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TELFAIR COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MCRAE, GEORGIA
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 2016
(Including Independent Auditor's Reports)
 TELFAIR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

- TABLE OF CONTENTS -

Page

SECTION I

FINANCIAL

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS i

EXHIBITS

BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

A STATEMENT OF NET POSITION 1
B STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 2

FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

C BALANCE SHEET
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS 4
D RECONCILIATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS BALANCE SHEET
TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION 5
E STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES
IN FUND BALANCES
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS 6
F RECONCILIATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS STATEMENT
OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND
BALANCES TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 7
G STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY NET POSITION
FIDUCIARY FUNDS 8
H NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 9

SCHEDULES

REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

1 SCHEDULE OF PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE NET PENSION LIABILITY

TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 29
2 SCHEDULE OF PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE NET PENSION LIABILITY
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 30
3 SCHEDULE OF PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE NET PENSION LIABILITY
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 31
4 SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS – TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 32
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 TELFAIR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

- TABLE OF CONTENTS -

Page

SECTION I

FINANCIAL

SCHEDULES

REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

5 SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS – EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA 33

6 NOTES TO THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 34
7 SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES
IN FUND BALANCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL 35
GENERAL FUND

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

8 SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS 36

9 SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE 37
10 SCHEDULE OF APPROVED LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS 39

SECTION II

COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CONTROL REPORTS

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON

INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE

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

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SECTION I

FINANCIAL
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 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
270 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 1-156
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
Greg S. Griffin
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

October 24, 2017

Honorable Nathan Deal, Governor

Members of the General Assembly
Members of the State Board of Education
and
Superintendent and Members of the
Telfair County Board of Education

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, each major
fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Telfair County Board of Education as of and
for the year ended June 30, 2016, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively
comprise the School District's basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation
and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due
to fraud or error.

Auditor's Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express opinions on these 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 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
from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
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effectiveness of the entity's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our audit opinions.

Opinions

In our opinion, the basic financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the respective financial position of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate
remaining fund information of the School District, as of June 30, 2016, and the respective changes in
financial position, and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Emphasis of Matter

As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, in 2016, the School District adopted new
accounting guidance, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 72, Fair Value
Measurement and Application, GASB Statement No. 73, Accounting and Financial Reporting for
Pensions and Related Assets that are not within the Scope of GASB Statement No. 68, and
Amendments to Certain Provisions of GASB Statements No. 67 and 68, and GASB Statement No. 79,
Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants. Our opinions are not modified with respect
to this matter.

Other Matters

Required Supplementary Information

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the
Management's Discussion and Analysis, Schedules of Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability,
Schedules of Contributions to Retirement Systems, Notes to the Required Supplementary Information
and the Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual as
presented on pages i through vii and pages 29 through 35 respectively, be presented to supplement
the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements,
is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part
of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational,
economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required
supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management regarding the methods of preparing
the information and comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our
inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the
basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information
because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or
provide any assurance.

Other Information

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the School District's basic financial statements. The accompanying
supplementary information, consisting of Schedules 8 through 10, is presented for the purposes of
additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. The Schedule of
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Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by Title 2
U. S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and is also not a required part of the basic
financial statements.

The accompanying supplementary information is the responsibility of management and was derived
from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic
financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the
audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and
reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare
the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other additional
procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.
In our opinion, the information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial
statements as a whole.

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated
October 24, 2017, on our consideration of the School District's internal control over financial reporting
and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant
agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of
internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to
provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an
integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering
the School District's internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

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,

Greg S. Griffin
State Auditor
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 TELFAIR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

INTRODUCTION

The discussion and analysis of the Telfair County Board of Education’s (the School District) financial
performance provides an overview of the School District’s financial activities for the fiscal years ended
June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015. The intent of this discussion and analysis is to look at the School
District’s financial performance as a whole. Readers should also review the financial statements and
the notes to the basic financial statements to enhance their understanding of the School District’s
financial performance.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Key financial highlights for the fiscal years 2016 are as follows:

 On the government-wide financial statements, the assets and deferred outflow of resources of
the School District exceeded liabilities and deferred inflow of resources by $10,643,613.35
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.

 The School District had $17,606,348.21 in expenses relating to governmental activities for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. Only $12,163,445.47 of the above mentioned expenses
for 2016 were offset by program specific charges for services, grants and contributions.
General revenues (primarily property and sales taxes) of $6,655,943.51 for 2016, along with
fund balance were adequate to provide for these programs.

 General revenues accounts for $6,655,943.51 in revenue or 35.37% of all revenues. Program
specific revenues in the form of charges for services and sales, grants and contributions
accounted for $12,163,445.47 or 64.63% of total revenues of $18,819,388.98.

 Long-term debt decreased by $658,963.79 for 2016. This decrease for 2016 was due
primarily to the principal payments on outstanding debt.

 The general fund (the primary operating fund), presented on a current financial resource basis,
ended the fiscal year with a fund balance of $2,963,911.50, an increase of $537,593.44 from
the June 30, 2015 fund balance of $2,426,318.06.

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

This annual report consists of three parts; management's discussion and analysis, the basic financial
statements and required supplementary information. The basic financial statements include two levels
of statements that present different views of the School District. These include the government-wide
and fund financial statements.

The government-wide financial statements include the Statement of Net Position and Statement of
Activities. These statements provide information about the activities of the School District presenting
both short-term and long-term information about the overall financial status.

The fund financial statements focus on individual parts, reporting the School District’s operation in
more detail. The governmental funds statements disclose how basic services are financed in the short-
term as well as what remains for future spending. The fiduciary funds statements provide information
about the financial relationships in which the School District acts solely as a trustee or agent for the
benefit of others.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

The fund financial statements reflect the School District’s most significant funds. For the year ending
June 30, 2016, the general fund, the capital projects fund, and the debt service fund represent the
most significant funds.

The financial statements also include notes that explain some of the information in the statements
and provide more detailed data. The statements are followed by a section of required supplementary
information that further explains and supports the financial statements. Additionally, other
supplementary information (not required) is also presented that further supplements understanding
of the financial statements.

Government-wide Statements

The government-wide statements report information about the School District as a whole using
accounting methods similar to those used by private-sector companies. The Statement of Net Position
includes all of the School District’s assets and liabilities. All of the current fiscal year’s revenues and
expenses are accounted for in the Statement of Activities regardless of when cash is received or paid.

The two government-wide statements report the School District’s net position and how it has changed.
Net position, the difference between the School District’s assets and deferred outflows of resources,
and liabilities and deferred inflows of resources, are one way to measure the School District’s overall
financial health or position. Over time, increases or decreases in net position are an indication of
whether its financial health is improving or deteriorating. Changes may be the result of many factors,
including those not under the School District’s control, such as the property tax base, facility
conditions, required educational programs and other factors.

In the Statement of Net Position and the Statement of Activities, the School District has one distinct-
type of activity:

 Governmental Activities – All of the School District’s programs and services are reported here
including instruction, support services, operation and maintenance of plant, pupil
transportation, food service, student activity accounts and various others.

Fund Financial Statements

The School District’s fund financial statements provide detailed information about the most significant
funds, not the School District as a whole. Some funds are required by State law and some by bond
requirements. The School District’s major governmental funds are the general fund, the capital
projects fund, and the debt service fund.

Governmental Funds - Most of the School District’s activities are reported in governmental funds,
which focus on the determination of financial position and change in financial position, not on income
determination. These funds are reported using the modified accrual method of accounting, which
measures cash and all other financial assets that can readily be converted to cash. The governmental
fund statements provide a detailed short-term view of the School District’s general government
operations and the basic services it provides. Governmental fund information helps determine whether
there are more or fewer financial resources that can be spent in the near future to finance educational
programs. The relationship (or differences) between governmental activities (reported in the
Statement of Net Position and the Statement of Activities) and governmental funds are reconciled to
the financial statements.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Fiduciary Funds - The School District is the trustee, or fiduciary, for assets that belong to others, such
as school clubs and organizations within the principals' accounts. The School District is responsible
for ensuring that the assets reported in these funds are used only for their intended purposes and by
those to whom the assets belong. The School District excludes these activities from the government-
wide financial statements because it cannot use these assets to finance its operations.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE

Recall that the Statement of Net Position provides the perspective of the School District as a whole.
Table 1 provides a summary of the School District’s net position for fiscal years 2016 and 2015.

