WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS- SECTION I FINANCIAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONSCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS EXHffiITS 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 7 D NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 8 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 SCHEDULES 1 SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS 24 2 SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE 26 3 SCHEDULE OF APPROVED LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS 27 ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS (QBE) 4 BY PROGRAM 28 5 BY SITE 29 WILCOX 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 ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EACH MAJOR' PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OMB CIRCULAR A-133 SECTION III 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 t'SSEJ.J. \V. H'i'ToN STATE AUDITOR :404) 6562174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 254 Washington Street. S,W,. Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-X4()() January 25, 2002 Honorable Roy E. Barnes, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board of Education and Superintendent and Members of the Wilcox County Board of Education INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONSCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the accompanying general-purpose financial statements of the Wilcox County Board of Education, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2001, as listed in the table of contents. These general-purpose financial statements are the responsibility of the Wilcox County Board of Education's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these general-purpose financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General ofthe United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assuranceabout 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 opimon. As described in the notes to the general-purpose financial statements, the Board of Education'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: 200IARL-13 * The general-purpose financial statements of the Board of Education did not contain a General Fixed Assets Account Group to account for property and equipment owned by the Board of Education 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 of Education did not recognize as expenditures, in the year ended June 30, 2001, a portion of salaries and the corresponding employer's cost of related benefits earned for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 2001. Also funds received, subsequent to June 30, 2001, from the Georgia Department of Education 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, 2000, were improperly recorded in the year ended June 30, 2001. 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 II, 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 referred to above present fairly,. in all material respects, the financial position of the Wilcox County Board of Education as ofJune 30, 2001, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated January 25, 2002, on our consideration of the Wilcox County Board of Education's internal control over financial reporting and our tests of its compliance with certain provisions oflaws, regulations, contracts and grants. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and should be read in conjunction with this report in considering the results of our audit. Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general-purpose financial statements of the Wilcox County Board of Education taken as a whole. The accompanying combining statements (Exhibits E and F) and the financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 5), which includes the Schedule of Expenditures ofFederal Awards as required by U. S. Office ofManagement 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 2001ARL-13 r I audit of the 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 stated, in all material respects, in relation to the general-purpose financial statements taken as a whole. A copy ofthis report has been filed as a permanent record in the office ofthe State Auditor and made available to the press ofthe State, as provided for by Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated Section 506-24. Respectfully submitted, ~W~ Russell W. Hinton State Auditor I RWH:as 2001ARL-13 ii WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCAnON WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED BALANCE SHEET ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP JUNE 30, 2001 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 .Capital Lease Agreements Total Assets GENERAL FUND GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES SPECIAL CAPITAL REVENUE PROJECTS FUND FUND $ 550,000,12 $ 52,661,24 $ 0,00 29,503,63 19.159,35 143.564,37 3.053,64 2.657,49 $ 596.663,10 $ 202,176,74 $===0~.00~ LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY LIABILITIES Accounts Payable Salaries Payable Capital Lease Agreements General Obligation Bonds Payable Total Liabilities FUND EQUITY Fund Balances Reserved For Bus Replacement Funds For Continuation of Federal Programs For Continuation of State Programs For Debt Service For Inventories Food Donated Commodities Purchased Food For State Capital Outlay Projects Unreserved Undesignated Total Fund Equity $ 56.075,33 $ 59.669.61 112.637.76 $ 56.075,33 $ _....:..:.1..:7:.2r.:.:5:.:2:.7:..,:3;::7:.:- $ 