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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

    PAG

    Independent Auditors' Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

    Management's Discussion and Analysis (Unaudited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

    Basic Financial Statements:

    Exhibits

    Government-Wide Financial Statements:

     A Statement of Net Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

    B Statement of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

    Fund Financial Statements:

    C Governmental Funds - Balance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

    D Governmental Funds - Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

    E General Fund - Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budget and Actual (Budgetary Basis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

    F Fiduciary Funds - Statement of Fiduciary Net Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

    G OPEB and Private-Purpose Trust Funds - Statement of Changes in Net Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

    H Notes to the Basic Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

    Combining Fund and Other Schedules:

    Schedules

    1 Nonmajor Governmental Funds - Combining Schedule of Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

    2 Nonmajor Governmental Funds - Combining Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances . . . . . . . 6-2

    3 Nonmajor Special Revenue Funds - Combining Schedule of Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

    4 Nonmajor Special Revenue Funds - Combining Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances . . . . 6-6

    5 Nonmajor Capital Project Funds - Combing Schedule of Other Financing Sources, Expenditures,

    and Changes in Fund Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

    6 Fiduciary Funds - Combining Schedule of Net Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

    7 OPEB and Private-Purpose Trust Funds - Combining Schedule of Changes in Net Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

    8 Reconciliation of Treasurer's Pooled Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

    Required Supplementary Information:

    Schedules

    9 Other Post-Employment Benefits Funding Progress (Unaudited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

    10 Schedule of the District's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability (Unaudited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

    11 Schedule of the District's Pension Contributions (Unaudited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

    Government Auditing Standards and OMB Circular A-133 Reports and Schedules:

    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

    Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on Internal Control Over Compliance

      Required by OMB Circular A-133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

    Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and Other Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

    Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and Other Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

    Summary of Prior Year's Findings and Correction Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

    Independent Accountant's Report on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures Over Compliance Applicable to

      Massachusetts School Districts' End-Of-Year Pupil and Financial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

    Report to Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

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    Stanley H. Kulas, CPAsku l a s0 9 1 9 @ a o l . co m

    STANLEY H. KULASC e r t i f i e d P u b l i c A c c o u n t a n t

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    INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

    To the School Committee of theHampden-Wilbraham Regional School District:

    Report on the Financial Statements

    We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregateremaining fund information of the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the"District") as of and for the year ended June 30, 2015, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprisethe 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 accountingprinciples generally accepted in the United State of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internalcontrol relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whetherdue 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 accordancewith auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial auditscontained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards requirethat we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of materialmisstatement.

     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 thefinancial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal controlrelevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures th at areappropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion o n the effectiveness of the entity’s internalcontrol. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overallpresentation 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial positionof the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the District as of June 30, 2015,and the respective changes in financial position thereof and the respective budgetary comparison for the general fund for the yearthen ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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    Other Matters

    Required Supplementary Information

     Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the management’s discussion and analysison pages 2-1 through 2-9, the schedule of other post-employment benefits funding progress on page 6-15, the schedule of theDistrict’s proportionate share of the net pension liability on page 6-16, and the schedule of the District’s pension contributions onpage 6-17 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 financialreporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have appliedcertain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted inthe United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information andcomparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, andother knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide anyassurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion orprovide any assurance.

    Other Information

    Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the District’s

    basic financial statements. The combining and other schedules are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not arequired part of the basic financial statements. The schedule of expenditures of federal and other awards is presented for purposesof additional analysis as required by U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governmentsand Non-Profit Organizations, and is also not a required part of the basic financial statements.

    The combining and other schedules, and the schedule of expenditures of federal and other awards are the responsibility ofmanagement and were derived from and relate directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basicfinancial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financialstatements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlyingaccounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, andother additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In ouropinion, the combining and other schedules, and the schedule of expenditures of federal and other awards are fairly stated in all

    material respects in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.

    The management’s discussion and analysis, the schedule of other post-employment benefits funding progress, the schedule ofthe District’s proportionate share of the net pension liability, and the schedule of the District’s pension contributions have not beensubjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements, and accordingly, we do not express anopinion or provide any assurance on them.

    Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

    In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated February 23, 2016, on our considerationof the 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 internalcontrol over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance withGovernment Auditing Standards in considering the District’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance. 

    Stanley H. Kulas CPA

    STANLEY H. KULASCertified Public Accountant

    February 23, 2016

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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     As management of the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we offerreaders of the District’s financial statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the District forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. We encourage readers to consider the information presented here in conjunction withadditional information provided throughout this document.

    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

    On a government-wide basis:  The assets and the deferred outflow of resources of the District exceeded its liabilities and deferred inflow of

    resources at the close of the most recent fiscal year by $4,156,803 (see Exhibit A).  The District’s total net position decreased by $4,379,282 (see Exhibit B) primarily because of the $4,491,225 and

    $2,501,000 in OPEB and depreciation expenses, respectively.On a governmental fund basis:

       As of the close of the current fiscal year, the District’s governmental funds reported combined ending fund balanceof $4,910,319 (Exhibit C), an increase of $7,402,659 in comparison with the prior year (Exhibit D).

      The $7,042,659, increase in total fund balance was attributable primarily to the issuance of $5,030,000 of bondsand the receipt of $1,330,097 from the Massachusetts School Building Authority in the high school construction

    fund.

    OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an introduction to the District’s basic financial statements. The District’sbasic financial statements comprise three components: 1) government-wide financial statements; 2) fund financialstatements, and 3) notes to the financial statements. This report also contains other supplementary information in additionto the basic financial statements themselves.

    Government-wide financial statements. The government-wide financial statements are designed to provide readers witha broad overview of the District’s finances, in a manner similar to a private-sector business.

