l.r-. A800 ,IU E2& w1,q 1c1q3-q't STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 WASHINGTON STREET ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 AUDIT REPORT WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IRWINTON, GEORGIA YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994 WILKINSON 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 3 C COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES ACTUAL AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 4 D NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 5 ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION COMBINING STATEMENTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND E COMBINING BALANCE SHEET 18 F COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 20 SCHEDULES I SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 22 2 ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 23 3 INVESTMENTS 24 4 ACCOUNTSRECENABLE 25 SCHEDULE OF REVENUE 5 STATE FUNDS 26 6 LOCAL AND OTHER FUNDS 27 SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT 7 GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES 28 8 LOTTERY PROGRAMS 29 WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - TABLE OF CONTENTS - SECTION I FINANCIAL ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION SCHEDULES ANALYSIS OF MINIMUM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS GENERAL FUND - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS 9 OVERALL 31 10 BY PROGRAM 32 11 SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL OF BOARD MEMBERS 34 SECTION II COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE REPORT BASED ON AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SINGLE AUDIT OPINION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NONMAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRANSACTIONS SECTION ill 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 WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION -TABLE OF CONTENTS- SECTIONN FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS SECTIONV PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS SCHEDULE OF PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS SECTION I FINANCIAL CLAUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR (04J 656-217" DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members of the Wilkinson County Board of Education 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 Wilkinson 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 of the Board's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and the provisions of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments". Those standards and 0MB Circular A-128 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. As described in the notes to the general purpose financial statements, the Board's financial statements have been prepared using certain accounting practices and policies which, in our opinion, vary in some respects from generally accepted accounting principles. These variances are described as follows: * The general purpose financial statements of the Board did not contain a General Fixed Assets Account Group to account for property and equipment owned by the Board which should be included to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. 94ARL-13 School activity accounts maintained at the individual schools are not included in the general purpose financial statements. To confonn to generally accepted accounting principles, these accounts should be included in the general purpose financial statements. The Board did not report the deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities within the general purpose financial statements. To confonn to generally accepted accounting principles, these amounts 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 ofEducationfor 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 confonn to generally accepted accounting principles, revenues should be recorded when available and measurable and expenditures should be recorded when incurred, rather than when funds are received or disbursed. The aggregate effects on the general purpose financial statements of these variances or omissions have not been determined, but are believed to be material. In our opinion, except for the effects on the general purpose financial statements of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph, the general purpose financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wilkinson 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 offorming an opinion on the general purpose financial statements ofthe Wilkinson County Board ofEducation taken as a whole. The combining statements (Exhibits E and F) and the financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 11 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 Wilkinson 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 pennanent record in the office of the State Auditor and made available to the press of the State, as provided for by Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated Section 50-6-24. Respectfully submitted, ~~ Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94ARL-13 WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - 1- EXHIBIT "A'' ~ Caoh- Caoh E - - -I,__ Accountl Receivable IFood Donated ComPun:haoedFood Amount to be Pr'CMded In Fubn Years Fa, Payment al Capital l.eae Ag.....- GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES SPECIAL CAPITAL GENERAL REVENUE PROJECTS FUND FUND FUND 190,430."'6 S 268,683.53 S 0.00 885,Sn.53 95,424.47 109,791.11 667.00 ACCOUNT GROUP GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT TOTALS 'Memorandum~ JUNE30 1994 JUNE 30 1993 "'59,113.99 S 508,782.18 885,STT.53 867,952.17 205,215.58 413,135.94 667.00 5,066.21 TT2.76 1 006170.81 5,068.21 772.76 1 006170.81 7,844.25 1,575.09 Total Asaets s 1172 099.46 $ 384 315.61 S 0.00 $ 1 006170.81 S 2 562 585.88 S 1799289.63 I !!SIi III~ !!::IQ B.!t:42 fiW!D'. ~ A<:eounlo Paya... Salaries Payable Expired Grant Balances Paya'" Capital l.eae Ag,__ 6-42.66 S TotalUabililies -~ Fund Balances For Expired Grant Balanoes 0ueltioned ~ For Inventories Food Donated ComnM>ditie8 -~-Pun:haled Food Fa, state Capital OuUay Plojeots Tata! Fund Equity 6-42.66 S 13,781.13 13,781.13 $ 1157 675.65 s 1171 456.78 S 32,954.14 64,890.81 3"'6.08 98191.03 5,068.21 TT2.76 5,840.97 280 283.61 S 286124.58 S s Tatal Liabil- and Fund Equity 1172 099.46 S 384315.61 S 1 006170.81 1 006170.81 $ 33,596.82 S 64,890.81 3"'6.08 1 006170.81 1105 004.52 $ 19,017.81 75,435.54 94453.