44.636,91 $ 3.053.64 2.657,49 495.946,66 23.936,24 $ 0.00 $ 540.567,77 $ 29.649,37 $ 0.00 Total Liabilities and Fund Equity $ 596.663.10 $ 202,176,74 $ 0,00 The notes to the general-purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement: - 2- EXHIBIT "A" DEBT SERVICE FUND $ 122,987.50 321,039.39 56,587.75 ACCOUNT GROUP GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT TOTALS (Memorandum Only) JUNE 30, 2001 JUNE 30, 2000 s 725,868.86 $ 350,998.52 350,543.02 219,331.47 701,02~ .35 I I 338,368.03 3,053.64 3,27'1.61 2,657.49 3,52.3.63 I $ 500,614.64 500,614.64 429,17:6.85 Ii 164,385.36 99,825.60 164,385.36 99,825.60 510.823.15 194,71'6.80 $ 500,614.64 $ 764.825.60 $ 2.066.280.08 $ 2,531,899.94 I I i i $ s 99,825.60 665,000.00 117,764.94 $ 112,837.76 99,825.60 665.000.00 163,554.84 [ 110,23,1.74 194,71 6.80 940,000.00 I $ 764,825.60 $ 995,428.30 $ 1,408,503.38 I, I I \ s 500,614.64 0.00 $ 500,614.64 , $ 44,638.91 $ 78,221.41 5,498.59 1,O~8.63 500,614.64 429,y6.85 3,053.64 2,657.49 519.887.10 ,i 3,271.61 3,523.63 7,8,65.00 i 594,840.84 s $ 1,070,851.78 1,123,396.56 I s $ 500,614.64 $ 764,825.60 I 2,066,280.08 $ 2,531.899.94 -3- WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001 REVENUES State Funds Federal Funds Taxes 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 Other Support Services Food Services Operation Capital Outlay Debt Service Principal Interest Total Expenditures Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) Capital Leases 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 - Net Change in Period Donated Commodities Purchased Food GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND s s 6,595,347,25 266,291,93 1,165,254.21 1,420,818.12 34,500.16 75,843.53 s $ 8,050,665,53 1,507,389,67 $ 5,403,457,67 $ 773,459.06 217,092,65 184,635.29 163,314.50 239,119.45 581,584.88 72,935,20 649,345.92 467,951.00 8,353,00 8,842.43 14,849,23 173,112.41 26,299.91 39,875,02 3,649,33 9,559,57 529,295.64 94,891.20 I 10,125.30 '$ 8,116,497,72 $ 1,555,250.94 $ -65,832.19 $ -47,861.27 $ 17,163,57 $ -18,503.57 s s -18,503.57 17,163.57 : $ -84,335,76 $ -30,697.70 624,923,53 61,431.18 -217.97 -866,14 FUND BALANCE JUNE 30 $ 540,587.77 $====29=,6=4=9.=37= The notes to the general-purpose financial statements are an integral part of this statement. -4- i EXHiBIT "B" CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND DEBT SERVICE FUND ~I I I, TOTALS I, (Memorandum Only)' YEAR ENDED 1, JUNE 30, 2001 JUNE 3'0, 2000 I I s 68,685.00 $ s $ 68,685.00 S 378,144.81 15,762.98 6,930,324.18 $ 1,165,254.21 1,798,962.93 126,106.67 393,907.79 $ 10,020,647.99 $ 6,255!090.85 1,134[883.45 2,125~922.06 112\888.61 I 9,628',784.97 $ 77,890.00 s s 77,890.00 S s s -9,205.00 s 6,176,916.73 $ 390,205.06 210,935.20 163,314.50 278,994.47 585,234.21 72,935.20 649,345.92 477,510.57 8,353.00 538,138.07 92,739.23 275,000.00 47,470.00 369,891.20 57,595.30 322,470.00 $ 10,072,108.66 $ s 71,437.79 -51,460.67 $ 5,277:,437.76 I I 655,207.01 2711,938.52 184,636.72 23~,961.43 48q,351.29 71,933.30 , 534,665.03 . 655,459.34 ,30,894.26 459,634.29 76,989.04 I 351 ,987.20 70,629.30 I 9,355,724.49 I 273,060.48 $ 1,340.00 s 1,340.00 $ s 18,503.57 -18,503.57 $ 0.00' $ S -7,865.00 $ 71,437.79 $ -51,460.67 $ 7,865.00 429,176.85 1,123,396.56 -217.97 -866.14 24 1,420 .00 -13,154.33 I 13,154.33 i 241,420.00 51~.480.48 ,I I . 610,968.74 I -f,331.49 i 278.83 I $ s 0.00 $ 500,614.64 1,070,851.78 $ 1,123,396.56 - 5- REVENUES "i WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES BUDGET AND ACTUAL -(NON-GAAP BASIS) GENERAL AND SPEC1M REVENUE FUNDS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001 I I I EXHIBIT"C" t I GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND I ! BUDGET ACTUAL (BUDGET BASIS) BUDGET ACTUAL (BUDGET BASIS) ! State Funds Federal Funds Taxes Other Funds Total Revenues 1 $ 6,312,263.66 $ 6,595,347.25 I 1,543,951.00, 1,420,818.12 103,242.00 34,500.16 I I $ 7,959,456.66 $ 8.050,665.53 $ 313,126.10 $ 266,291.93 1,035,334.00 1,165,254.21 64,600.00 75,843.53 $ 1,413,060.10 $ 1,507,389.67 EXPENDITURES Current Instruction Support Services Pupil Services Improvement of Instructional Services I $ 5,113,224.66 $ 5,403,457.67 I I 197,100.00, 217,092.65 230,510.00 184,635.29 $ 770,146.36 $ 773,459.06 90,839.00 24,656.00 173,112.41 26,299.91 Educational Media Services 192,070,00, 163,314.50 50.00 General Administration School Administration 252,326.00, 544,971.00, 239,119.45 581,584.88 36,323.00 1,246.00 39,875.02 3,649.33 Ii: Business Administration Maintenance and Operation of Plant Student Transportation Services Other Support Services Food Services Operation Capital Outlay Debt Service 83,699.0p 560,409.00, 551,525.00, 10,025.00, 2,936.00, 154,999,00' I 72,935.20 649,345.92 467,951.00 8,353.00 8,842.43 14,849.23 105,016.50 1,200.00 488,300.00 9,559.57 529,295.64 Total Expenditures '- I $ 7,893,794.66 $ 8,116,497.72 $ 1,412,760.36 $ 1,555,250.94 Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures $ I 65,662.00 $ -65,832.19 s 299.74 $ -47.861.27 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) Other Sources Other Uses $ -18,503.57 $ 17,163.57 Total Other Financing Sources (Uses) $ -18,503.57 $ 17,163.57 Excess of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses $ 65,662.0 $ -84,335,76 $ FUND BALANCE JULY 1, 2000 10 483,233.y 624,923.53 299.74 $ 58,346.10 -30,697.70 54,635.94 Adjustments 17,860.54 -18,402.70 FUND BALANCE JUNE 30, 2001 I I $ 566,756.21 $ 540,587.77 $ 40,243.14 $ 23,938.24 I i The notes to the general-purpose