rebremenl GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES SPECIAL CAPITAL GENERAL REVENUE PROJECTS FUND FUND FUND TOTAL $ 21 349 00 $ 21 349 00 $ B362,221 88 $ 669,750 72 $ 176,500 00 $ 9,208.472 60 See notes to the general-purpose finallClal statements -29- GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF APPROVED LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 2002 SCHEDULE "3" PROJECT The acqulslbon, C006trucUon and equipping of a new Rllddle school and the renovating, refurbishing, mochfy1ng end equipping of existing facillbes Including the construcbon of addlttonal classrooms and providing for tedlnology The renovation, Improvement and equipping of exlstl:ng &chool bu~d1ngs and other facllrtles, the acquisition, constructton end equipping of add1bonal admimstrabve, support and physical educabon facllitles et exist.mg schools and the acquisition of all property necessary or desirable therefor, both real and personal ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COST (1) CURRENT ESTIMATED COSTS (2) AMOUNT EXPENDED IN CURRENT YEAR (3) AMOUNT EXPENDED IN PRIOR YEARS (3) PROJECT STATUS S 8,563,600 00 S 13,212,200 77 S 563,583 63 $ 12,595, 1S6 49 OngCHng 10,000,000 00 10,000 000 00 488 860 43 Ongoing S 18,563 600 00 S 23 212 200 77 $ 1 052,444 06 $ 12,595, 1S6 49 (1) The School District's ong1nal cost estimate es speafted In the resolution caning for the 1mposibon of the Local Option Sales Tax (2) The School Dlstncfs current estimate of total cost for the pJ'Qlects Includes au cost from Protect 1nceptlon to completion (3) The votel"8 of Greene County approved the lmposrtion of a 1% sales tax to fund the above pro,lects and retire assooated debt Amounts expended for these pl'qects may include sales tax proceeds, state, local property taxes and/or other funds over the life of the projects See notes to the general-purpose finane&al statements - 31 - ---------------- - - GREENE COUNTY BOARD Of EDUCATION GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM {QBE\ ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDfTURES - BY PROGRAM YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 2002 SCHEDULE "4" DESCRIPTION Dk'ed lnstrucllonal Programs Kmclergarten Program Kindergarten Program-Earty Intervention Program Prlma,y Grades (1-3) Program Prlma,y Grades-Early lnt"""'"11on (1-3) Program Upper Bemantary Grades (4--5) Program Upper Elemanta,y Grades-Early lnte,ventlon (4-5) Program Mlddlo School (6-8) Program High School Ganoral Education (9-12) Program Vocational Laboratory (9-12) Program Students with Dlsabllltlea Cstego,y I category II Category Ill category IV CategoryV Gifted Student - Cstegory VI Remedial Education Program Ahematlve Education Program Enghsh Speake1'3 of Other Languages (ESOL) TOTAL DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS Media Center Program Staff and Profeu!onal Development ALLOTMENTS FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (1) ELIGIBLE QBE PROGRAM COSTS SALARIES OPERATIONS TOTAL $ 755,911 00 $ 781,715 65 $ 35 160 34 $ 818,875 99 27,594 00 29,510 64 2,560 49 32,071 13 1,361,365 00 1,276,202 87 87 210 99 1,363,413 66 286,177 00 284,421 43 5 512 56 289,933 99 656,620 00 707,802 78 80,912 16 788,714 94 133,579 00 1,149,258 00 892,877 00 536,833 00 1,518,541 00 286,796 00 37,854 00 93,002 00 34,052 00 128,233 60 1,290,205 34 1 145,490 86 583,466 87 206,156 55 565,689 37 788 322 73 45,235 64 172,080 03 285 323 32 110,486 53 137,483 35 64 748 17 6,892 71 105 858 65 94 364 78 83,941 63 6,425 42 9,723 31 168 347 39 1,31092 6 611 44 6,341 66 1,281 89 2,613 26 135,126 31 1,395,861 99 1,239,855 64 667,408 30 212,581 97 575,412 68 956,670 12 46,548 56 178,671 47 291,664 98 111,748 42 137,463 35 67,381 43 $ 7,772 257 00 $ 8,602,535 33 $ 704 847 60 $ 9,307,382 93 229,241 00 43,907 00 278,154 08 19 4~ 49 136 480 43 24,412 51 414,634 51 43 907 00 TOTAL QBE FORMULA FUNDS s 8,045,405 00 $ 6 900 183 90 $ 865,740 54 $ 9,765 924 44 (1) Comprised of State Funcla plus Local Five M,11 Share See notes lo the general-purpose financial statements - 32 - GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION GENERAL FUND QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM (QBE) ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES - BY SITE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 2002 SCHEDULE "5" SITE Anrta Whrte Carson Middle School Union Point Elementary School Greensboro Elementary School Greene-Taliaferro High School Open Gate School (Greene County Altemabve School) Central Office (Altemat1ve Educabon Program) TOTAL (1) Compnsed of State Funds plus Local Five Mill Share ALLOTMENTS FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (1) ELIGIBLE QBE PROGRAM COSTS $ 1,543,572 00 $ 2,044,381 24 1,410,241 00 1,508,001 10 2,652,178 00 2,963,023 48 2,073,264 00 2,692,202 52 99,774 59 93,002 00 $ 7 772 257 00 $ ==9,;;,30~7:.,38=2.;;,93= See notes to the general-purpose financial statements . 33. SECTION II COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CON1ROL REPORTS tJ<;.