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 S 13,781.13 S 4,909.33 5,068.21 TT2.76 7,844.25 1,575.09 139128.41 19,622.10 S 153,457.08 1 437959.26 1 551 379.20 s 1 457 581.36 S 1 704836.28 1 006 170.81 $ 2 562 585.88 $ 1799289.63 The note& to the general purpo&e finana&I statement& are an integral part d. this statement. 2 W I L ~ ~tm'.: BQi!BQ QE E;DLJCATION ~QHlil!~Q I6~til gf ~~H; E;XPENOITUR~ ~cMANGi:; Ii B!UQ ~ mcE ~BNMEtfi&. B.!HQ Il'.el;S VEAR ENQEQJUNE 30 14 EXHIBIT"B" ~ Sm.Funds F-F..Loc:al and Olhor Funds Total Revenues -EXPENOOURES Cunont SUl)pOl!StNvicos PupilStNvicos improvement al lns1ructional StNvicos Educational Media StNvicos General Administration School Administration Business Administration Moinalnance and Operation al Plant -Transportation StNvicos c...iSUl)pOl!StNvicos OlhorSupport StNvicos Food StNvicos Oporalion -OlhorOpeo-.. al Non-lnstrudional StNvicos CapilalOullay Dobt- Total Expenditures Excoss alR......,.. ....-(uoo) Expenditures Qll:H;B FtNANCI~ SQ!.!~ES !.lEm Capilalt.Oporating T . . - In Oporating Transl9r$ Out Tolal Olhor F-.:lng Sources (Uses) Excess alR-and Olhor F'inancing Soutoes ....- (uoo) "-',823.80 29,388.80 313,383.44 268,&46.82 51,303.24 481,703.40 S 12 236.40 493 939.80 $ 103 883.20 s 104 876.10 $ 633,333.50 $ 26 471.38 s 659 804.88 117130.74 $ 177 028.25 $ s 3 702333.60 s 4 724 508.58 $ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 184.50 4,367.70 S 6,436.80 986,40 1,342.80 2 555.10 15,873.30 $ 342.00 16 215.30 $ 1 815.90 $ 29 303.50 $ 11,677.32 15,760.06 4,569.70 32,007.08 s 1 553.84 S 33 560.92 0.00 S 29 314.46 $ 163 727.10 $ 235,913.96 $ 0.00 0.00 1 815.90 0.00 1 815.90 3,702,333.60 $ 4,724,508.58 $ 17,079.45 $ 32 999.55 24,147.28 $ 25 943.65 50,079.00 $ 50,090.93 s 0.00 7 055.90 7,055.90 0.00 213,806.10 $ 286,004.89 $ 8,871.80 33. WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL OF BOARD MEMBERS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994 SCHEDULE "11" BOARD MEMBER ADDRESS Mr. Dan Dixon, Chairman C-) P.O. Box362 Gordon, Georgia 31031 Mr. Frank Eady, Jr. C-) Route 1 Gordon, Georgia 31031 Mr. Dell Mason C-) 117 Brookwood Drive Irwinton, Georgia 31042 Mr. Arthur Watson r> P.O.Box2 Irwinton, Georgia 31 042 Mr. Johnny Young C-) P.O.Box125 Gordon, Georgia 31031 COMPENSATION TRAVEL $ 4,200.00 $ 616.75 2,400.00 495.76 2,400.00 1,260.10 2,400.00 1,358.42 2,400.00 428.35 C-) Denotes Board Members Serving as of June 30, 1994 $ 13,800.00 $ 4,159.38 See notes to the general purpose financial statements. - 34 - 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 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation COMPLIANCE REPORT BASED ON AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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, and grants applicable to Wilkinson County Board of Education is the responsibility ofthe Board's management. As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of the Board's compliance with certain provisions oflaws, regulations, contracts, and grants. However, the objective of our audit of the financial statements was not to provide an opinion on overall compliance with such provisions. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests indicate that, with respect to the items tested, the Wilkinson 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. 94CRL-10 This report is intended for the information of management, the Federal cognizant audit agency and other Federal grantor agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. Respectfully submitted, L~ Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94CRL-10 C!AUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR {404) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members ofthe Wilkinson County Board ofEducation SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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 Wilkinson County Board ofEducation's compliance with the following requirements applicable to each of its Federal financial assistance programs, which are listed in the Schedule of Federal 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 of State and Local Governments" and other additional procedures as deemed necessary. Our procedures were substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion on the Board's compliance with the requirements listed in the preceding paragraph. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 94CRL-50 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 the Wtlkinson County Board of Education had not complied, in all material respects, with those requirements. However, the results of our procedures disclosed immaterial instances ofnoncompliance with those requirements, which are described in the Schedule ofFindings and Improper or Questioned Costs. 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, ~~ Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94CRL-50 CLAUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members ofthe Wilkinson County Board ofEducation SINGLE AUDIT OPINION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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 Wilkinson County Board of Education's compliance with the requirements governing: (1) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed (5) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions (2) Eligibility (3) Matching, Level ofEffort, and/or Earmarking (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 Wilkinson 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. 