Baltimore City Public School System Baltimore, Maryland A Component Unit of the City of Baltimore Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 Prepared by: Chief Financial Officer 200 E. North Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21202 www.baltimorecityschools.org Kiara James, 2nd Grade Beautiful Bird Mixed Media North Bend Elementary/Middle School, #81 Ms. Shemway, Art Teacher INTRODUCTORY SECTION BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Year Ended June 30, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY SECTION Letter of Transmittal ................................................................................................................................................................... i Student Artwork..........................................................................................................................................................................x Principal Officials ..................................................................................................................................................................... xi Organization Chart ................................................................................................................................................................... xii Government Finance Officers Association FY 2011 CAFR Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting ..................................................................................................................................................... xiii Association of School Business Officials FY 2011 CAFR Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting ........................ xiv FINANCIAL SECTION Independent Auditor’s Report ....................................................................................................................................................1 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 .........................................................................................................................................3 Management’s Discussion and Analysis ....................................................................................................................................5 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Governmental Activities: Statement of Net Assets .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Statement of Activities ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Fund Financial Statements: Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds ........................................................................................................................ 13 Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net Assets ....................................... 14 Statement of Revenue, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance – Governmental Funds ................................... 15 Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds - Statement of Revenue, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances to the Statement of Activities .................................................................................................. 16 Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets ................................................................................................................................. 17 Notes to the Basic Financial Statements: Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies ................................................................................................ 18 Note 2: Budgeting and Budgetary Control ................................................................................................................ 23 Note 3: Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments ................................................................................................. 24 Note 4: Capital Assets ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Note 5: General Long-Term Obligations .................................................................................................................... 26 Note 6: Interfund Receivables and Payables, and Transfers ....................................................................................... 32 Note 7: Risk Management .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Note 8: Retirement Plans ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Note 9: Post Employment Benefits ............................................................................................................................ 34 Note 10: Fund Balance ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Note 11: Encumbrances .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Note 12: Litigation and Contingencies ....................................................................................................................... 36 Note 13: Prior Year Comparison ................................................................................................................................ 36 REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION General Fund (Non GAAP Budgetary Basis) Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 Special Revenue Fund Schedule of Revenue, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual ........... 38 Food Service Fund Schedule of Revenue, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual ................. 39 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Capital Projects Fund – Budgetary Comparison ................................................................................................................ 40 Schedule of Changes in Fiduciary Assets and Liabilities .................................................................................................. 41 STATISTICAL SECTION Statistical Section Narrative ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Net Assets by Component......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Changes in Net Assets .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Fund Balances, Governmental Funds ....................................................................................................................................... 45 Governmental Funds Revenues ................................................................................................................................................ 46 Governmental Funds, Expenditures and Debt Service Ratio .................................................................................................... 47 Other Financing Sources and Uses and Net Change in Fund Balances. Governmental Funds ................................................. 48 Assessed and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property ..................................................................................................... 49 Direct and Overlapping Property Tax Rates ............................................................................................................................. 50 Principal Property Tax Payers .................................................................................................................................................. 51 Property Tax Levies and Collections ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Demographic and Economic Statistics ..................................................................................................................................... 53 Principal Employers .................................................................................................................................................................. 54 Outstanding Debt by Type ........................................................................................................................................................ 55 Direct and Overlapping Debt .................................................................................................................................................... 56 Table of Existing Debt and Debt Limitation ............................................................................................................................