l:n /1 A800 RI 2.b -rs- \998-qq AUDIT REPORT TIFT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TIFTON, GEORGIA YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999 STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 WASHINGTON STREET ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334-8400 TIFT 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 ACTUAL (NON-GAAP BASIS) GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 6 D NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 7 ADDIDONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION COMBINING STATEMENTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND E COMBINING BALANCE SHEET 18 F COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 19 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND G COMBINING BALANCE SHEET 20 H COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 22 DEBT SERVICE FUND I COMBINING BALANCE SHEET 24 J COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 25 SCHEDULES 1 SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS 26 2 SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE 28 3 SCHEDULE OF APPROVED LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS 29 TIFT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION -TABLE OF CONTENTS- SECTION I FINANCIAL ADDITTONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION SCHEDULES 4 SCHEDULEOFEXPENDITURES LOTTERY PROGRAMS 30 ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS 5 OVERALL 31 6 BYPROGRAM 32 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 ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 0MB CIRCULAR A-133 SECTION ID AUDITEE'S RESPONSE TO PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SECTION IV FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SECTION I FINANCIAL w. RUSSELL HINTON STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 Washington Street, S.W, Suite 2 I4 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 May 18, 2000 Honorable Roy E. Barnes, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board of Education and Superintendent and Members of the Tift 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 accompanying general purpose financial statements of the Tift County Board of Education, as of and for the year ended June 30, 1999, as listed in the table of contents. These general purpose financial statements are the responsibility ofthe Tift County Board ofEducation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these general purpose financial statements based on our audit. Except as discussed in the following paragraph, we conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in 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 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. We did not observe the taking of either the Federal donated commodities inventory or purchased foods inventory at June 30, 1999, nor could we satisfy ourselves as to the accuracy of the amounts stated as inventories through alternative procedures. 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: 99ARL-13 * 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. * 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, 1999, a portion of salaries and the corresponding employer's cost of related benefits earned for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 1999. Also funds received, subsequent to June 30, 1999, from the Georgia Department of Education for the State's share ofthese 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, 1998, were improperly recorded in the year ended June 30, 1999. 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. fu our opinion, except for the effects of such adjustments, if any, on the Special Revenue Fund, as might have been determined to be necessary had we been able to satisfy ourselves as to the accuracy of the food service inventories as discussed in the third paragraph, and except for the effects on the general purpose :financial statements of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph, the general purpose financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Tift County Board of Education as of June 30, 1999, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. fu accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated May 18, 2000, on our consideration of the Tift County Board of Education's internal control over financial reporting and our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grants. Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general purpose financial statements ofthe Tift County Board ofEducation taken as a whole. The accompanying combining statements (Exhibits E through J) and the financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 6), which includes the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards as required by U:- S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133, Audits ofStates, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the general purpose financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the general purpose financial statements and in our opinion, except for the effect of adjustments, if any, on the Special Revenue Fund, as might have been determined to be necessary had we been able to satisfy ourselves as to the accuracy of the food service inventories as discussed in the third paragraph, and except for the effects of the matters referred to in the fourth paragraph, such information is fairly presented in all material respects in relation to the general purpose financial statements taken as a whole. 99ARL-13 A copy of this report has been filed as a permanent record in the office of the State Auditor and made available to the press of the State, as provided for by Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 50-6-24. Respectfully submitted, C::...az ~-