94CRL-80 We conducted our audit ofcompliance in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and Office ofManagement and Budget (0MB) Circular A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments". Those standards and 0MB Circular A-128 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether material noncompliance with the requirements referred to above occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Board's compliance with those requirements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the Wilkinson 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, tf~~ Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94CRL-80 CLAUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR {-'04) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members ofthe Wilkinson County Board of Education SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NONMAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRANSACTIONS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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. In connection with our audit of the fiscal year 1994 general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson 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 of Management and Budget (0MB) Circular A-128, "Audits of State 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 ofwhich is the expression ofan opinion on the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation's compliance with these requirements. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. 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 94CRL-120 came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Wtlkinson 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 granter agencies. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report which is a matter of public record. Respectfully submitted, ~ Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94CRL-120 SECTION Ill INTERNAL CONTROL CLAUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members of the General Assembly Members of the State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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. In planning and performing our audit of the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation 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 ofthe WIikinson 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, 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 94ICL-3 be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to risk that procedures may become inadequate because ofchanges 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: (1) 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 ofrelevant 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 ofthe internal control structure that, in our judgment, could adversely affect the entity's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data consistent with the assertions of management in the general purpose financial statements. As described in the Schedule ofFindings and Improper or Questioned Costs, reportable conditions were noted in the following control categories: (1) Accounting Controls (Overall) (2) General Fixed Assets A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation ofone or more of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the general purpose financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be reportable conditions and, accordingly, would not necessarily disclose all reportable conditions that are also considered to be material weaknesses as defined above. However, we believe that all of the reportable conditions disclosed above are also considered to be material weaknesses. 94ICL-3 These conditions were considered in detennining the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be perfonned in our audit ofthe Wtlkinson County Board ofEducation's financial statements and this report does not affect our report thereon dated July 28, 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 ofthis report which is a matter of public record. Respectfully submitted, CLV:cm 94ICL-3 Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLAUDE L. VICKERS STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS 254 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 July 28, 1995 Honorable Zell Miller, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members ofthe State Board ofEducation and Superintendent and Members ofthe Wilkinson County Board ofEducation SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ON THE INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE USED IN ADMlNISTERING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Ladies and Gentlemen: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Wilkinson County Board of Education as of and for the year ended June 30, 1994, and have issued our report thereon dated July 28, 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 Wilkinson County Board of Education's compliance with requirements applicable to major Federal financial assistance programs and have issued our opinion thereon dated July 28, 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 WIikinson 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 of internal control structure policies and procedures relevant to compliance with requirements applicable to Federal financial assistance programs. We have addressed internal control structure policies and procedures relevant to our audit of the general purpose financial statements in a separate report dated July 28, 1995. 94ICL-7 The management ofthe Willcinson County Board of Education is responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs ofinternal control structure policies and procedures. The objectives ofan internal control structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that, assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, that transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation of general purpose financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that Federal financial assistance programs are managed in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors, irregularities, or instances of noncompliance may nevertheless occur and not be detected. Also, projection ofany evaluation ofthe 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 (5) Allowable Costs/Cost Principles (1) Types of Services Allowed or Unallowed (2) Eligibility (3) Matching, Level ofEffort, and/or Earmarking (4) Reporting (6) Audit Follow-Up/Resolution (7) Administrative Requirements (5) Applicable Special Tests and Provisions (6) Other Requirement Claims for Advances and Reimbursements For all of the internal control structure categories listed above, we obtained an understanding of the design of relevant