~EI.L W. HIN roN STAil AUDITOR {404) fi~217-4 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 WJshmgton Street, SW ',u,te 214 At!Jnta, Georgia 30334-ll400 Apnl 25, 2003 Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducal!on and Supenntendent and Members of the Greene County Board ofEducalion REPORT ON COMPLIANCE AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS Ladies and Gentlemen. We have audited the financial statements ofGreene County Board ofEducat10n as of and for the year ended June 30, 2002, and have issued our report thereon dated Apnl 25, 2003 This report was quahfied for vanous departures from generally accepted accounting pnnc1ples, as 1den1tfied in the auditor's report on the general-purpose financial statements We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the Umted States of Amenca and the standards apphcable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards. issued by the Comptroller General of the Umted States Comphance As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether Greene County Board of Educat10n's financial statements are free of matenal misstatement, we performed tests of 11s comphance with certain prov1s10ns oflaws, regula!tons, contracts and grants, noncomphance w11h which could have a direct and matenal effect on the determination of financial statement amounts However. providing an op1mon on comphance with those prov1s1ons was not an obJective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion The results of our tests disclosed no instances ofnoncomphance that are reqmred to be reported under Government Auditing Standards Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In planmng and performing our audit, we considered Greene County Board of Education's internal control over financial reporting in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our op1mon on the financial statements and not to provide assurance on the internal 2002YB-41 control over financial reportmg However, we noted a certam matter mvolvmg the mternal control over financial reportmg and its operation that we consider to be a reportable cond1t1on. Reportable cond1tions mvolve matters commg to our atten!Jon relatmg to s1gmficant defic1enc1es m the design or operation of the mtemal control over financial reportmg that, m ourJudgment, could adversely affect Greene County Board ofEduca!Ion's ability to record, process, summanze and report financial data consistent with assertions of management m the financial statements The reportable cond1!Ion 1s descnbed m the accompanymg Schedule ofFmdmgs and Quest10ned Costs as item FS-6661-02-01 A matenal weakness 1s a cond1!Ion m which the design or opera!Ion of one or more of the mtemal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the nsk that misstatements m amounts that would be matenal m relation to the financial statements bemg audited may occur and not be detected withm a timely penod by employees m the normal course of performmg their assigned functions. Our cons1derat:1on of the mtemal control over financial reportmg would not necessanly disclose all matters m the mtemal control that rrught be reportable cond1tions and, accordmgly, would not necessanly disclose all reportable cornh!Ions that are also considered to be matenal weaknesses. However, we consider item FS-6661-02-01 to be a matenal weakness. This report 1s mtended solely for the mforma!Ion and use ofthe management, members ofthe Greene County Board of Education, Federal awardmg agencies and pass-through entities and 1s not mtcnded to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties Respectfully submitted, - ~~~ Hmton State Auditor RWHas 2002YB-41 {U',SFI I W. HIN ror-. STATE .a.LJDITOfi (40,i)~2l74 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 Washington Street, SW Suite 214 Atlanta, Gcorg1J 30334-8400 Apnl 25, 2003 Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducatmn and Supenntendent and Members of the Greene County Board of Educatmn REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH REOUlREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 0MB CIRCULAR A-133 Ladies and Gentlemen- Compliance We have audited the compliance of Greene County Board of Educa!Ion with the types ofcomphance reqmrements descnbed m the US Office of Management and Budget (0MB) Circular A-133 Compltance Supplement that are apphcable to each of1ts maJor Federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2002 Greene County Board ofEducatmn's maJor Federal programs are 1den1Ified m the Summary of Auditor's Results Section of the accompanymg Schedule of Fmdmgs and Ques!Ioned Costs Compliance with the reqmrements of laws, regulaltons, contracts and grants apphcable to each of Its maJor Federal programs 1s the respons1b1lity of Greene County Board of Education's management Our respons1b1lity 1s to express an opm1on on Greene County Board of Educa!Ion's comphance based on our audit We conducted our audit ofcomphancc m accordance with aud1tmg standards generally accepted m the United States of Amcnca, the standards apphcablc to financial audits contamed m Government Aud1tmg Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and 0MB Circular Al 33, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Orgamzatwns Those standards and 0MB Circular A-133 reqmre that we plan and perform the audit to obtam reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types ofcomphance reqmrements referred to above that could have a direct and matenal e!Tect on a ma1or Federal program occurred An audit mcludes e'