FUND BALANCE

BOARD POLICY - 3100.4

The district is required to establish and maintain reservations of Fund Balance, in accordance with Governmental Accounting and Financial Standards Board (GASB), Statement 54.  This policy shall only apply to the District’s governmental funds.  Fund Balance shall be composed of nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned amounts.

  • Nonspendable Fund Balance consists of funds that cannot be spent due to their form (e.g., inventories and prepaids) or funds that legally or contractually must be maintained intact.
  • Restricted Fund Balance consists of funds that are mandated for a specific purpose by external parties, constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.
  • Committed Fund Balance consists of funds that are set aside for a specific purpose by the district's highest level of decision making authority (Governing Board). Formal action must be taken prior to the end of the fiscal year. The same formal action must be taken to remove or change the limitations placed on the funds.
  • Assigned Fund Balance consists of funds that are set aside with the intent to be used for a specific purpose by the district's Assistant Superintendent, Business Services (CFO) or the Director of Fiscal Services.  Assigned funds cannot cause a deficit in unassigned fund balance.
  • Unassigned Fund Balance consists of excess funds that have not been classified in the previous four categories.  All funds in this category are considered spendable resources.  This category also provides the resources necessary to meet unexpected expenditures and revenue shortfalls.
  • Fund Balance Classification: The District considers restricted fund balances to have been spent first when an expenditure is incurred for purposes for which both restricted and unrestricted fund balance is available. Similarly, when an expenditure is incurred for purposes for which amounts in any of the unrestricted classifications of fund balance could be used, the District considers committed amounts to be reduced first, followed by assigned amounts and then unassigned amounts.

Policy Adopted: June 21, 2011