policies and procedures and determined whether they have been placed in operation, and we assessed control risk. During the year ended June 30, 1994, the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation expended 69"/o ofits 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 94ICL-7 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 certain matters involving the internal control structure and its operation that we consider to be reportable conditions under standards established by the American Institute ofCertified 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, reportable conditions were 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 conditions described above are also considered to be material weaknesses. These conditions were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of the procedures to be performed in our audit ofthe Wilkinson 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 July 28, 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. Respectfully submitted, ~,L Claude L. Vickers State Auditor CLV:cm 94ICL-7 SECTION IV FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS WIT KINSON COUNfY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDIB.,E OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994 PRIOR YEAR AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Detailed Listing of Salaries Not Reconciled Financial Statements Finding Resolved Audit Control Number 7581-93-02 The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, stated that the detailed listing of salary payments made to employees as submitted by the Board to the Georgia Department ofAudits was not reconciled with the general ledger as presented for audit. For the year under review, the Board implemented administrative procedures to ensure that the detailed listing of salaries is reconciled to the accounting records prior to submission to the Georgia Department ofAudits. AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Amount: $4,909.33 Audit Control Number 7581-93-04 The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, disclosed that the Staff Development - Professional Development Program had an underexpenditure ofQuality Basic Education (QBE) funds of$4,909.33 for the required minimum allotment. For the year under review, no adjustment was made to the Board's local fair share by the Georgia Department of Education to refund the underexpenditure as required. The underexpenditure of $4,909.33 should be returned to the Georgia Department of Education through an increase in the Board's local fair share for QBE programs in a subsequent fiscal year. AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Failure to Maintain Production Records Federal Financial Assistance Finding Resolved Audit Control Number 7581-93-05 The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, stated that the Board was unable to provide the required "Yellow Book" for the Wilkinson County Middle and Senior High Schools that contained complete disclosure of all of the required components for meals served, resulting in a questioned cost of $113,261.54. The "Yellow Book" is the mandated production record designed to ensure that meals served contain the required number of components mandated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Subsequent to June 30, 1994, additional documentation was provided to the Georgia Department ofEducation for review and in a letter dated May 26, 1995, the Georgia Department of Education determined the records to be adequate and, as a result, a request for reclaim of funds was not made. Wil,KINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994 PRIOR YEAR/CURRENT YEAR ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation of Duties Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 7581-93-01 The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, stated that the Board did not provide for adequate separation ofemployee duties in the performance ofaccounting functions and related procedures. For the year under review, the Board made some improvements regarding adequate separation ofemployee duties, but still did not achieve an adequate degree ofinternal controls for all funds. This deficiency was a result of management's decision to limit the number of administrative staff made responsible for accounting functions. Management should periodically review this decision to determine if employee duties can be reassigned to achieve a higher degree ofinternal control with existing staff. Note: All Federal financial assistance programs listed in the Schedule ofFederal Financial Assistance, Schedule "1" of this report are affected by this finding. GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Financial Statements Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 7581-93-03 The audit report for the year ended June 30, 1993, noted that the management of the Wilkinson County Board ofEducation had chosen not to maintain a system-wide General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records as required by generally accepted accounting principles. In the year under review, the Board did not establish a General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records. This condition results in the general purpose financial statements of the Board being incomplete and not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Appropriate action should be taken by the Board to establish accounting controls and procedures to provide for maintenance ofa General Fixed Assets Account Group. These subsidiary records should include an inventory ofland, buildings and equipment owned by the Board and should include but may not be limited to date acquired, acquisition cost, estimated replacement cost, location and description. Detailed records should be maintained ofall additions and deletions to the General Fixed Assets Account Group. WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994 CURRENT YEAR EXPENDITURES/LIABILITIES/DISBURSEMENTS Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Nonmaterial Noncompliance Amount: $1,815.90 Audit Control Number 7581-94-01 For the year under review, the Board had an underexpenditure of Quality Basic Education (QBE) funds of $1,815.90 for the operations portion of the Remedial Education