financial statements are an integra! part of this statement. -7~ WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCAnON EXHIDIT "D" NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS I JUNE 30, 2001 Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES REPORTING ENTITY The Wilcox County Board of Education (School District) was established under the laws ofthe State. of Georgia and operates under the guidance of a school board elected by the voters and a Superintendent appointed by the Board. The School District is organized as a separate legal entity and has the power to levy taxes and issue bonds. Its budget is not subject to approval by any other entity. Accordingly, the School District isa primary government and consists of all the organizations that compose its legal entity. FUND ACCOUNTING The School District 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 Iiabilities 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 School District. To conform to generally accepted accounting principles, a General Fixed Assets Account Group should be maintained for reporting the cost of assets acquired by go~ernmental fund types. Although "school activity accounts'; are maintained at the individual schools, neither the assets, liabilities and fund equity, nor the revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances of these accounts are reflected in these financial statements. To conform to generally"accepted accounting principles, these accounts should be recorded in the general-purpose financial statements.. The general-purpose financial statements account for all State, Federal, Taxes and Other funds under control of the School District, 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 f o l l o w s : ' . GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES - are used to account for all or most of a School District's educational activities. Governmental Fund Types include: GENERAL FUND - the fund used to account for all financial resources of the Schooi District except those required to be accounted for in another fund. These transactions relate to resources obtained and used for services provided by a board of education. -8- I WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPcDSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 301, 2001 EXHIBIT "D" i Notel: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOllJNTING POLICIES I SPECIAL REVENUE FUND - the fund used ro 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 received primarily from the Georgia Department of Education and from the Federal government to accomplish specific educational objectives. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - the fund used to account for financial resources to be used for the I acquisition or construction of major capital facilities. acco~nt DEBT SERVICE FUND - the fund used tn fnr the accumulation ofresnurces for, and the I: payment of, general long-term principal, interest and paying agent fees. ACCOUNT GROUP GENERAL LO~G-TERM DEBT ACCOUNTj GROUP - A financial reporting device used to account for general obligation debt outstanding and capital lease obligations. I BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. All governmental funds are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities generally are included on the balance sheet. Operating statements ofthese 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 fr01 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 beneral Long-Term Debt Account Group. Governmental funds are accounted for using the mldified 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 ofth1e transaction can be determined and "available" means collectible within the current period or soo~ enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. The School District considers receivables collected within sixty days after year- end to be available and therefore susceptible to acrual. Nonexchange transactions, in which the School District gives (or receives) value without directly receiving (or giving) equal value in exchange, include property taxes, local option sales taxes, intergovernmental grants and donations. Revenue for property taxes is recognized in the fiscal year for which the taxes are levied. Revenue from sales taxes is recognized in the fiscal year th~ resources are received or susceptible to accrual. Revenue from grants and donations is recognized in the fiscal year in which all eligibility requirements have been satisfied. I I I - 9!- I I I WILcox COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EXHIBIT "D" NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2001 Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 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 of these contracts. During fiscal year 2001, a substantial number ofpersonnel of the School District were employed for a one hundredand ninety day period beginning in August 2000 and ending in early June 2001. Personnel contracts for this employment period specify that compensation be paid in twelve equal monthly payments beginning in September 2000 and ending in August 2001. State grants to fund the State's share of these contracts were disbursed from the Georgia Department of Education to the School District in the same twelve months. As of June 30, 2001, compensation under these employment contracts had been earned, but two of the twelve monthly payments, due for July and August 2001, had not been made. Payments for these two months were made and recorded as expenditures by the School District subsequent to June 30,2001. Also, the State's portion of the compensation paid in July and August 2001 was received and recorded as revenue in the fiscal year subsequent to June 30, 2001. Conversely, the similar expenditures and related revenues for contractual services completed prior to June 30, 2000, were recorded in the year ended June 30, 2001. 