T abl e 1
N et P os i t i on

Governmental Activties
Fiscal Fiscal
Year 2016 Year 2015
As s et s
Current and Other Assets $ 5,953,044.92 $ 6,084,085.95
Capiral Assets, Net 22,068,237.09 22,328,325.96

T ot al As s et s 28,021,282.01 28,412,411.91

D ef erred O u t f l ows of Res ou rc es

Related to Defined Benefit Pension Plans 1,662,254.00 1,668,282.00

L i abi l i t i es
Current and Other Liabilities 2,104,999.77 2,721,782.65
Long-Term Liabililites 15,735,473.89 14,564,466.68

T ot al L i abi l i t i es 17,840,473.66 17,286,249.33

D ef erred In f l ows of Res ou rc es

Related to Defined Benefit Pension Plans 1,199,449.00 3,363,872.00

N et P os i t i on
Net Investment in Capital Assets 18,083,637.14 17,684,762.22
Restricted 621,926.97 1,129,489.94
Unrestricted (Deficit) (8,061,950.76) (9,383,679.58)

T ot al N et P os i t i on $ 10,643,613.35 $ 9,430,572.58

Total assets and deferred outflows of resources decreased by $397,157.90 which was primarily due
to the results of current year operations.

Total liabilities and deferred inflows of resources decreased by $1,610,198.67. The combination of
the decrease in total assets and deferred outflows of resources and the decrease in total liabilities
and deferred inflows of resources yielded an increase in net position of $1,213,040.77.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Table 2 shows the changes in Net Position for fiscal years ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015.

T abl e 2
Chan g e i n N et P os i t i on

Governmental Activties
Fiscal Fiscal
Year 2016 Year 2015
Reven u es
Program Revenues:
Charges for Services $ 209,413.70 $ 196,227.61
Operating Grants and Contributions 11,876,811.77 11,304,335.85
Capital Grants and Contributions 77,220.00 77,220.00

Total Program Revenues 12,163,445.47 11,577,783.46

General Revenues
Property Taxes 4,375,881.71 4,149,334.01
Sales Taxes 1,138,401.73 1,186,668.60
Grants and Contributions not
Restricted to Specific Programs 721,334.29 1,334,689.70
Investment Earnings 6,158.95 10,022.11
Miscellaneous 401,692.47 332,775.47
Special Item - Gain on Disposition of Assets 12,474.36 -

Total General Revenues 6,655,943.51 7,013,489.89

Total Revenues 18,819,388.98 18,591,273.35

P rog ram E xpen s es

Instruction 11,233,449.70 10,780,752.39
Support Services
Pupil Services 362,479.52 335,900.86
Improvement of Instructional Services 683,413.94 462,725.25
Educational Media Services 192,369.93 189,083.99
General Administration 256,367.91 264,307.49
School Administration 948,971.61 917,038.62
Business Administration 123,670.27 124,058.68
Maintenance and Operation of Plant 1,174,940.50 1,252,876.11
Student Transportation Services 971,055.67 1,022,059.90
Central Support Services - 385.00
Other Support Services 125,259.79 126,404.01
Operations of Non-Instructional Services
Enterprise Operations 144,727.35 138,545.06
Food Services 1,329,157.63 1,386,335.67
Interest on Short-Term and Long-Term Debt 60,484.39 73,616.18

Total Expenses 17,606,348.21 17,074,089.21

Change in Net Position $ 1,213,040.77 $ 1,517,184.14

Program revenues, in the form of charges for services, operating grants and contributions and capital
grants and contributions increased $585,662.01 for governmental activities. This increase is largely
due to an increase in funds earned through the State Quality Basic Education (QBE) Funding Formula.

General revenues decreased by $357,546.38 during fiscal year 2016.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Governmental Activities

The Statement of Activities shows the cost of program services and the charges for services and grants
offsetting those services. Table 3 shows the total cost of services and the net cost of services. Net cost
of services can be defined as the total cost less fees generated by the activities and intergovernmental
revenue provided for specific programs. The net cost reflects the financial burden on the School
District’s taxpayers by each activity.

T abl e 3
Gov er nm ental Ac ti v i ti es

Total Cost of Services Net Cost of Services

Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
2016 2015 2016 2015

Instruction $ 11,233,449.70 $ 10,780,752.39 $ 3,182,651.61 $ 3,074,691.80

Support Services
Pupil Services 362,479.52 335,900.86 286,080.23 264,112.21
Improvement of Instructional Services 683,413.94 462,725.25 218,876.78 182,464.39
Educational Media Services 192,369.93 189,083.99 (18,770.07) (15,269.56)
General Administration 256,367.91 264,307.49 (164,720.78) (153,864.79)
School Administration 948,971.61 917,038.62 445,552.21 431,922.08
Business Administration 123,670.27 124,058.68 121,403.79 121,350.69
Maintenance and Operation of Plant 1,174,940.50 1,252,876.11 667,003.53 764,080.83
Student Transportation Services 971,055.67 1,022,059.90 472,293.64 524,598.73
Central Support Services - 385.00 - 385.00
Other Support Services 125,259.79 126,404.01 57,275.19 11,459.28
Operations of Non-Instructional Services
Enterprise Operations 144,727.35 138,545.06 144,727.35 138,545.06
Food Services 1,329,157.63 1,386,335.67 (29,955.13) 78,213.85
Interest on Short-Term and Long-Term Debt 60,484.39 73,616.18 60,484.39 73,616.18

Total Expenses $ 17,606,348.21 $ 17,074,089.21 $ 5,442,902.74 $ 5,496,305.75

Although program revenues make up a majority of the funding, the School District is still dependent
upon tax revenues for governmental activities. For 2016, 30.91% of instruction, support and non-
instructional services were supplemented by taxes and other general revenues compared to 32.19%
in 2015.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S FUNDS

The School District’s governmental funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis of
accounting. The governmental funds had total revenues and other financing sources of
$19,127,286.16 and total expenses and other financing uses of $18,724,287.56. There was an
increase in the fund balance totaling $402,998.60 for the governmental funds as a whole due to the
results of current year operations.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

General Fund Budgeting Highlights

The School District’s budget is prepared according to Georgia Law. The most significant budgeted fund
is the general fund, funded primarily through state revenue and local property tax revenue. During the
course of fiscal years 2016 and 2015, the School District amended its general fund budget as needed.

During fiscal year 2016 the general fund had final actual revenues and other financing sources totaling
$17,999,473.96, which represented an increase from the final budgeted amount of $15,482,764.21
by $2,516,709.75. This difference was due to capital lease proceeds not being budgeted as well as
funding received from Federal and State sources over budgeted amounts.

Final actual expenditures during fiscal year 2016 totaling $17,461,880.52 represented an increase
from the final budgeted amount of $16,687,079.03 by $774,801.49. The increase in actual
expenditures versus final budget expenditures was due primarily to capital outlay and debt service
expenditures.

CAPITAL ASSETS

At the fiscal years ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the School District had $22,068,237.09
and $22,328,325.96, respectively, invested in capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation. These
assets are made up of a broad range of capital assets, including land; buildings; transportation, food
service and maintenance equipment. Table 4 reflects a summary of these balances, by class, net of
accumulated depreciation.

T able 4
C apital As s ets at J une 3 0
( N et of Deprec iation)

Governmental Activities
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
2016 2015

Land $ 212,917.00 $ 212,917.00

Land Improvements 282,820.04 195,477.81
Construction in Progress - 3,606,488.88
Buildings and Improvements 20,450,104.51 17,314,635.68
Equipment 1,122,395.54 998,806.59

Total $ 22,068,237.09 $ 22,328,325.96

Additional information about the School District’s Capital Assets can be found in the Notes to the Basic
Financial Statements.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

DEBT ADMINISTRATION

At June 30, 2016, the School District had $4,244,368.89 in total debt outstanding with
$1,039,016.78 due within one year. Table 5 summarizes bond debt outstanding at June 30, 2016
and 2015.

T able 5
C hang e in L ong - T erm Debt

Governmental Activities
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
2016 2015

Bonds Payable $ 3,905,000.00 $ 4,835,000.00

Capital Leases 339,368.89 68,332.68

Total $ 4,244,368.89 $ 4,903,332.68

CURRENT ISSUES

The most significant challenge facing the School District is the relative uncertainty regarding how
School Districts will be funded moving forward. The General Assembly is in the process of exploring
new funding formulas that would likely cement in the austerity reductions received annually and
change the way personnel salaries are calculated. It is uncertain at this point what type of financial
impact these changes might have on the School District’s finances.

CONTACTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

This financial report is designed to provide our citizens, taxpayers, investors and creditors with
a general overview of the School District’s finances and to show the School District’s accountability
for the money it receives. If you have questions about this report or need additional
financial information, contact Mrs. Kyla M. Milton, Director of Finance, Telfair County School District,
P.O. Box 55240, McRae Helena, Georgia 31055. You may also email your questions to Mrs. Milton at
kmilton@telfairschools.org.

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

NOTE 1: DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REPORTING ENTITY

REPORTING ENTITY
The Telfair County Board of Education (School District) was established under the laws of the State of
Georgia and operates under the guidance of a board elected by the voters and a Superintendent
appointed by the Board. The Board 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 is a primary government and consists of all the organizations that compose its legal entity.
NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accompanying financial statements of the School District have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board (GASB). GASB is the accepted standard-setting body for governmental accounting
and financial reporting principles. The most significant of the School District’s accounting policies are
described below.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The School District's basic financial statements are collectively comprised of the government-wide
financial statements, fund financial statements and notes to the basic financial statements. The
government-wide statements focus on the School District as a whole, while the fund financial
statements focus on major funds. Each presentation provides valuable information that can be
analyzed and compared between years and between governments to enhance the information’s
usefulness.
GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENTS:
The Statement of Net Position and the Statement of Activities display information about the financial
activities of the overall School District, except for fiduciary activities. Eliminations have been made to
minimize the double counting of internal activities. Governmental activities generally are financed
through taxes, intergovernmental revenues, and other nonexchange transactions.
The Statement of Net Position presents the School District’s non-fiduciary assets and liabilities, with
the difference reported as net position. Net position is reported in three categories as follows:
1. Net investment in capital assets consists of the School District’s total investment in capital
assets, net of accumulated depreciation, and reduced by outstanding debt obligations
related to those capital assets. To the extent debt has been incurred but not yet expended
for capital assets, such amounts are not included as a component of net investment in
capital assets.
2. Restricted net position consists of resources for which the School District is legally or
contractually obligated to spend in accordance with restrictions imposed by external third
parties or imposed by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.
3. Unrestricted net position consists of resources not meeting the definition of the two
preceding categories. Unrestricted net position often has constraints on resources imposed
by management which can be removed or modified.

The Statement of Activities presents a comparison between direct expenses and program revenues
for each function of the School District's governmental activities.
Direct expenses are those that are specifically associated with a program or function and, therefore
are clearly identifiable to a particular function. Indirect expenses (expenses of the School District
related to the administration and support of the School District's programs, such as office and
maintenance personnel and accounting) are not allocated to programs.

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

Program revenues include (a) charges paid by the recipients of goods or services offered by the
programs and (b) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital
requirements of a particular program. Revenues that are not classified as program revenues, including
all taxes, are presented as general revenues.
FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The fund financial statements provide information about the School District's funds, including fiduciary
funds. Eliminations have been made to minimize the double counting of internal activities. Separate
statements are presented for governmental and fiduciary funds. The emphasis of fund financial
statements is on major governmental funds each displayed in a separate column.
The School District reports the following major governmental funds:
• The general fund is the School District's primary operating fund. It accounts for and reports all
financial resources not accounted for and reported in another fund.
• The capital projects fund accounts for and reports financial resources including Education Special
Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) that are restricted, committed or assigned to the
expenditure for capital outlays, including the acquisition or construction of capital facilities and
other capital assets.
• The debt service Fund accounts for and reports financial resources that are restricted, committed,
or assigned including taxes (sales) legally restricted for the payment of general long-term principal
and interest.
The School District reports the following fiduciary fund type:
• Agency funds account for assets held by the School District as an agent for various funds,
governments, or individuals.
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The basis of accounting determines when transactions are reported on the financial statements. The
government-wide and fiduciary financial statements are reported using the economic resources
measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and
expenses are recorded at the time liabilities are incurred, regardless of when the related cash flows
take place. Nonexchange transactions, in which the School District gives (or receives) value without
directly receiving (or giving) equal value in exchange, include property taxes, sales taxes, grants and
donations. On an accrual basis, revenue from property taxes is recognized in the fiscal year for which
the taxes are levied. Revenue from sales taxes is recognized in the fiscal year in which the underlying
transaction (sale) takes place. Revenue from grants and donations is recognized in the fiscal year in
which all eligibility requirements have been satisfied.
The School District uses funds 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.
Governmental funds are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the
modified accrual basis of accounting. Under this method, revenues are recognized when measurable
and available. The School District considers all revenues reported in the governmental funds to be
available if they are collected within sixty days after year-end. The School District considers all
intergovernmental revenues to be available if they are collected within 120 days after year-end.
Property taxes, sales taxes and interest are considered to be susceptible to accrual. Expenditures are
recorded when the related fund liability is incurred, except for principal and interest on general long-
term debt, which is recognized as expenditures to the extent they have matured. Capital asset
acquisitions are reported as expenditures in governmental funds. Proceeds of general long-term
liabilities and acquisitions under capital leases are reported as other financing sources.
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The School District funds certain programs by a combination of specific cost-reimbursement grants,
categorical grants, and general revenues. Thus, when program costs are incurred, there are both
restricted and unrestricted net assets available to finance the program. It is the School District's policy
to first apply grant resources to such programs, followed by cost-reimbursement grants, then general
revenues.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In fiscal year 2016, the School District adopted Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Statement No. 72, Fair Value Measurement and Application. This statement addresses accounting
and financial reporting issues related to fair value measurements. The definition of fair value is the
price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. This statement provides guidance for
determining a fair value measurement for financial reporting purposes. This statement also provides
guidance for applying fair value to certain investments and disclosures related to all fair value
measurements. The School District did not have any items that required a reassessment of value for
reporting purposes as a result of adoption of this statement.
In fiscal year 2016, the School District adopted Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Statement No. 73, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions and Related Assets that are not
within the Scope of GASB Statement No. 68, and Amendments to Certain Provisions of GASB
Statements No. 67 and 68. This statement establishes requirements for defined benefit pensions that
are not within the scope of Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions, as
well as for the assets accumulated for purposes of providing those pensions. In addition, it establishes
requirements for defined contribution pensions that are not within the scope of Statement No. 68. It
also amends certain provisions of Statement No. 67, Financial Reporting for Pension Plans, and
Statement No. 68 for pension plans and pensions that are within their respective scopes. The adoption
of this statement does not have a significant impact on the School District’s financial statements.
In fiscal year 2016, the School District adopted Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Statement No. 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants. This statement addresses
accounting and financial reporting for certain external investment pools and pool participants. If an
external investment pool meets the criteria in this statement and measures all of its investments at
amortized cost, the pool’s participants also should measure their investments in that external
investment pool at amortized cost for financial reporting purposes. The adoption of this statement
does not have a significant impact on the School District’s financial statements.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, demand deposits, and short-term investments
with original maturities of three months or less from the date of acquisition in authorized financial
institutions. Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 45-8-14 authorizes the School District to
deposit its funds in one or more solvent banks, insured Federal savings and loan associations or
insured chartered building and loan associations.
RECEIVABLES
Receivables consist of amounts due from property and sales taxes, 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 basic financial statements do not
include any amounts which would necessitate the need for an allowance for uncollectible receivables.

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INVENTORIES
Food Inventories
On the basic financial statements, inventories of donated food commodities used in the preparation
of meals are reported at their Federally assigned value and purchased foods inventories are reported
at cost (calculated on the first-in, first out basis). The School District uses the consumption method to
account for inventories whereby donated food commodities are recorded as an asset and as revenue
when received, and expenses/expenditures are recorded as the inventory items are used. Purchased
foods are recorded as an asset when purchased and expenses/expenditures are recorded as the
inventory items are used.
CAPITAL ASSETS
On the government-wide financial statements, capital assets are recorded at cost where historical
records are available and at estimated historical cost based on appraisals or deflated current
replacement cost where no historical records exist. Donated capital assets are recorded at acquisition
value on the date donated. The cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value
of assets or materially extend the useful lives of the assets is not capitalized. The School District does
not capitalize book collections or works of art.
Capital acquisition and construction are recorded as expenditures in the governmental fund financial
statements at the time of purchase (including ancillary charges), and the related assets are reported
as capital assets in the governmental activities column in the government-wide financial statements.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line for all assets, except land, and is used to allocate the
actual or estimated historical cost of capital assets over estimated useful lives.
Capitalization thresholds and estimated useful lives of capital assets reported in the government-wide
statements are as follows:
Capitalization Estimated
Policy Useful Life

Land All N/A

Land Improvements $ 5,000.00 10 to 60 years
Construction in Progress $ 5,000.00 N/A
Buildings and Improvements $ 5,000.00 10 to 80 years
Equipment $ 5,000.00 5 to 20 years
Intangible Assets $ 50,000.00 To be assigned individually

DEFERRED OUTFLOWS/INFLOWS OF RESOURCES

In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will report a separate section for deferred
outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, represents a consumption of
resources that applies to a future period(s) and therefore will not be recognized as an outflow of
resources (expense/expenditure) until then.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will report a separate section for deferred
inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element represents an acquisition of resources
that applies to a future period(s) and therefore will not be recognized as an inflow of resources
(revenue) until that time.

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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES AND BOND DISCOUNTS/PREMIUMS

In the School District’s government-wide financial statements, outstanding debt is reported as
liabilities. Bond premiums and discounts and the difference between the reacquisition price and the
net carrying value of refunded debt are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds using the
straight-line method. To conform to generally accepted accounting principles, bond premiums and
discounts should be amortized using the effective interest method. The effect of this deviation is
deemed to be immaterial to the fair presentation of the basic financial statements. Bond issuance
costs are recognized as an outflow of resources in the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued.
In the governmental fund financial statements, the School District recognizes the proceeds of debt
and premiums as other financing sources of the current period. Bond issuance costs are reported as
debt service expenditures.
PENSIONS
For purposes of measuring the net pension liability, deferred outflows of resources and deferred
inflows of resources related to pensions, and pension expense, information about the pension plan’s
fiduciary net position and additions to/deductions from the plan’s fiduciary net position have been
determined on the same basis as they are reported by the plan. For this purpose, benefit payments
(including refunds of employee contributions) are recognized when due and payable in accordance
with the benefit terms. Investments are reported at fair value.
FUND BALANCES
Fund balance for governmental funds is reported in classifications that comprise a hierarchy based
primarily on the extent to which the government is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes
for which amounts in those funds can be spent.
The School District's fund balances are classified as follows:
Nonspendable – Amounts that cannot be spent either because they are in a nonspendable form or
because they are legally or contractually required to be maintained intact.
Restricted – Constraints are placed on the use of resources are either (1) externally imposed
conditions by creditors, grantors, contributors, or laws and regulations of other governments or (2)
imposed by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.
Committed – Amounts that can be used only for specific purposes pursuant to constraints imposed by
formal action of the Board of Education. The Board of Education is the School District's highest level
of decision-making authority, and the formal action that is required to be taken to establish, modify,
or rescind a fund balance commitment is a resolution approved by the Board. Committed fund balance
also should incorporate contractual obligations to the extent that existing resources in the fund have
been specifically committed for use in satisfying those contractual requirements.
Assigned – Amounts that are constrained by the School District's intent to be used for specific
purposes, but are neither restricted nor committed. The intent should be expressed by (1) the Board
of Education or (2) the budget or finance committee, or the Superintendent, or designee, to assign
amounts to be used for specific purposes.
Unassigned – The residual classification for the general fund. This classification represents fund
balances that has not been assigned to other funds and that has not been restricted, committed, or
assigned to specific purposes within the general fund.

USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ
from those estimates.
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PROPERTY TAXES
The Telfair County Board of Commissioners fixed the property tax levy for the 2015 tax digest year
(calendar year) on September 18, 2015, (levy date). Taxes were due on December 20, 2015, (lien
date). Taxes collected within the current fiscal year or within 60 days after year-end on the 2015 tax
digest are reported as revenue in the governmental funds for fiscal year 2016. The Telfair 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, at the fund reporting level, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, for
maintenance and operations amounted to $3,988,894.93.
The tax millage rate levied for the 2015 tax year (calendar year) for the Telfair County Board of
Education was as follows (a mill equals $1 per thousand dollars of assessed value):
School Operations 15.516 mills

Additionally, Title Ad Valorem Tax revenues, at the fund reporting level, amounted to $253,867.62
during fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.
SALES TAXES
Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESLOST), at the fund reporting level, during the
year amounted to $1,126,556.64 and is to be used for capital outlay for educational purposes or debt
service. This sales tax was authorized by local referendum and the sales tax must be re-authorized at
least every five years.
NOTE 3: BUDGETARY DATA
The budget is a complete financial plan for the School District's fiscal year, and is based upon careful
estimates of expenditures together with probable funding sources. The budget is legally adopted each
year for the general, debt service, and capital projects funds. There is no statutory prohibition regarding
over expenditure of the budget at any level. The budget for all governmental funds, except the various
school activity (principal) accounts, is prepared and adopted by fund, function and object. The legal
level of budgetary control was established by the Board at the aggregate function level. The budget for
the general fund was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
The budgetary process begins with the School District’s administration presenting an initial budget for
the Board’s view. The administration makes revisions as necessary based on the Board’s guidelines
and a tentative budget is approved. After approval of this tentative budget by the Board, such budge
is advertised at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality, as well as the School
District’s website. At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board after advertisement, the Board
receives comments on the tentative budget, makes revisions as necessary and adopts a final budget.
The approved budget is then submitted, in accordance with provisions of Official Code of Georgia
Annotated 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. All unexpended budget authority lapses at fiscal year-
end.
See the General Fund Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget
to Actual for detail of any over/under expenditures during the fiscal year under review.

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NOTE 4: DEPOSITS
COLLATERALIZATION OF DEPOSITS
O.C.G.A. Section 45-8-12 provides that there shall not be on deposit at any time in any depository for
a time longer than ten days a sum of money which has not been secured by surety bond, by guarantee
of insurance, or by collateral. The aggregate of the face value of such surety bond and the market
value of securities pledged shall be equal to not less than 110 percent of the public funds being
secured after the deduction of the amount of deposit insurance. If a depository elects the pooled
method (O.C.G.A. Section 45-8-13.1) the aggregate of the market value of the securities pledged to
secure a pool of public funds shall be not less than 110 percent of the daily pool balance.
Acceptable security for deposits consists of any one of or any combination of the following:
(1) Surety bond signed by a surety company duly qualified and authorized to transact business
within the State of Georgia,
(2) Insurance on accounts provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
(3) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other direct obligations of the United
States or of the State of Georgia,
(4) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the counties or
municipalities of the State of Georgia,
(5) Bonds of any public authority created by the laws of the State of Georgia, providing that the
statute that created the authority authorized the use of the bonds for this purpose,
(6) Industrial revenue bonds and bonds of development authorities created by the laws of the
State of Georgia, and
(7) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations of a subsidiary
corporation of the United States government, which are fully guaranteed by the United States
government both as to principal and interest or debt obligations issued by or securities
guaranteed by the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal
Intermediate Credit Bank, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Farm Credit Banks, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, and the Federal National Mortgage Association.
CATEGORIZATION OF DEPOSITS
Custodial credit risk is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the School District's deposits may
not be returned to it. The School District does not have a deposit policy for custodial credit risk. At
June 30, 2016, the School District had deposits with a carrying amount of $3,431,529.35 and a bank
balance of $3,730,703.86. The bank balances insured by Federal depository insurance
were $500,000.00 and the bank balances collateralized with securities held by the pledging financial
institution or by the pledging financial institution's trust department or agent in the School District's
name were $3,230,703.86.

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NOTE 5: CAPITAL ASSETS

The following is a summary of changes in the Capital Assets during the fiscal year:
Balances Balances
July 1, 2015 Increases Decreases Transfers June 30, 2016

Governmental Activities
Capital Assets, Not Being Depreciated:
Land $ 212,917.00 $ - $ - $ - $ 212,917.00
Construction in Progress 3,606,488.88 124,253.12 - (3,730,742.00) -

Total Capital Assets Not Being Depreciated 3,819,405.88 124,253.12 - (3,730,742.00) 212,917.00

Capital Assets Being Depreciated

Buildings and Improvements 24,226,723.45 - - 3,730,742.00 27,957,465.45
Equipment 4,609,188.90 483,114.08 320,991.77 - 4,771,311.21
Land Improvements 873,918.00 111,920.00 - - 985,838.00

Less Accumulated Depreciation for:

Buildings and Improvements 6,912,087.77 595,273.17 - - 7,507,360.94
Equipment 3,610,382.31 337,482.75 298,949.39 - 3,648,915.67
Land Improvements 678,440.19 24,577.77 - - 703,017.96

Total Capital Assets, Being Depreciated, Net 18,508,920.08 (362,299.61) 22,042.38 3,730,742.00 21,855,320.09

Governmental Activity Capital Assets - Net $ 22,328,325.96 $ (238,046.49) $ 22,042.38 $ - $ 22,068,237.09

Current year depreciation expense by function is as follows:

Instruction $ 634,713.00
Support Services
General Administration $ 9,466.46
School Administration 5,878.24
Maintenance and Operation of Plant 119,314.03
Student Transportation Services 134,107.86 268,766.59
Food Services 53,854.10

$ 957,333.69

NOTE 6: SHORT-TERM DEBT

The School District issues tax anticipation notes in advance of property tax collections, depositing the
proceeds in its general fund. This short-term debt is to provide cash to provide cash for operations
until property taxes were received by the School District. Article IX, Section V, Paragraph V of the
Constitution of the State of Georgia limits the aggregate amount of short-term debt to 75 percent of
the total gross income from taxes collected in the preceding year and requires all short-term debt to
be repaid no later than December 31 of the calendar year in which the debt was incurred.

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Short-term debt activity for the fiscal year is as follows:

Beginning Ending
Balance Issued Redeemed Balance

Tax Anticipation Notes $ - $ 190,370.33 $ 190,370.33 $ -

NOTE 7: LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

The changes in long-term liabilities during the fiscal year for governmental activities, were as follows:

Governmental Activities
Balance Balance Due Within One
July 1, 2015 Additions  Deductions June 30, 2016 Year

General Obligation Bonds $ 4,835,000.00 $ - $ 930,000.00 $ 3,905,000.00 $ 965,000.00

Capital Leases 68,332.68 377,293.29 106,257.08 339,368.89 74,016.78

$ 4,903,332.68 $ 377,293.29 $ 1,036,257.08 $ 4,244,368.89 $ 1,039,016.78

The School District terminated a capital lease for copiers during the fiscal year. There was $34,516.74
remaining on the lease at the time of termination. The remaining value of the assets at the time of
termination was $22,042.38.

GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT OUSTANDING

The School District’s bonded debt consists of various issues of general obligation bonds that are
generally noncallable with interest payable semiannually. Bond proceeds primarily pay for acquiring or
constructing capital facilities. The School District repays general obligation bonds from voter approved
sales taxes. General obligation bonds are direct obligations and pledge the full faith and credit of the
School District.

General Obligation Bonds currently outstanding are as follows:

Interest Amount
Description Rate Issue Date Maturity Date Amount Issued Outstanding

General Government - Series 2014 1.46% 5/22/2014 8/1/2019 $ 4,835,000.00 $ 3,905,000.00

At June 30, 2016, payments due by fiscal year which includes principal and interest for these items
are as follows:
General Obligation Debt
Fiscal Year Ended June 30: Principal Interest

2017 $ 965,000.00 $ 49,968.50

2018 970,000.00 35,843.00
2019 980,000.00 21,608.00
2020 990,000.00 7,227.00

Total Principal and Interest $ 3,905,000.00 $ 114,646.50

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CAPITAL LEASES
The School District has acquired copiers, phone system and a server under the provisions of various
long-term lease agreements classified as capital leases for accounting purposes because they provide
for a bargain purchase option or a transfer of ownership by the end of the lease term.
The following assets were acquired through capital leases and are reflected in the capital asset note
at fiscal year-end:
Governmental
Funds

Equipment $ 377,293.29
Less: Accumulated Depreciation 26,830.62

$ 350,462.67

During the current fiscal year, the School District entered into a lease agreement as lessee for
financing the acquisition of copiers at a cost of $187,671.29. This lease qualifies as a capital lease
for accounting purposes, and, therefore, has been recorded at the present value of the future
minimum lease payments as of the date of inception.
During the current fiscal year, the School District entered into a lease agreement as lessee for
financing the acquisition of a phone system and server at a cost of $189,622.00. This lease qualifies
as a capital lease for accounting purposes, and, therefore, has been recorded at the present value of
the future minimum lease payments as of the date of inception.
Capital leases currently outstanding are as follows:
Interest Amount
Purpose Rates Issue Date Maturity Date Amount Issued Outstanding

Copiers 2.05% 6/9/2016 6/9/2021 $ 187,671.29 $ 187,671.29

Phone System/Server 0.00% 7/9/2015 7/9/2020 189,622.00 151,697.60

$ 377,293.29 $ 339,368.89

The following is a schedule of total capital lease payments:

Fiscal Year Ended June 30: Principal Interest

2017 $ 74,016.78 $ 3,483.86

2018 74,665.17 2,835.47
2019 75,423.97 2,076.67
2020 76,198.44 1,302.20
2021 39,064.53 511.71

Total Principal and Interest $ 339,368.89 $ 10,209.91

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NOTE 8: RISK MANAGEMENT

INSURANCE
Commercial Insurance
The School District is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and
destruction of assets; errors or omissions; job related illness or injuries to employees; and natural
disasters. Except as described below, the School District carries commercial insurance for these risks.
Settled claims resulting from these insured risks have not exceeded commercial coverage in any of
the past three fiscal years.
WORKER’S COMPENSATION
Georgia Education Workers’ Compensation Trust
The School District participates in the Georgia Education Workers' Compensation Trust, a public entity
risk pool organized on December 1, 1991, to develop, implement and administer a program of workers'
compensation self-insurance for its member organizations. The School District pays an annual
premium to the Trust for its general workers' compensation insurance coverage. Specific excess of
loss insurance coverage is provided through an agreement by the Trust with the Safety National
Casualty Company to provide coverage for potential losses sustained by the Trust in excess of $1.0
million loss per occurrence, up to the statutory limit. Employers' Liability insurance coverage is also
provided with limits of $2.0 million. The Trust covers the first $1.0 million of each Employers Liability
claim with Safety National providing additional Employers Liability limits up to a $2.0 million per
occurrence maximum. Safety National Casualty Company also provides $2.0 million in aggregate
coverage to the Trust, attaching at 110% of the loss fund and based on the Fund's annual normal
premium.
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
The School District is self-insured with regard to unemployment compensation claims. The School
District accounts for claims within the general fund with expenses/expenditures and liabilities being
reported when it is probable that a loss has occurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
estimated. The School District has not experienced any unemployment compensation claims during
the past two fiscal years.
NOTE 9: FUND BALANCE CLASSIFICATION DETAILS
The School District’s financial statements include the following amounts presented in the aggregate
at June 30, 2016:
Nonspendable
Inventories $ 20,646.83
Restricted
Continuation of federal programs $ 248,825.28
Debt service 376,210.28 625,035.56
Assigned
School activity accounts 113,416.04
Unassigned 2,581,023.35

Fund Balance, June 30, 2016 $ 3,340,121.78

When multiple categories of fund balance are available for expenditure, the School District will start
with the most restricted category and spend those funds first before moving down to the next category
with available funds.

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NOTE 10: SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

FEDERAL GRANTS
Amounts received or receivable principally from the Federal government are subject to audit and
review by grantor agencies. This could result in requests for reimbursement to the grantor agency for
any costs which are disallowed under grant terms. The School District believes that such
disallowances, if any, will be immaterial to its overall financial position.
LITIGATION
The School District is a defendant in various legal proceedings pertaining to matters incidental to the
performance of routine School District operations. The ultimate disposition of these proceedings is not
presently determinable, but is not believed to be material to the basic financial statements.
NOTE 11: POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
GEORGIA SCHOOL PERSONNEL POST-EMPLOYMENT HEALTH BENEFIT FUND
Plan Description. The Georgia School Personnel Post-Employment Health Benefit Fund (School OPEB
Fund) is a cost-sharing multiple-employer defined benefit post-employment healthcare plan that
covers eligible former employees of public school systems, libraries and regional educational service
agencies. The School OPEB Fund provides health insurance benefits to eligible former employees and
their qualified beneficiaries through the State Employees Health Benefit Plan administered by the
Department of Community Health. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) assigns the
authority to establish and amend the benefit provisions of the group health plans, including benefits
for retirees, to the Board of Community Health (Board). Additional information about the School OPEB
Fund is disclosed in the State of Georgia Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. This report can be
obtained from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts at www.audits.ga.gov/SGD/CAFR.html.
Funding Policy. The contribution requirements of plan members and participating employers are
established by the Board in accordance with the current Appropriations Act and may be amended by
the Board. Contributions of plan members or beneficiaries receiving benefits vary based on plan
election, dependent coverage, and Medicare eligibility and election. For members with fewer than five
years of service as of January 1, 2012, contributions also vary based on years of service. On average,
members with five years or more of service as of January 1, 2012 pay approximately 25% of the cost
of the health insurance coverage. In accordance with the Board resolution dated December 8, 2011,
for members with fewer than five years of service as of January 1, 2012, the State provides a premium
subsidy in retirement that ranges from 0% for fewer than 10 years of service to 75% (but no greater
than the subsidy percentage offered to active employees) for 30 or more years of service. The subsidy
for eligible dependents ranges from 0% to 55% (but no greater than the subsidy percentage offered to
dependents of active employees minus 20%). No subsidy is available to Medicare eligible members
not enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Option. The Board of Community Health sets all member
premiums by resolution and in accordance with the law and applicable revenue and expense
projections. Any subsidy policy adopted by the Board may be changed at any time by Board resolution
and does not constitute a contract or promise of any amount of subsidy.
Participating employers are statutorily required to contribute in accordance with the employer
contribution rates established by the Board. The contribution rates are established to fund all benefits
due under the health insurance plans for both active and retired employees based on projected "pay-
as-you-go" financing requirements. Contributions are not based on the actuarially calculated annual
required contribution (ARC) which represents a level of funding that, if paid on an ongoing basis, is
projected to cover normal cost each year and amortize any unfunded actuarial liabilities (or funding
excess) over a period not to exceed thirty years.

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The combined active and retiree contribution rates established by the Board for employers
participating in the School OPEB Fund were as follows for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016:
For certificated teachers, librarians and regional educational service agencies and certain other
eligible participants:
July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 $945.00 per member per month
For non-certificated school personnel:
July 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 $596.20 per member per month
January 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016 $746.20 per member per month
No additional contribution was required by the Board for fiscal year 2016 nor contributed to the School
OPEB Fund to prefund retiree benefits. Such additional contribution amounts are determined annually
by the Board in accordance with the School plan for other post-employment benefits and are subject
to appropriation.
The School District's combined active and retiree contributions to the health insurance plans, which
equaled the required contribution, for the current fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years were
as follows:
Percentage Required
Fiscal Year Contributed Contribution

2016 100% $ 2,007,794.56

2015 100% $ 1,882,028.60
2014 100% $ 1,897,473.00

NOTE 12: RETIREMENT PLANS

The School District participates in various retirement plans administered by the State of Georgia, as
further explained below.
TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (TRS)
P lan Description: All teachers of the School District as defined in O.C.G.A §47‐3‐60 and certain other
support personnel as defined by §47‐3‐63 are provided a pension through the Teachers Retirement
System of Georgia (TRS). TRS, a cost‐sharing multiple‐employer defined benefit pension plan, is
administered by the TRS Board of Trustees (TRS Board). Title 47 of the O.C.G.A. assigns the authority
to establish and amend the benefit provisions to the State Legislature. The Teachers Retirement
System of Georgia issues a publicly available separate financial audit report that can be obtained at
www.trsga.com/publications.
Benefits P rovided: TRS provides service retirement, disability retirement, and death benefits. Normal
retirement benefits are determined as 2% of the average of the employee’s two highest paid
consecutive years of service, multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 40 years.
An employee is eligible for normal service retirement after 30 years of creditable service, regardless
of age, or after 10 years of service and attainment of age 60. Ten years of service is required for
disability and death benefits eligibility. Disability benefits are based on the employee’s creditable
service and compensation up to the time of disability. Death benefits equal the amount that would be
payable to the employee’s beneficiary had the employee retired on the date of death. Death benefits
are based on the employee’s creditable service and compensation up to the date of death.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Contributions: Per Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., contribution requirements of active employees and
participating employers, as actuarially determined, are established and may be amended by the TRS
Board. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §47‐3‐63, the employer contributions for certain full‐time public school
support personnel are funded on behalf of the employer by the State of Georgia. Contributions are
expected to finance the costs of benefits earned by employees during the year, with an additional
amount to finance any unfunded accrued liability. Employees were required to contribute 6% of their
annual pay during fiscal year 2016. The School District’s contractually required contribution rate for
the year ended June 30, 2016 was 14.27% of annual school district payroll, of which 13.79% of payroll
was required from the School District and 0.48% of payroll was required from the State. For the current
fiscal year, employer contributions to the pension plan were $1,184,632.00 and $35,682.50 from the
School District and the State, respectively.
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Plan description: The Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia (ERS) is a cost-sharing
multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan established by the Georgia General Assembly during
the 1949 Legislative Session for the purpose of providing retirement allowances for employees of
the State of Georgia and its political subdivisions. ERS is directed by a Board of Trustees. Title 47
of the O.C.G.A. assigns the authority to establish and amend the benefit provisions to the
State Legislature. ERS issues a publicly available financial report that can be obtained at
www.ers.ga.gov/formspubs/formspubs.
Benefits provided: The ERS Plan supports three benefit tiers: Old Plan, New Plan, and Georgia State
Employees’ Pension and Savings Plan (GSEPS). Employees under the old plan started membership
prior to July 1, 1982 and are subject to plan provisions in effect prior to July 1, 1982. Members hired
on or after July 1, 1982 but prior to January 1, 2009 are new plan members subject to modified plan
provisions. Effective January 1, 2009, new state employees and rehired state employees who did not
retain membership rights under the Old or New Plans are members of GSEPS. ERS members hired
prior to January 1, 2009 also have the option to irrevocably change their membership to GSEPS.
Under the old plan, the new plan, and GSEPS, a member may retire and receive normal retirement
benefits after completion of 10 years of creditable service and attainment of age 60 or 30 years of
creditable service regardless of age. Additionally, there are some provisions allowing for early
retirement after 25 years of creditable service for members under age 60.
Retirement benefits paid to members are based upon the monthly average of the member’s
highest 24 consecutive calendar months, multiplied by the number of years of creditable service,
multiplied by the applicable benefit factor. Annually, postretirement cost-of-living adjustments may
also be made to members’ benefits, provided the members were hired prior to July 1, 2009. The
normal retirement pension is payable monthly for life; however, options are available for distribution
of the member’s monthly pension, at reduced rates, to a designated beneficiary upon the member’s
death. Death and disability benefits are also available through ERS.
Contributions: Member contributions under the old plan are 4% of annual compensation, up to
$4,200, plus 6% of annual compensation in excess of $4,200. Under the old plan, the state pays
member contributions in excess of 1.25% of annual compensation. Under the old plan, these state
contributions are included in the members’ accounts for refund purposes and are used in the
computation of the members’ earnable compensation for the purpose of computing retirement
benefits. Member contributions under the new plan and GSEPS are 1.25% of annual compensation.
The School District’s contractually required contribution rate, actuarially determined annually, for the
year ended June 30, 2016 was 24.72% of annual covered payroll for old and new plan members
and 21.69% for GSEPS members. Contributions are expected to finance the costs of benefits earned
by employees during the year, with an additional amount to finance any unfunded accrued liability.
For the current fiscal year, employer contributions to the pension plan were $3,274.00.

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PSERS)

Plan description: PSERS is a cost-sharing multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan established
by the Georgia General Assembly in 1969 for the purpose of providing retirement allowances for
public school employees who are not eligible for membership in the Teachers Retirement System
of Georgia. The ERS Board of Trustees, plus two additional trustees, administers PSERS. Title 47
of the O.C.G.A. assigns the authority to establish and amend the benefit provisions to the
State Legislature. PSERS issues a publicly available financial report that can be obtained at
www.ers.ga.gov/formspubs/formspubs.
Benefits provided: A member may retire and elect to receive normal monthly retirement benefits after
completion of ten years of creditable service and attainment of age 65. A member may choose to
receive reduced benefits after age 60 and upon completion of ten years of service.
Upon retirement, the member will receive a monthly benefit of $14.75, multiplied by the number
of years of creditable service. Death and disability benefits are also available through PSERS.
Additionally, PSERS may make periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the monthly benefits. Upon
termination of employment, member contributions with accumulated interest are refundable upon
request by the member. However, if an otherwise vested member terminates and withdraws his/her
member contribution, the member forfeits all rights to retirement benefits.
Contributions: The general assembly makes an annual appropriation to cover the employer
contribution to PSERS on behalf of local school employees (bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and
maintenance staff). The annual employer contribution required by statute is actuarially determined
and paid directly to PSERS by the State Treasurer in accordance with O.C.G.A. §47-4-29(a) and 60(b).
Contributions are expected to finance the costs of benefits earned by employees during the year, with
an additional amount to finance any unfunded accrued liability.
Individuals who became members prior to July 1, 2012 contribute $4 per month for nine months each
fiscal year. Individuals who became members on or after July 1, 2012 contribute $10 per month for
nine months each fiscal year. The State of Georgia, although not the employer of PSERS members, is
required by statute to make employer contributions actuarially determined and approved and certified
by the PSERS Board of Trustees. The current fiscal year contribution was $31,364.00.
Pension Liabilities, Pension Expense, and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of
Resources Related to Pensions (Update based on applicable retirement plans)
At June 30, 2016, the School District reported a liability of $11,491,105.00 for its proportionate share
of the net pension liability for TRS ($11,458,653.00) and ERS ($32,452.00).
The TRS net pension liability reflected a reduction for support provided to the School District by the
State of Georgia for certain public school support personnel. The amount recognized by the School
District as its proportionate share of the net pension liability, the related State of Georgia support, and
the total portion of the net pension liability that was associated with the School District were as follows:
School District's proportionate share of the net pension liability $ 11,458,653.00

State of Georgia's proportionate share of the net pension liability

associated with the School District 453,828.00

Total $ 11,912,481.00

The net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2015. The total pension liability used to
calculate the net pension liability was based on an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014. An
expected total pension liability as of June 30, 2015 was determined using standard roll-forward
techniques. The School District’s proportion of the net pension liability was based on contributions
to TRS and ERS during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

At June 30, 2015, the School District’s TRS proportion was 0.075267%, which was a decrease
of 0.000886% from its proportion measured as of June 30, 2014. At June 30, 2015, the School
District’s ERS proportion was 0.000801%, which was a decrease of 0.000271% from its proportion
measured as of June 30, 2014.
At June 30, 2016, the School District did not have a PSERS liability for a proportionate share of the
net pension liability because of a Special Funding Situation with the State of Georgia, which is
responsible for the net pension liability of the plan. The amount of the State’s proportionate share of
the net pension liability associated with the School District is $142,174.00.
The PSERS net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2015. The total pension liability used to
calculate the net pension liability was based on an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014. An
expected total pension liability as of June 30, 2015 was determined using standard roll-forward
techniques. The State’s proportion of the net pension liability associated with the School District was
based on actuarially determined contributions paid by the State during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2015.
For the year ended June 30, 2016, the School District recognized pension expense of $894,542.00
for TRS, $2,595.00 for ERS and $8,478.00 for PSERS and associated revenue of $38,405.00 for TRS
and $8,478.00 for PSERS. The revenue is support provided by the State of Georgia. For TRS the State
of Georgia support is provided only for certain support personnel.
At June 30, 2016, the School District reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pension from the following sources:
TRS ERS
Deferred Deferred Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources Resources Resources

Differences between expected and actual

experience $ - $ 100,785.00 $ - $ 259.00

Net difference between projected and actual

earnings on pension plan investments - 966,549.00 - 2,341.00

Changes in proportion and differences between

School District contributions and proportionate
share of contributions 470,776.00 121,927.00 3,572.00 7,588.00

School District contributions subsequent to the

measurement date 1,184,632.00 - 3,274.00 -

Total $ 1,655,408.00 $ 1,189,261.00 $ 6,846.00 $ 10,188.00

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

The School District contributions subsequent to the measurement date of $1,184,632.00 for TRS
and $3,274.00 for ERS are reported as deferred outflows of resources and will be recognized as a
reduction of the net pension liability in the year ended June 30, 2017. Other amounts reported as
deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions will be recognized
in pension expense as follows:
Year Ended June 30: TRS ERS

2017 $ (363,391.00) $ (2,702.00)

2018 $ (363,391.00) $ (3,660.00)
2019 $ (363,391.00) $ (1,044.00)
2020 $ 382,292.00 $ 790.00
2021 $ (10,604.00) $ -

Actuarial assumptions: The total pension liability as of June 30, 2015 was determined by an actuarial
valuation as of June 30, 2014, using the following actuarial assumptions, applied to all periods
included in the measurement:

Teachers Retirement System:

Inflation 3.00%
Salary increases 3.75 – 7.00%, average, including inflation
Investment rate of return 7.50%, net of pension plan investment expense,
including inflation
Mortality rates were based on the RP-2000 Combined Mortality Table for Males or Females set back
two years for males and set back three years for females.
The actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2013 valuation were based on the results of an
actuarial experience study for the period July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2009.
Employees’ Retirement System
Inflation 3.00%
Salary increases 5.45 – 9.25%, average, including inflation
Investment rate of return 7.50%, net of pension plan investment
expense, including inflation

Mortality rates were based on the RP-2000 Combined Mortality Table for the periods after service
retirement, for dependent beneficiaries, and for deaths in active service, and the RP-2000 Disabled
Mortality Table set back eleven years for males for the period after disability retirement.
The actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2013 valuation were based on the results of an
actuarial experience study for the period July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2009.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Public School Employees’ Retirement System:

Inflation 3.00%
Salary increases N/A
Investment rate of return 7.50%, net of pension plan investment
expense, including inflation

Mortality rates were based on the RP-2000 Combined Mortality Table set forward one year for males
for the period after service retirement, for dependent beneficiaries, and for deaths in active service,
and the RP-2000 Disabled Mortality Table set back two years for males and set forward one year for
females for the period after disability retirement.
The actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2014 valuation were based on the results of an
actuarial experience study for the period July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2009.
The long-term expected rate of return on TRS, ERS and PSERS pension plan investments was
determined using a log-normal distribution analysis in which best-estimate ranges of expected future
real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension plan investment expense and inflation) are
developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce the long-term expected
rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation
percentage and by adding expected inflation. The target asset allocation and best estimates of
arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following table:
Long-term
Target expected real
Asset class allocation rate of return*
Fixed income 30.00% 3.00%
Domestic large stocks 39.70% 6.50%
Domestic mid stocks 3.70% 10.00%
Domestic small stocks 1.60% 13.00%
International developed market stocks 18.90% 6.50%
International emerging market stocks 6.10% 11.00%
Total 100.00%
* Rates shown are net of the 3.00% assumed rate of inflation

Discount rate: The discount rate used to measure the total TRS, ERS and PSERS pension liability
was 7.50%. The projection of cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that plan
member contributions will be made at the current contribution rate and that employer and
nonemployer contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference between actuarially
determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on those assumptions, the TRS, ERS and
PSERS pension plan’s fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all projected future
benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on
pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the
total pension liability.

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NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2016

Sensitivity of the School District’s proportionate share of then net pension liability to changes in the
discount rate: The following presents the School District’s proportionate share of the net pension
liability calculated using the discount rate of 7.50%, as well as what the School District’s proportionate
share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1‐
percentage‐point lower (6.50%) or 1-percentage-point higher (8.50%) than the current rate:
Teachers Retirem ent System :
1% Decrease Current Discount Rate 1% Increase
(6.50%) (7.50%) (8.50%)

School District's proportionate share

of the net pension liability $ 19,690,829.00 $ 11,458,653.00 $ 4,673,381.00

Em ployees' Retirem ent System :

1% Decrease Current Discount Rate 1% Increase
(6.50%) (7.50%) (8.50%)

School District's proportionate share

of the net pension liability $ 46,001.00 $ 32,452.00 $ 20,900.00

Pension plan fiduciary net position: Detailed information about the pension plan’s fiduciary net
position is available in the separately issued TRS and ERS financial report which is publically available
at www.trsga.com/publications and http://www.ers.ga.gov/formspubs/formspubs.html.
NOTE 13: SPECIAL ITEMS
The Telfair County Board of Education disposed of leased copiers during the current fiscal year that
were recorded as assets. This resulted in a gain on disposition of assets in the amount of $12,474.36.

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 SECTION II

COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CONTROL REPORTS

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 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
270 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 1-156
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
Greg S. Griffin
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

October 24, 2017

Honorable Nathan Deal, Governor

Members of the General Assembly
Members of the State Board of Education
and
Superintendent and Members of the
Telfair County Board of Education

REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER
MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have audited, in accordance with the 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 of the United States, the financial statements of the
governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of Telfair
County Board of Education (School District) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2016, and the
related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the School District's basic
financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated October 24, 2017.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the School District's
internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial
statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the School
District's internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the School
District's internal control.

A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent,
or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or
combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the entity's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and
corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention
by those charged with governance.
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Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of
this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify
any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material
weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.

Compliance and Other Matters

As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the School District's financial statements
are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of
laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and
material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion
on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other
matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

Purpose of this Report

The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and
compliance and the results of that testing, not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the School
District's internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the School District's internal control
and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.

Respectfully submitted,

Greg S. Griffin
State Auditor
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 DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
270 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 1-156
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
Greg S. Griffin
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

October 24, 2017

Honorable Nathan Deal, Governor

Members of the General Assembly
Members of the State Board of Education
and
Superintendent and Members of the
Telfair County Board of Education

REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER
COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program

We have audited Telfair County Board of Education's (School District) compliance with the types of
compliance requirements described in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and
material effect on each of its major federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2016. The School
District's major federal programs are identified in the Summary of Auditor's Results section of the
accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.

Management’s Responsibility

Management is responsible for compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and
conditions of its federal awards applicable to its federal programs.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for each of the School District’s major federal
programs based on our audit of the types of compliance requirements referred to above. We
conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the
United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and the audit
requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance).
Those standards and the Uniform Guidance require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types of compliance requirements
referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal program occurred.
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the School District's compliance with
those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances.
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We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for each major
federal program. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of the School District's
compliance.

Opinion on Each Major Federal Program

In our opinion, the School District complied, in all material respects, with the types of compliance
requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major federal
programs for the year ended June 30, 2016.

Report on Internal Control over Compliance

Management of the School District is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal
control over compliance with the types of compliance requirements referred to above. In planning and
performing our audit of compliance, we considered the School District's internal control over
compliance with the types of requirements that could have a direct and material effect on each major
federal program to determine the auditing procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance for each major federal program and to test and
report on internal control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over compliance. Accordingly,
we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the School District's internal control over
compliance.

A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control over
compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of compliance
requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal control over
compliance is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that material noncompliance with a type of compliance
requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis.
A significant deficiency in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal
program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control over compliance, yet
important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over
compliance that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify any
deficiencies in internal control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses. However,
material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.

The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of our
testing of internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements
of the Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose.

Respectfully submitted,

Greg S. Griffin
State Auditor
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 SECTION III

AUDITEE'S RESPONSE TO PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

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 TELFAIR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
AUDITEE'S RESPONSE
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

PRIOR YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

FS 2014-001 Inadequate Control over Financial Reporting

Control Category: Financial Reporting
Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness
Compliance Impact: None

Finding Status: Further Action Not Warranted (1)

FS 2015-001 Inadequate Control over Financial Reporting

Control Category: Financial Reporting
Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness
Compliance Impact: None

Finding Status: Further Action Not Warranted (1)

(1) Findings/internal control deficiencies of this nature, that are not deemed significant deficiencies
or material weaknesses and do not require reporting in the audit report in accordance with
Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 122 or Governmental Auditing Standards (Yellow Book),
will be communicated in a management letter.

PRIOR YEAR FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

No matters were reported.

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 SECTION IV

FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

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 TELFAIR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

I SUMMARY OF AUDITOR'S RESULTS

Financial Statements

Type of auditor's report issue:

Governmental Activities; General Fund; Capital Projects Fund; Debt
Service Fund; Aggregate Remaining Fund Information Unmodified

Internal control over financial reporting:

 Material weakness identified? No
 Significant deficiency identified? None Reported

Noncompliance material to financial statements noted: No

Federal Awards

Internal Control over major programs:

 Material weakness identified? No
 Significant deficiency identified? None Reported

Type of auditor's report issued on compliance for major programs:

All major programs Unmodified

Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be reported in

accordance with 2 CFR 200.516(a)? No

Identification of major programs:

CFDA Numbers Name of Federal Program or Cluster

10.553, 10.555 Child Nutrition Cluster

Dollar threshold used to distinguish between Type A and Type B programs: $750,000.00

Auditee qualified as low-risk auditee? No

II FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

No matters were reported.

III FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

No matters were reported.