Program. This underexpenditure occurred because the Board spent less than the minimum expenditure requirement for this QBE Program. The underexpenditure of $1,81S:90 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. EXPENDITURES/LIABILITIES/DISBURSEMENTS Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Nonmaterial Noncompliance Amount: $7,055.90 Audit Control Number 7581-94-02 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 $24,147.28 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 Staff Development Cost oflnstruction program purposes resulting in an underexpenditure of$7,055.90 for the minimum required allotment of $32,999.55 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. The underexpenditure of$7,055.90 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. AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Audit Distribution Requirements Federal Financial Assistance Nonmaterial Noncompliance Audit Control Number 7581-94-03 The Board failed to submit a copy ofthe 1993 audit report to various entities that were the sources of Federal Financial Assistance, as follows: WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND IMPROPER OR QUESTIONED COSTS YEARENDEDJUNE30 1994 CURRENT YEAR AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Audit Distribution Requirements Federal Financial Assistance Nonmaterial Noncompliance Audit Control Number 7581-94-03 FISCAL YEAR 1993 PROGRAM Bleckley County Board ofEducation Georgia Department ofHuman Resources Middle Georgia College Vocational Education Tech-Prep Education (CFDA 84.243) Payments to States for Day Care Assistance (CFDA 93.037) Vocational Education - Tech-Prep Education (CFDA.84.243) Paragraph 13fof 0MB Circular A-128 requires that recipients ofFederal financial assistance submit copies ofsingle audit reports to those agencies providing Federal financial assistance. Even though formally notified in writing of these report distribution responsibilities by the Department of Audits, management indicated it was unaware of this audit distribution requirement. Procedures should be implemented to ensure that reports are submitted to grantor agencies in accordance with audit distribution requirements. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS Inadequate Inventory Records Federal Financial Assistance Major Program Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Nonmaterial Noncompliance Audit Control Number 7581-94-04 Property management records maintained by the Board for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Chapter 1, Education ofDeprived Children program (CFDA 84.010) were incomplete and failed to meet the property management standards as set forth in Chapter 8 of Part 1 of the Georgia Financial Accounting Handbook for Local School Systems (GFAH). Accounting records maintained by the Board and presented for examination did not include all items of property purchased during fiscal year 1994. This condition occurred because management was not aware ofthe provisions ofGFAH. An inventory system should be implemented that provides for the identification ofall equipment purchases as outlined in GFAH. Perpetual inventory records should include historical information regarding additions and deletions made to the equipment inventory during each fiscal year, when applicable. Periodic physical inventory counts should be made and reconciled to the property records to ensure the accuracy of the Board's inventory records. SECTIONV PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS YEARENDEDJUNE30 1994 ACCOUNTING CONTROLS (OVERALL) - Financial Statements ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS - Federal Financial Assistance Inadequate Separation ofDuties Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 7581-93-01 All efforts are being made to separate duties. We have a small staff because we are a system of only 2000 students. Funds are not available to employ enough staff to adequately separate duties. GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Financial Statements Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Audit Control Number 7581-93-03 Efforts will be made to implement Detailed Records of Fixed Assets. We are a small system and this task would require extra personnel and funds which we do not have at this time. All efforts will be made to implement this if at all possible. EXPENDITURES/LIABILITIES/DISBURSEMENTS Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Nonmaterial Noncompliance Amount: $1,815.90 Audit Control Number 7581-94-01 We were not able to justify spending these funds for FY 94. We will make all efforts to find ways to completely spend all QBE funds in the future. EXPENDITURES/LIABILITIES/DISBURSEMENTS Failure to Meet Expenditure Requirements Financial Statements Nonmaterial Noncompliance Amount: $7,055.90 Audit Control Number 7581-94-02 We do not feel the Board ofEducation should have to refund these funds due to a letter received from Peyton Williams, Jr. in April 1992. WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PERTINENT VIEWS OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1994 AUDIT FOLLOW-UP/RESOLUTION Audit Distribution Requirements Federal Financial Assistance Nonmaterial Noncompliance Audit Control Number 7581-94-03 We may have received in writing that we were to distribute this information, but we did not realize to whom we were to distribute it and we were not fully aware that we were suppose to send these reports. The reports were sent along with a letter to the three agencies in question while the audit team was at our site. Since we have become aware of this requirement, it will be taken care ofeach year when we receive the reports. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS Inadequate Inventory Records Federal Financial Assistance Major Program Reportable Condition - Material Weakness Nonmaterial Noncompliance Audit Control Number 7581-94-04 The Inventory Lists have been updated to include all purchases during fiscal year 1994 and thru the current date. Each item now has an individual card which includes historical information and the fiscal year the item was purchased in. Periodic physical inventory counts will be made quarterly to be sure all property records are properly reconciled.