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 Wilcox County Board of Education's budget is a complete financial plan for the School District's fiscal year and is based upon estimates ofexpenditures together with probable funding. sources. There is no statutory prohibition regarding overexpenditure ofthe budget at any level. The budget for all governmental funds is prepared by fund, function and object. The legal level of . budget control was established by the Board at the aggregate level. The budget for governmental funds was prepared on a basis otherthan- generally accepted accounting principles. The budget process begins when the School District's administration prepares a tentative budget for the Board's approval. After approval ofthis tentative budget by the Board, such budget is advertised at least once ina newspaper of general 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(c), to the Georgia Department of Education. The Board may increase or decrease the budget at any time during the year. Alhunexpended budget authority lapses at fiscal year-end. The Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual. presents actual and budgeted data for the General Fund and SpecialRevenue Fund. To facilitate comparison with the budget, the following adjustments have been made to fund balance as reflected on Exhibit "B" of this report: - 10 - j I WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPO'SE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30.12001 EXHIBIT "D" I I I Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES FUND BALANCE JULY 1, 2000 Special Revenue Fund s 61,431.18 Adjustments Inventories - July 1, 2000 Food Donated Commodities Purchased Foods Fund Balance July 1, 2000 (Budget Basis) -3,271.61 -3,523.63 $ 54,635.94 Excess over (oufnRdeevr)enEuxepseannddituOrethsearnFdinOatnhceirnFgiSnoa~'ucricnegs Uses FUND BALANCE JUNE 30, 2001 (BudgetBasis) -30,697.70 $ 23,938.24 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS COMPOSITION OF DEPOSITS Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, demand deposits and short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less from jthe date of acquisition in authorized financial institutions. Georgia Laws OCGA 45-8-14 authorize the School District to deposit its funds in one or more solvent banks or insured Federal savings ~nd loan associations. INVESTMENTS COMPOSITION OF INVESTMENTS Investments made by the School District in nonparticipating interest-earning contracts (such as certificates of deposit) and repurchase agreements are reported at cost. Participating interest-earning contracts and money market investments with a maturity at purchase of one year or less are reported at amortized cost. Both participating interest-earning contracts and money market investments with a maturity at purchase greater than one year are rep,lorted at fair value. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 36-83-4 authorizes the School District to invest its funds. In selecting among options for investment or among institutional bids for deposits, the highest rate ofreturn shall be the objective, given equivalent conditions of safety and liquidity. Funds may be invested in the I. following: i (1) Obligations issued by the State of GeOra or by other states, ) - 11 - WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA nON EXHIBIT "D" NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2001 Note I: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, (2) Obligations issued by the United States government, (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 State of Georgia, Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services, (7) Repurchase agreements, and (8) Obligations of other political subdivisions of the State of Georgia. RECEIVABLES Receivables consist of grant reimbursements due on Federal, State or other grants 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 Wilcox County Board of Commissioners fixed the property tax levy for the 2000 tax year (calendar year) on October 15,2000 (levy date). Taxes were due on December 20,2000 (lien date). Taxes collected within the current fiscal year or within 60 days after year-end are reported as revenue in fiscal year 200 1. The Wilcox County Tax Commissioner bills and collects the property taxes for the School District, withholds 2.5% of taxes collected as a fee for tax collection and remits the balance of taxes collected to:the School District. Property tax revenues during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 for mairttenanceand operations amounted to $1,414,309.84~ The tax millage rate levied for the 2000 tax year (calendar year) for the Wilcox County Board of Education was as follows (a mill equals $1 per thousand dollars of assessed value): , School Operations 12.61 mills SALES TAXES Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is to be used for capital outlay for educational purposes and debt service. Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax revenue during the fiscal year amounted to - 12 - I --I : . WILCOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURP