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HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO

NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - (Continued)

JOINTLY GOVERNED ORGANIZATION

Six District Educational Compact (the “Compact”)
The Compact is a jointly governed organization to provide for the vocational needs of the students of
six participating school districts. The six member Board consists of the superintendent from each of
the participating school districts. Students may attend any vocational class offered by any of the six
school districts. Hudson City School District serves as fiscal and administrative agent for the
Compact, collecting and distributing payments pertaining to the administrative portion of the
agreement. The Board exercises total control over the operations of the compact, including budgeting,
appropriating, contracting and designating management.

PUBLIC ENTITY RISK POOL

Ohio SchoolComp Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Program
The District participates in the Ohio SchoolComp Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Program
(GRP). The GRP is co-sponsored by the Ohio School Boards Association and the Ohio Association of
School Business Officials. CompManagement, Inc. provides administration services for the GRP. The
intent of the GRP is to achieve the benefit of a reduced premium for the District by virtue of its
grouping and representation with other participants in the GRP. The District pays a fee to the GRP to
cover the costs of administering the program.

B. Fund Accounting

The District uses funds to maintain its financial records during the year. A fund is defined as a fiscal
and accounting entity with a self balancing set of accounts. There are three categories of funds:
governmental, proprietary and fiduciary.

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

Governmental funds are those through which most governmental functions typically are financed.
Governmental fund reporting focuses on the sources, uses and balances of current financial resources.
Expendable assets are assigned to the various governmental funds according to the purposes for which
they may or must be used. Current liabilities are assigned to the fund from which they will be paid.
The difference between governmental fund assets and deferred outflows of resources and liabilities and
deferred inflows of resources is reported as fund balance.

The following is the District’s major governmental fund:

General fund - The general fund is used to account for and report all financial resources not accounted
for and reported in another fund. The general fund balance is available for any purpose provided it is
expended or transferred according to the general laws of Ohio.

Other governmental funds of the District are used to account for (a) financial resources that are
restricted, committed, or assigned to expenditures for capital outlays including the acquisition or
construction of capital facilities and other capital assets; (b) resources restricted for the payment of
general long-term debt principal, interest and related costs, and (c) specific revenue sources that are
restricted or committed to an expenditure for specified purposes other than debt service or capital
projects.

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