    The statement of net position presents information on all of the District’s assets and liabilities, with the difference betweenthe two reported as net position. Over time, increases or decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator ofwhether the financial position of the District is improving or deteriorating.

    The statement of activities presents information showing how the District’s net position changed during the most recentfiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the change occurs,regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this statement for some itemsthat will only result in cash flows in future fiscal periods (e.g. uncollected state grants are recognized as receivables duefrom other governments, and earned but unused vacation leave is recognized as a liability for compensated absences).

    Both of the government-wide financial statements distinguish functions of the District that are principally supported byassessments and intergovernmental revenues (governmental activities) from other functions that are intended to recover

    all or a significant portion of their costs through user fees and charges (business-type activities). The District has nobusiness-type activities. The governmental activities of the District include administration, instruction, ancillary schoolcharges, maintenance and operations, insurance and other fixed charges, programs with other schools, transportation,and capital improvements.

    The government-wide financial statements can be found in Exhibits A and B of this report.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    Fund financial statements. A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over resources thathave been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The District, like other state and local governments, uses fundaccounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal requirements. All of the funds of the Districtcan be divided into two categories: governmental funds and fiduciary funds.

    Governmental funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported asgovernmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide financialstatements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term inflows and outflows of spendable resources, aswell as on balances of spendable resources available at the end of the fiscal year. Such information may be useful inevaluating a government's near-term financing requirements.

    Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is useful tocompare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for governmental activitiesin the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand the long-term impact of thegovernment’s near -term financing decisions. Reconciliations to facilitate this comparison between governmental funds andgovernmental activities are provided in Exhibit C and Exhibit D.

    The District maintains numerous individual governmental funds. Information is presented separately in the governmentalfund balance sheet (Exhibit C) and in the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fundbalances (Exhibit D) for the general fund, the high school construction fund, and the state payments on-behalf of teacherretirement fund, all of which are considered to be major funds. Data from the other governmental funds are combined intoa single aggregated presentation. Individual fund data for each of these nonmajor governmental funds is provided in theform of combining schedules 1 through 5 in this report.

    The District adopts an annual appropriated budget for its general fund. A budgetary comparison statement has beenprovided for the general fund to demonstrate compliance with this budget (Exhibit E).

    The basic governmental fund financial statements can be found in Exhibits C through E of this report.

    Fiduciary funds. Fiduciary funds are used to account for resources held for the benefit of parties outside the government.Fiduciary funds are not reflected in the government-wide financial statement because the resources of those funds are notavailable to support the District’s own programs. The accounting used for fiduciary funds is the accrual basis.

    The basic fiduciary fund financial statements can be found in Exhibits F and G of this report. Combining schedules of netposition and changes to net position can be found in Schedules 6 and 7 of this report.

    Notes to the basic financial statements. The notes provide additional information that is essential to a full understandingof the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The notes to the basic financial statementscan be found in Exhibit H of this report.

    Other information. The combining schedules referred to earlier in connection with nonmajor governmental funds are

    presented immediately following the notes to the financial statements. Combining and individual fund schedules and othertypes of schedules can be found in Schedules 1 through 11 of this report.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    Summary of the major features of the government-wide and fund financial statements.

    ----------------Fund Financial Statements--------------Government-wideStatements Governmental Proprietary (*) Fiduciary

    Scope Entire District(except fiduciaryfunds)

    The activity of theDistrict that is notproprietary orfiduciary, such asgeneral government,public safety, andeducation.

     Activities the Districtoperates similar toprivate businesses.

     Assets held by theDistrict on behalf ofsomeone else.Students and otherorganizations thathave funds ondeposit with theDistrict are reportedhere.

    Required financialstatements

    Statement of netposition, & statementof activities

    Balance sheet, andstatement ofrevenues,

    expenditures andchanges in fundbalance.

    Statement of netposition, andstatement of

    revenues, expensesand changes in netposition, andstatement of cashflows.

    Statement offiduciary net position,and statement of

    changes in fiduciarynet position.

    Basis of accountingand measurementfocus.

     Accrual accounting

    Economic resourcesfocus

    Modified accrualaccounting.

    Current financialresources focus

     Accrual accounting

    Economic resourcesfocus

     Accrual accounting

    Economic resourcesfocus

    Type of asset andliability information

     All assets andliabilities, both

    financial and capital,short-term and long-term

    Generally, assetsexpected to be used

    up and liabilities thatcome due during theyear or soonthereafter. No capitalasserts or long-termliabilities included

     All assets andliabilities, both

    financial and capital;short-term and long-term

     All assets andliabilities, both

    financial and capital;short-term and long-term. These funds donot currently containany capital assets,although they can

    Type of inflow andoutflow information

     All revenues andexpenses during theyear, regardless ofwhen cash isreceived or paid

    Revenues for whichcash is receivedduring or soon afterthe end of the year;expenditures whengoods or services

    have been receivedand the relatedliability are due andpayable

     All revenues andexpenses during theyear, regardless ofwhen cash isreceived or paid.

     All additions ordeductions duringthe year, regardlessof when cash isreceived or paid

    (*) – The District has no proprietary funds

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    Before the effect of implementing GASB 68, which restated the District’s beginning net position by a reduction of$15,455,702, governmental activities for fiscal year 2015 decreased the District’s net position by $4,379,282 (Exhibit B)compared to a decrease of $5,463,388 for fiscal year 2014. Key elements of these activities are as follows:

    DISTRICT'S CHANGES IN NET POSITION

    Description 2015 2014

    Revenues:

    Program revenues:

      Operating grants and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,162,484$ 12,530,227$

    Member town assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,261,235 3,861,116

      Fees and charges for services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378,194  1,412,483 

    Capital grants and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330,097  254,195 

    Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,772 191,770

    General revenues:

      Assessments to member towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,912,268 25,032,537  Grants and contributions not restricted to specific purposes . . . . . . . 11,409,794 11,379,726

      Interest and miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,088 36,028

    Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,655,932 54,698,082

    Expenses:

      Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,679,069  24,644,398 

    Insurance and employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,219,518  17,893,165 

    Maintenance and operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,728,745  3,412,842 

    Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256,699  3,053,290 

     Ancillary school services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,067,436  3,403,667 

    Unallocated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,107,722  2,088,103 

    Programs with other schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,769,669  2,493,996 

     Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,501,460  1,493,017 

    Debt service - interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389,097  1,345,603 

    Payment of prior year encumbrances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,709  172,856 

    Bond issuance payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,918  - 

    Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,873,042 60,000,937

    Special item - payment to member towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,172  - 

    Special item - transfer to the OPEB trust fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  160,533 

    Total expenses and special items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,035,214  60,161,470 Change in net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,379,282)$ (5,463,388)$

    On-behalf payments to the MTRS decreased by $3,313,232 between years which contributed to the $2,127,895 decreasein total expenses between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    FINANACIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

     As noted earlier, the District uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legalrequirements.

    Governmental funds. The focus of the District’s governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows,outflows, and balances of spendable resources. Such information is useful in assessing the District’s financingrequirements. In particular, unreserved fund balance may serve as a useful measure of a government’s net re sourcesavailable for spending at the end of the fiscal year.

     At the end of fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2014, the District’s governmental funds reported a combined ending funddeficit of $4,910,319 (Exhibit C) and $(2,132,340), respectively, an increase of $7,042,659 in comparison with the prioryear, caused by the increase in the high school construction fund of $6,368,273 (Exhibit D). A summary of the componentscomprising this fund balance is described below.

    Description 2015 2014Restricted for designated expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545,219$ 1,166,833$

    Unreserved - available for spending at the government's discretion . . . . . . . . . 1,495,099  1,189,819 High school construction fund balance/(deficit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831,982  (5,536,291) 

     Assigned to reduce subsequent year's operating assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,465  631,000 Committed for maintenance obligations (stabilization fund). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,588  100,332 Restricted to reduce subsequent years' capital assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,178  180,863 

     Assigned for encumbrances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,777  114,209 Committed for OPEB obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000  - Nonspendable assets associated for food services inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,613  18,497 

     Assigned for petty cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,398  2,398 

    Total fund balances/(deficit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,910,319$ (2,132,340)$

    The general fund is the chief operating fund of the District. At the end of the current fiscal year, total fund balance was

    $2,516,505 of which $1,495,099 was the unreserved fund balance of the general fund. As a measure of the general fund’s liquidity, it may be useful to compare both unreserved fund balance and total fund balance to the general fund’s budget forthe subsequent fiscal year. Unreserved fund balance represents 3.31% of the general fund ’s budget for the subsequentfiscal year, while total fund balance represents 5.58% of that same amount.

    The fund balance of the District’s general fund increased by $297,884 during the current fiscal year (Exhibit D). Key factorsin this change are as follows:

      State aid revenue was $3,968 less than budget.  Local revenue was $12,912 less than budget.  Use of $1,123,787 of opening fund balance to finance operations.  Operating expenditures were $1,439,125 less than budget.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    GENERAL FUND BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHTS

    The District’s original budget of $44,073,208 was increased by $8,000, to $44,081,208. There were also transfers betweenindividual line items throughout the year (Exhibit E).

    CAPITAL ASSET AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION

    Capital Assets. The District’s investment in capital assets as of the end of the current fiscal year amounts to $77,379,747(net of accumulated depreciation). This investment in capital assets includes buildings, furniture, fixtures, and equipment,vehicles, and land. The District had additions to capital assets of $130,076 during the year. Depreciation expense for thecurrent fiscal year was $2,501,000.

    DISTRICT'S CAPITAL ASSETS

     Amount

    Description 2015 2014

    Capital assets - beginning of the year. . . . . . . . . 89,401,962$ 87,917,127$

    Less accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9,651,291) (7,265,124)

      Capital assets at the beginning of the year 

      net of accumulated depreciation. . . . . . . . . . . 79,750,671 80,652,003

    Current year additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,076 1,534,172

    Less current year depreciaiton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,501,000) (2,435,504)

      Total capital assets - net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,379,747$ 79,750,671$

     Additional information on the District’s capital assets can be found in Exhibit H - Note 4 of this report.

    Debt. The District’s debt and other long-term obligations, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the District andits member towns, are summarized below.

    DISTRICT'S DEBT AND OTHER LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

     AmountDescription 2015 2014

    Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,725,000$ 29,670,000$Other post-employment benefits obligation . . . 24,698,191 20,206,966Hampshire county pension obligation . . . . . . . 15,659,305  15,455,702 

    Compensated absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,051,271 1,723,071Sewer assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946,120 1,013,700

    Unamortized bond premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370,667 159,918

    Capital lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,160 460,414Special assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,465 63,465

      Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,706,179$ 68,753,236$

    The District has an “ Aa3” bond rating from Moody’s and it issued $5,800,000 and retired $11,600,000 of bond anticipationnotes during the year. Additional information on the District’s debt can be found in Exhibit H - Note 4 of this report.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    ECOMONIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE FISCAL 2016 BUDGET AND RELATED ASSESSMENTS

    The theme for our budget presentation is Sustainability in Light of Structural Budget Issues. The intent for this budget isto continue our work through the District Improvement Goals to ensure that we remain focused on the safety and well-being of the District, that we improve and expand communication to the wider community, that we remain fiscally

    responsible, that we sustain our commitment of educational excellence for all learners, and that the 21 st  Centuryframeworks and use of technology is strengthened in the District’s approach to education. Our guiding principles for thebudget development process were as follows:

      To develop a budget that is reflective of the District’s vision and that is based on Improvement Goals   To sustain the District’s commitment to excellence  To provide adequate, but cost effective programming and staffing  To develop manageable assessments to the towns of Hampden and Wilbraham  To be proactive rather than reactive  To clearly communicate to all stakeholders  To allocate funds strategically to create an aligned system

    The District continues to perform at a high level academically, even while dealing with the implementation of manyunfunded mandates, and the economic difficulties arising from declining enrollment, rising fixed costs, and stagnant growthin revenues. As has been the case in prior years, the annual budget process began with a budgetary shortfall. At thestate level, the story was the same with a beginning gap between anticipated revenues and expenditures. The membertowns have high expectations for student achievement and have been committed to investing in education, but they, too,are experiencing the cost shifts associated with a weak national economy, the increase in their cost share required by thestate, declining enrollment, and health care and benefit costs that continue to outpace the overall financial growth.

    The FY16 budget proposal is a balanced plan that incorporates the economic realities of the District and the towns, whileresponding to the needs of the schools in a fiscally responsible way. The District has been mindful of the member towns’ability to fund the assessments within the levy limit, and recognizes the efforts of both towns who contribute above theminimum local contribution required by the state on an annual basis. This level of support has allowed the District to keep

    the core mission intact, but this budget cycle continued to highlight the reality of the increased responsibility at the locallevel, and the need to make even greater investments above these levels in order to provide the educational experiencethe communities want for the children. These objectives have been met through staffing and operational reductions inresponse to declining enrollment, systemic and creative contract negotiations, the pursuit of revenue opportunities, andthe development of strategic cost saving initiatives and efficiencies.

    The FY16 budget at $45,036,613 represents a 2.14% increase, or 941,505 dollar growth, over the FY15 budget of$44,095,108 voted by the School Committee. The School Committee is committed to its goal of maintaining a fiscallystable and well managed organization. The Excess & Deficiency Reserve was certified at $1,349,190 which is 3% of theDistrict’s Operating and Capital Budget. The District may keep up to 5% in this reserve, and has worked diligently theselast years to bring this reserve to its highest fund balance to date. The Committee has also voted to contribute to aStabilization Fund for maintenance and repair needs of the District’s facilities, and to the Other Post Employment Benefit

    Trust Fund.

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    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    This budget encompasses the results of the District’s plan to continue to educate students at the highest level within theconstraints of local and national economic realities. Revenues required to meet negotiated contracts, to support mandates,to provide programming and services needed to meet the District’s vision are inadequate to do so. The budgetrecommendations for the last several years have reflected the inability to truly provide a 21st Century teaching and learningenvironment because of the need to make reductions and difficult allocation decisions. The challenge the District strives

    to conquer each budget season, is to communicate the District’s needs to all  stakeholders, to determine what thestakeholders want this District to be, and to allocate the resources available to provide the best educational experience forthe children in the communities.

    REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION

    The financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the District’s finances for all those with an interest in thegovernment’s finances. Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for additionalfinancial information should be addressed to the Business Office, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, 621 MainStreet, Wilbraham, MA 01095. 

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    EXHIBIT A

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GOVERNMENT-WIDE

    STATEMENT OF NET POSITION

    JUNE 30, 2015

    Governmental Activities

     Assets:

      Current assets:

      Pooled cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,908,675 

    Due from other governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438,221  Accounts receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,026 

    Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,613 

    Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,366,535 

    Capital assets (net of accumulated depreciation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,379,747 

    Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,746,282 

    Deferred outflow of resources related to pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,677 

    Liabilities:

      Current liabilities:

      Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,716 

     Accrued payroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,752,503 

    Payroll withholdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,280 

     Accrued interest payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,512 Unearned revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,446 

    Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,808,457 

    Noncurrent liabilities:

      Due within one year:

      Premiums on debt issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,914 

    Bonds payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075,000 

    Sewer assessment payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,580 

    Special assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,465 

    Capital lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,379 

    Compensated absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,271 

    Total due within one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470,609 

    Due in more one year:

      Premiums on debt issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355,753 Bonds payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,650,000 

    Sewer assessment payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878,540 

    Special assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 

    Capital lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,781 

    Compensated absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843,000 

    Other post-employment benefits ("OPEB") obligation. . 24,698,191 

    Hampden county pension obligation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,659,305 

    Total due in more than one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,235,570 

    Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,514,636 

    Deferred inflow of resources related to pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,520 

    Net position:

      Invested in capital assets, net of related debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,510,467 Restricted for:

      Grants and revolving activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539,745 

    Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,613 

    Capital projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837,456 

    Total restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,393,814 

    Unrestricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (40,747,478) 

    Total net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,156,803 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

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    EXHIBIT B

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GOVERNMENT-WIDESTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

    Governmental ActivitiesProgram Revenues

    Expenses Operating Capital Net Revenue/

    for all Grants Member Fees and Grants (Expense) andFunctions and and Town Charges for and Changes in

    Functions/Programs Programs (*) Contributions Assessments Services Contributions Other Net Position

     Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,501,460  -  -  -  -  -  (1,501,460) Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,679,069  1,998,933  -  134,554  -  135,457  (23,410,125) 

     Ancillary school services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,067,436  1,042,279  -  1,151,425  -  10,101  (863,631) Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256,699  1,424,818  1,871,313  -  -  -  39,432 Maintenance and operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,728,745  -  -  92,215  -  3,775  (3,632,755) Insurance and employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . 15,219,518  4,096,659  -  -  -  5,098  (11,117,761) 

    Programs with other schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,769,669  599,795  -  -  -  -  (1,169,874) 

    Payment of prior year encumbrances . . . . . . . 96,709  -  -  -  -  -  (96,709) Capital improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  -  -  1,330,097  -  1,330,097 

    Unallocated depreciation (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,107,722  -  -  -  -  -  (2,107,722) 

    Debt service - interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389,097  -  2,389,922  -  -  8,341  1,009,166 Bond issuance payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,918  -  -  -  -  -  (56,918) 

    Total activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,873,042  9,162,484  4,261,235  1,378,194  1,330,097  162,772  (41,578,260) 

    General revenues:

      Assessments to member towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,912,268 

    Grants and contributions not restricted to specific purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,409,794 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,478 

    Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,610 

    Total general revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,361,150 

    Special item - unused bond premiums returned to member towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (162,172) 

    Changes in net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,379,282) 

    Net position - beginning of the year before restatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,991,787 

    Restatement of beginning of the year net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15,455,702) 

    Net position - beginning of the year after restatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,536,085 

    Net position - end of the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,156,803 

    (*) - Imbedded within these function and program costs are depreciation and other post-employment expenses of 

      $2,501,000 and $4,491,225, respectively.

    (**) - This line item excludes depreciation expensed directly to various programs totaling $393,278.  Total depreciation expense is $2,501,000, which equals $2,107,722 + 393,278.

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

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     EXHIBIT C

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

    BALANCE SHEET

     AS OF JUNE 30, 2015

    High Other  

    School Nonmajor Total

     General Construction Governmental Governmental

    Fund Fund Funds Funds

     Assets:  Pooled cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,504,588  831,982  1,572,105  7,908,675 

    Due from other governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,675  -  320,546  438,221 

     Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,026  -  -  3,026 

    Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  16,613  16,613 

    Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,625,289  831,982  1,909,264  8,366,535 

    Liabilities and fund balances:

      Liabilities:

      Accounts payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,591  -  148,125  304,716 

     Accrued payroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,593,642  -  158,861  2,752,503 

    Payroll withholdings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,280  -  -  150,280 

    Compensated absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,271  -  -  208,271 

    Unearned revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  40,446  40,446 

    Total liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,784  -  347,432  3,456,216 

    Fund balances:

      Nonspendable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  16,613  16,613 

    Spendable:

      Restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,178  831,982  1,545,219  2,515,379 

    Committed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,588  -  -  200,588 

     Assigned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682,640  -  -  682,640 

    Unassigned - available for appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495,099  -  -  1,495,099 

    Total fund balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,516,505  831,982  1,561,832  4,910,319 

    Total liabilities and fund balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,625,289  831,982  1,909,264 

    Reconciliation of fund balances to government-wide statement of net position.  Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net position are different because:

      Capital assets used in governmental activities are not financial resources and therefore are not

      reported in the governmental funds statement:

      Gross capital assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,489,525 

    Less: accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,109,778 

    Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,379,747 

    Long-term liabilities are not due and payable in the current period and therefore

      are not reported in the governmental funds statement:

      Bonds payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (33,725,000) 

    Sewer assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (946,120) 

    Special assessments payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (57,465) 

    Other post-employment benefits obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (24,698,191) 

    Hampden county pension obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15,659,305) 

    Capital lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (198,160) Compensated absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,843,000) 

    Unamortized bond premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (370,667) 

    Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (77,497,908) 

     Accrued interest payable is not recognized as an expenditure and therefore is not reported in the

      governmental funds statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (560,512) 

    Unamortized deferred outflow of resources related to pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,677 

    Unamortized deferred inflow of resources related to pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (121,520) 

    Net position (Exhibit A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,156,803 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

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    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

    STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

    State Payments

    High On-behalf of Other  

    School Teacher Nonmajor Total

     General Construction Retirement Governmental Governmental

    Fund Fund Fund Funds Funds

    Revenues:

      Town assessments - operating and capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,173,503  -  -  -  30,173,503 

    Intergovernmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,727,948  1,330,097  3,804,659  4,039,671  21,902,375 

    Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,478  -  -  -  27,478 

    Fees and charges for services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  -  1,378,194  1,378,194 

    Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,610  -  -  154,431  166,041 

    Total revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,940,539  1,330,097  3,804,659  5,572,296  53,647,591 

    Other financing sources:

      Proceeds from the issuance of bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  5,030,000  -  -  5,030,000 

    Premiums on the issuance of bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  219,090  -  -  219,090 

    Proceeds from the issuance of capital lease obligations. . . -  -  -  21,547  21,547 

    Transfers from the general fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  145,000  -  -  145,000 

    Total other financing sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  5,394,090  -  21,547  5,415,637 

    Total revenues and other financing sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,940,539  6,724,187  3,804,659  5,593,843  59,063,228 

    Expenditures:

      Operating:

      Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432,202  -  -  -  1,432,202 

    Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,097,713  -  -  2,095,972  25,193,685 

     Ancillary school services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820,340  -  -  2,159,790  2,980,130 

    Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,211,750  -  -  44,949  3,256,699 

    Maintenance and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,884,547  -  -  87,754  3,972,301 

    Insurance and employee benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,341,433  -  3,804,659  303,755  10,449,847 

    Programs with other schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266,095  -  -  503,574  1,769,669 

    Payment of prior year encumbrances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,709  -  -  -  96,709 

    Capital improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  136,824  -  21,547  158,371 

    Debt service:

      Bond principal payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975,000  -  -  -  975,000 Bond interest payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,313,594  -  -  -  1,313,594 

    Bond issuance costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  56,918  -  -  56,918 

    Unused bond premium returned to member towns . . . . . -  162,172  -  -  162,172 

    Special assessment payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000  -  -  -  6,000 

    Bond anticipation note interest payments. . . . . . . . . . . . 52,272  -  -  -  52,272 

    Total expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,497,655  355,914  3,804,659  5,217,341  51,875,569 

    Other financing uses -

      Transfers to the high school construction fund. . . . . . . . . . . 145,000  -  -  -  145,000 

    Total expenditures and other financing uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,642,655  355,914  3,804,659  5,217,341  52,020,569 

    Net changes in fund balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,884  6,368,273  -  376,502  7,042,659 

    Fund balance - beginning of the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,218,621  (5,536,291)  -  1,185,330 

    Fund balance - end of the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,516,505  831,982  -  1,561,832 

    Reconciliation of the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances

    to the statement of activities (See footnote 2 for additional information):

      Capital outlays net of depreciation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,370,924) 

    Net change in certain accrued liabilities including debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8,976,174) 

    Changes in net deferred inflow of resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (74,843) 

    Change in net position of the government-wide statement of activities (Exhibit B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,379,282) 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

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    EXHIBIT E

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GENERAL FUND

    STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL (BUDGETARY BASIS)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

     Actual Over/

    Original Revised Revenues and (Under)

    Budget Budget Expenditures Encumbrances Total Budget

    Regional Budget:

    Revenues:

    Town assessments:Hampden - regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,441,792  7,441,477  7,441,477  -  7,441,477  - 

    Wilbraham - regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,398,562  22,397,600  22,397,598  -  22,397,598  (2) 

    Total town assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,840,354  29,839,077  29,839,075  -  29,839,075  (2) 

    State aid:

    Chapter 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,405,264  11,405,264  11,405,264  -  11,405,264  - 

    Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,625,490  1,185,652  1,188,633  -  1,188,633  2,981 

    Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,000  141,000  129,521  -  129,521  (11,479) 

    Charter schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  4,530  -  4,530  4,530 

    Total state aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,171,754  12,731,916  12,727,948  -  12,727,948  (3,968) 

    Local:

    Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,000  52,000  27,478  -  27,478  (24,522) 

    Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  11,610  -  11,610  11,610 

    Total local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,000  52,000  39,088  -  39,088  (12,912) 

    Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,064,108  42,622,993  42,606,111  -  42,606,111  (16,882) 

    Other financing sources:

    Transfers from general fund beginning fund balance. . . . . . 631,000  1,080,115  1,080,115  -  1,080,115  - 

    Total revenues and other financing sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,695,108  43,703,108  43,686,226  -  43,686,226  (16,882) 

    Expenditures:

    Operating:

     Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,623,852  1,437,194  1,432,202  13,543  1,445,745  8,551 

    Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,788,916  23,622,975  23,097,713  51,115  23,148,828  (474,147) 

     Ancillary school services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824,387  824,387  820,340  -  820,340  (4,047) 

    Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213,271  3,213,271  3,211,750  -  3,211,750  (1,521) 

    Maintenance and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,841,881  3,843,981  3,884,547  5,619  3,890,166  46,185 

    Insurance and employee benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,798,118  6,761,824  6,341,433  -  6,341,433  (420,391) 

    Programs with other schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395,057  1,789,850  1,266,095  30,000  1,296,095  (493,755) 

    Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000  100,000  -  -  -  (100,000) Total operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,585,482  41,593,482  40,054,080  100,277  40,154,357  (1,439,125) 

    Bond principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660,000  660,000  660,000  -  660,000  - 

    Bond interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395,494  1,250,494  1,250,494  -  1,250,494  - 

    Special assessment payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000  6,000  6,000  -  6,000  - 

    Bond anticipation note interest payments. . . . . . . . . . . . 48,132  48,132  52,272  -  52,272  4,140 

    Total debt service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,109,626  1,964,626  1,968,766  -  1,968,766  4,140 

    Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,695,108  43,558,108  42,022,846  100,277  42,123,123  (1,434,985) 

    Other financing uses -

    Transfers to the high school construction fund. . . . . . . . . . . -  145,000  145,000  -  145,000  - 

    Total expenditures and other financing uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,695,108  43,703,108  42,167,846  100,277  42,268,123  (1,434,985) 

    Net changes in fund balances from operating budget . . . . . . . . -  -  1,518,380  (100,277)  1,418,103  1,418,103 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements. (Continued)

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    EXHIBIT E

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GENERAL FUND

    STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL (BUDGETARY BASIS)

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

     Actual Over/

    Original Revised Revenues and (Under)

    Budget Budget Expenditures Encumbrances Total Budget

    Wilbraham Capital Budget:

    Revenues - assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,428  100,428  100,428  -  100,428  - 

    Other financing sources:Transfers from general fund beginning fund balance. . . . . . 43,672  43,672  43,672  -  43,672  - 

    Total revenues and other financing sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,100  144,100  144,100  -  144,100  - 

    Expenditures - debt service:

    Bond principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,000  135,000  135,000  -  135,000  - 

    Bond interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,100  9,100  9,100  -  9,100  - 

    Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,100  144,100  144,100  -  144,100  - 

    Net changes in fund balances - Wilbraham capital budget . . . . -  -  -  -  -  - 

    Hampden Capital Budget:

    Revenues - assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,000  234,000  234,000  -  234,000  - 

    Expenditures - debt service:

    Bond principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,000  180,000  180,000  -  180,000  - 

    Bond interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,000  54,000  54,000  -  54,000  - 

    Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,000  234,000  234,000  -  234,000  - 

    Net changes in fund balances - Hampden capital budget . . . . . -  -  -  -  -  - 

    Total Consolidated Budget:

    Total revenues and other financing sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,073,208  44,081,208  44,064,326  -  44,064,326  (16,882) 

    Total expenditures and other financing uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,073,208  44,081,208  42,545,946  100,277  42,646,223  (1,434,985) 

    Net change in fund balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  -  1,518,380  (100,277)  1,418,103  1,418,103 

    Reconciliation of GAAP bases to budgetary basis:

    (See Exhibit D) Transfers From Current Payment of  

    GAAP Beginning Fund Year Prior Year Budgetary

    Description Basis Balance Encumbrances Encumbrances Basis

    Revenues and other financing sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,940,539  1,123,787  -  -  44,064,326 

    Expenditures and other financing uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,642,655  -  100,277  (96,709)  42,646,223 

    Net changes in fund balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297,884  1,123,787  (100,277)  96,709  1,418,103 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements. (Concluded)

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    EXHIBIT F

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    FIDUCIARY FUNDS

    STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY NET POSITION

    JUNE 30, 2015

    Student Private-

     Activities OPEB Purpose

     Agency Trust TrustFunds Fund Funds Totals

     Assets - pooled cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261,234  161,366  7,420  430,020 

    Liabilities - due to student groups . . . . . . . . . 261,234  -  -  261,234 

    Net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  161,366  7,420  168,786 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

    EXHIBIT G

    HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    OPEB AND PRIVATE-PURPOSE TRUST FUNDS

    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET POSITION

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

    Private-

    OPEB Purpose

    Trust TrustFund Funds Totals

     Additions:

      Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  1,125  1,125 

    Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408  -  408 

    Total additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408  1,125  1,533 

    Deductions - scholarship awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -  1,000  1,000 

    Changes in net position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408  125  533 

    Net position beginning of the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,958  7,295  168,253 

    Net position end of the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,366  7,420  168,786 

    See accompanying notes to the basic financial statements.

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      EXHIBIT HHAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    `1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

    A. Reporting entity

    The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the District) is comprisedof the Towns of Hampden, and Wilbraham. The District operates under a regional agreement established in 1994,and serves the educational needs of students in grades K through 12. The District operates seven school buildings,five of which are located in the Town of Wilbraham, and two in the Town of Hampden. Schools in Hampden servestudents in grades K-8; the buildings are owned by the Town of Hampden and leased to the District for $1. Schoolsin Wilbraham serve students in grades K-12; the Town of Wilbraham owns all the school buildings except the highschool and leases them to the District for $1. The District owns and operates the high school and is responsible forboth the operating and capital costs related to the high school.

    The form of government is an elected seven-member school committee, which is responsible for appointing aSuperintendent who is the chief operating official for the District.

    The School Committee is deemed to be the budget making authority and is responsible for financial and assessmentmatters as prescribed by the District agreement, and is responsible for presenting fiscal operating budgets for membertown approval.

    The District has the power to incur indebtedness by issuing bonds or notes as provided by Massachusetts GeneralLaw.

    The accounting policies of the District conform to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as applicable togovernmental units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the accepted standard-setting bodyfor establishing governmental accounting and financial reporting principles. The following is a summary of the moresignificant policies.

     As required by generally accepted accounting principles, these financial statements present the District and itscomponent units, entities for which the District is considered to be financially accountable. Blended component units,although legally separate entities are, in substance, part of the government’s operations and so data from these unitsare combined with data of the primary government. Each discretely presented component unit (if any), on the otherhand, is reported in a separate column in the government-wide financial statements to emphasize it is legally separatefrom the District. Any blended or discretely presented component unit present has a June 30 year-end. Based uponthe foregoing criteria, the District has no component units that would require either blended or discrete presentationin these basic financial statements.

    The District, along with several other regional school districts and towns, is a member of the Lower Pioneer ValleyEducational Collaborative (the “Collaborative”). The Collaborative bills its members for various educational programsit provides to its members, which would not be feasible for individual school systems to provide, as well as providing

    transportation services. The District paid the Collaborative approximately $4,275,800 for its various services in fiscal2015.

    The Collaborative is separately governed and issues its own financial statements, which are available from theCollaborative’s business office. 

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    NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

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    1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

    B. Basis of presentation (continued)

    Governmental activities

    Governmental funds are identified as either general, special revenue, or capital projects funds based upon thefollowing guidelines.

    General fund – is the general operating fund of the District and is always classified as a major fund. It is used toaccount for all financial resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund.

    Special revenue funds  – are used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than majorcapital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes.

    Capital project funds – are used to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction

    of major capital facilities (other than those financed by trust funds).

    Fiduciary funds (not included in government-wide statements)

    Fiduciary funds are identified as either private-purpose trust funds or agency funds based upon the followingguidelines.

    Private-purpose trust funds – are used to account for resources legally held in trust for scholarship payments.

    OPEB trust fund – used to account for resources legally held in trust for retiree health insurance payments.

     Agency funds  –  are used to account for assets held by the District as an agent for individuals, private

    organizations, and/or other governmental units.

    Major Funds

    The District reports the following major governmental funds.

    General fundHigh school construction fundState payments on-behalf of teacher retirement fund

    Nonmajor funds

    The District reports the following nonmajor funds.Special revenue funds:

    Revolving fundsFederal, state, and other grant funds

    Capital project funds:Mile Tree and Stony Hill project fundCapital lease obligations fund

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    1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

    B. Basis of presentation (continued)

    Fiduciary funds

    The District reports the following fiduciary funds.Private-purpose trust funds – scholarships fundsOPEB trust fund – retiree health insurance payments

     Agency fund - student activities funds

    C.  Basis of accounting

    Government-wide financial statements

    The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the

    accrual basis of accounting. Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are recorded when earned and expensesare recorded when a liability is incurred or an economic asset used, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.Revenues, expenses, gains, losses, assets, and liabilities resulting from exchange and exchange-like transactionsare recognized when the exchange takes place.

    Private-sector standards of accounting and financial reporting issued prior to December 1, 1989, generally arefollowed in the government-wide financial statements to the extent that those standards do not conflict with orcontradict guidance of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

     Amounts reported as program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants for goods, services, orprivileges provided including specific member town assessments, 2) operating grants and contributions, and 3) capitalgrants and contributions. Revenues not classified as program revenues (e.g. general member town assessments) are

    presented as general revenues.

    When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, except in the case of debt service, it is theDistrict’s policy to generally use restricted resources first, then unrestricted resources as they are needed. 

    Fund financial statements

    Financial statements for governmental fund types are reported using the current financial resources measurementfocus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurableand available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the current period or soonenough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the government considers revenues to beavailable if they are collected within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded

    when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, as well as expendituresrelated to compensated absences and claims and judgments, are recorded only when payment is due.

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    1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

    E. Assets, liabilities, and net position or equity (continued)

    2. 

    Receivables and payables

    Receivables from and payables to other governments (i.e., the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its politicalsubdivisions) are reported as “due from other governments” and “due to other governments”, respectively.

    3. Inventories

    Inventories, if any, are valued at cost using the first-in/first-out (FIFO) method. Inventories of governmental fundsare recorded as expenditures when consumed rather than when purchased.

    4. Capital assets

    Fund financial statements

    In the fund financial statements, fixed assets used in governmental fund operations are accounted for as capitaloutlay expenditures of the governmental fund upon acquisition. Fixed asset are not capitalized and relateddepreciation is not reported in the fund financial statements.

    Government-wide financial statements

    Capital assets, which include construction in progress, buildings, machinery and equipment, computers, andvehicles, are reported in the applicable governmental or business type activities, if any, columns in thegovernment-wide financial statements. Capital assets are defined by the District as assets with an initial, individualcost of more than $5,000 and an estimated useful life in excess of two years. Such assets are recorded at

    historical cost or estimated historical cost if purchased or constructed. Significant donated capital assets arerecorded at estimated fair market value at the date of donation.

    The cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially extend theasset’s life are not capitalized. Major outlays for capital assets and improvements, for which the District has titleare capitalized as projects are constructed.

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    1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

    E. Assets, liabilities, and net position or equity (continued)

    4. Capital assets (continued)

    Government-wide financial statements (continued)

    Property, plant, and equipment of the District are depreciated using the straight line method over the followingestimated useful lives:

    Assets Years

    Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

    Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

    Land improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

    Furniture, fixtures and equipment . . . . 5 - 20

    Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

    5.  Long-term obligations

    In the government-wide financial statements long-term debt and other long-term obligations are reported asliabilities. Bond premiums and discounts, as well as significant issuance costs, are amortized over the life of thebonds using the effective interest method. Bonds payable are reported net of the applicable bond premium ordiscount.

    In the fund financial statements governmental fund types recognize bond premiums and discounts, as well asbond issuance costs, during the current period. The face amount of debt issued is reported as other financingsources. Premiums received on debt issuances are reported as other financing sources. Issuance costs, whetheror not withheld from the actual debt proceeds received, are reported as debt service expenditures.

    6.  Compensated absences

    It is the District’s policy to permit employees to accumulate earned but unused vacation benefits. All vacation payis accrued when incurred in the government-wide financial statements. A liability for these amounts is reported ingovernmental funds only if they have matured, for example, as a result of employee resignations and retirement.

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    1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 

    E.  Assets, liabilities, and net position or equity (continued)

    7. 

    Economic dependency

    The District provides education to the children of the Towns of Hampden and Wilbraham. It receives a substantialportion of its revenues from these towns, as well as from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and as such, isdependent on the economic environment of these towns and the Commonwealth.

    8.  Fund equity

    Government-wide financial statements

    Equity is classified as net position and displayed in three components:

    Invested in capital assets, net of related debt – consists of capital assets including restricted capital assets,net of accumulated depreciation and reduced by the outstanding balances of any bonds, mortgages, notes,or other borrowings that are attributable to the acquisition, construction, or improvement of those assets. Ifthere are significant unspent related debt proceeds at year-end, the portion of the debt attributable to theunspent proceeds are not included in the calculation of invested in capital assets, net of related debt.

    Restricted net position  – consists of net position with constraints placed on the use either by 1) externalgroups such as creditors, grantors, contributors, or laws or regulations of other governments or, 2) lawthrough constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.

    Unrestricted net position – consists of all other net position that do not meet the definition of “restricted” or“invested in capital assets, net of related debt”. 

    Fund financial statements

    In the fund financial statements, governmental funds report aggregate amounts for five classifications of fundbalances based on the constraints imposed on the use of these resources. The nonspendable fund balanceclassification includes amounts that cannot be spent because they are either (a) not in spendable form – prepaiditems or inventory; or (b) legally or contractually required to be maintained intact:

    The spendable portion of the fund balance comprises the remaining four classifications: restricted, committed,assigned, and unassigned.

    Restricted fund balance. This classification reflects the constraints imposed on resources either (a) externally

    by creditors, grantors, and contributors, of laws or regulations of other governments; or (b) imposed by lawthrough constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.

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    2. RECONCILIATION OF GOVERNMENT-WIDE AND GOVERNMENTAL FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    A. Explanation of differences between the net changes in fund balances for governmental funds (Exhibit D)and the change in net position of the government-wide statement of activities (Exhibit B)

    The reconciliation between net changes in fund balances reported in the governmental funds statement of revenues,expenditures, and changes in fund balances (Exhibit D) and the change in net position of the government-widestatement of activities (Exhibit B) is explained below.

    Net changes in fund balances - total governmental funds (Exhibit D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,042,659$Variance between the two statements occur as a result of the following items:

    Governmental funds report capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the government-wide statement of activities, the cost of those assets are allocated over their estimateduseful lives as depreciation expense. The components of this reconciling item are:

     Additions to capital assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,076$Depreciation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,501,000)

    Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,370,924)Changes in the balance of accrued liabilities from th