FINANCIAL SECTION - School District U-46
FINANCIAL SECTION - School District U-46
FINANCIAL SECTION - School District U-46
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Capital Projects Funds<br />
Fire Prevention and Safety Fund<br />
Site and Construction Fund<br />
Developers Fees Fund<br />
The above listing includes all funds of the <strong>District</strong>.<br />
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources<br />
measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. This is also the manner<br />
in which these funds are budgeted. This presentation is deemed most appropriate to<br />
(a) demonstrate legal and covenant compliance, and (b) demonstrate the source and use<br />
of liquid resources.<br />
Governmental fund revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurable and available.<br />
Revenues are considered to be available when they are collected within the current period or soon<br />
enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the <strong>District</strong> considers<br />
revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty-five days of the end of the current fiscal<br />
year. The <strong>District</strong> uses sixty-five days in order to capture reimbursement payments released by<br />
the State of Illinois during the months of July and August.<br />
Non-exchange transactions, in which the <strong>District</strong> receives value without giving equal value in<br />
return, include property taxes, replacement taxes, grants, entitlements, and donations. The<br />
<strong>District</strong> will recognize 50% of the 2009 tax extension and 50% of the 2010 extension in FY 2011,<br />
as this is the period for which the taxes have been levied (intended to finance). Revenue from<br />
replacement taxes is recognized when collected by the state, prior to disbursement to the <strong>District</strong>.<br />
Revenue from grants, entitlements, and donations are recognized is the fiscal year in which all<br />
eligibility requirements have been satisfied. Eligibility requirements include timing requirements,<br />
which specify the year when the resources are required to be used or the year when use is first<br />
permitted, matching requirements, in which the <strong>District</strong> must provide local resources to be used for<br />
a specified purpose, and expenditure requirements, in which the resources are provided to the<br />
<strong>District</strong> on a reimbursement basis.<br />
Revenues considered to be susceptible to accrual include property taxes, intergovernmental<br />
revenue, and interest income. All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and<br />
available only when cash is received by the <strong>District</strong>.<br />
Governmental fund expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under full<br />
accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to<br />
compensated absences, termination benefits, and claims and judgments, are recorded only when<br />
payment is due.<br />
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