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HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO

NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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

Nonspendable - The nonspendable fund balance classification includes amounts that cannot be
spent because they are not in spendable form or legally required to be maintained intact. The “not
in spendable form” criterion includes items that are not expected to be converted to cash.

Restricted - Fund balance is reported as restricted when constraints are placed on the use of
resources that are either externally imposed by creditors (such as through debt covenants),
grantors, contributors, or laws or regulations of other governments, or imposed by law through
constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.

Committed - The committed fund balance classification includes amounts that can be used only for
the specific purposes imposed by a formal action (resolution) of the District Board of Education
(the highest level of decision making authority). Those committed amounts cannot be used for
any other purpose unless the District Board of Education removes or changes the specified use by
taking the same type of action (resolution) it employed to previously commit those amounts.
Committed fund balance also incorporates contractual obligations to the extent that existing
resources in the fund have been specifically committed for use in satisfying those contractual
requirements.

Assigned - Amounts in the assigned fund balance classification are intended to be used by the
District for specific purposes but do not meet the criteria to be classified as restricted nor
committed. In governmental funds other than the general fund, assigned fund balance represents
the remaining amount that is not restricted or committed. In the general fund, assigned amounts
represent intended uses established by the Treasurer. The District Board of Education has by
resolution authorized the Treasurer to assign fund balance.

Unassigned - Unassigned fund balance is the residual classification for the general fund and
includes all spendable amounts not contained in the other classifications. In other governmental
funds, the unassigned classification is only used to report a deficit fund balance resulting from
overspending for specific purposes for which amounts had been restricted, committed, or assigned.

The District applies restricted resources first when expenditures are incurred for purposes for which
restricted and unrestricted (committed, assigned, and unassigned) fund balance is available. Similarly,
within unrestricted fund balance, committed amounts are reduced first followed by assigned, and then
unassigned amounts when expenditures are incurred for purposes for which amounts in any of the
unrestricted fund balance classifications could be used.

M. Net Position

Net position represents the difference between assets and deferred outflows and liabilities and deferred
inflows. The net position component “net investment in capital assets,” consists of capital assets, net
of accumulated depreciation, reduced by the outstanding balances of any borrowing used for the
acquisition, construction or improvement of those assets. Deferred outflows of resources and deferred
inflows of resources that are attributable to the acquisition, construction or improvement of those
assets or related debt also should be included in this component of net position. Net position is
reported as restricted when there are limitations imposed on its use either through the enabling
legislation adopted by the District or through external restrictions imposed by creditors, grantors or
laws or regulations of other governments. The amount restricted for other purposes represents
amounts restricted for food service operations and miscellaneous grants.

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