F-33-L3 Director Letter/Cash and Investments Held

F-33-L3
(8-2015)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau ...
The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the 2015 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Form F-33)
jointly with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). We conduct this survey in order to make
available up-to-date school district finance data essential to the work of the U.S. Congress, state
legislators, government finance officers, education research organizations, and many others.
State education agencies report most of the school district finance data requested for this survey. State
financial reports, however, often do not contain details regarding school district assets held in various
nonretirement funds, such as general, debt service, and bond funds. In addition to assets, we are also
requesting information on long-term and short-term debt, which is also often not available in state
financial reports.
The Census Bureau conducts this survey and requests your voluntary assistance under the authority of
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 161, and 182; and Title 20, United States Code,
Sections 9543-44. We estimate this survey will take 15 minutes to complete. On the form on the back of
this letter you will find disclosure descriptions regarding Office of Management and Budget number, and
burden estimate statement. Please read the instructions, complete the form, and return it
within two weeks. You can complete your form online by following the instructions
provided.
Public records retained from this collection do not require confidentiality under provisions of Title 13,
United States Code, Section 9(a).
The reverse side of this letter lists the detailed information about the school district debt and asset data
that we are requesting. There is a web application (https://respond.census.gov/f33) available for
submitting these data. You can find your school district’s username and password for the web application
on the reverse side. Among the benefits of the web application is the ability to view the prior year data
your school district submitted. If you prefer, you can still return this letter in the enclosed addressed
envelope.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have additional questions, please call my staff on
1–800–622–6193, weekdays between 8 AM and 6 PM EST.
Sincerely,

John H. Thompson
Director
Enclosure
PLEASE CONTINUE ON REVERSE SIDE

census.gov

OMB No. 0607-0700: Approval Expires 08/31/2015

Part I

CASH AND INVESTMENTS HELD AT END OF FISCAL YEAR 2015

Report below amounts of cash and investments (at market value) for the following funds:
Sinking funds: Reserves held specifically for redemption of long-term debt of your district.
Bond funds: All unexpended proceeds of bond issues that were being held at the end of the fiscal year in any funds or
accounts, pending their disbursement.
All other funds. EXCLUDE any employee retirement funds.
If you have any questions, please call 1–800–622–6193.
NOTE: Please keep a copy for your records. If you need to view your prior year’s data, please use the web application.
Amount at end of fiscal year (Omit cents)
Type of asset

Held in sinking funds,
as defined above

Held in bond funds,
as defined above

(a)

Cash and investments – Include cash balances,
cash on hand, certificates of deposit, federal securities,
state and local government securities, mortgages, and
corporate stocks, bonds, and notes.

Part II

WØ1

Held in all other funds,
except for any employee
retirement funds

(b)
W31

(c)
W61

DEBT – FISCAL YEAR 2015

Section A — include bonded indebtedness and any other school district interest-bearing debt with a term of more than one
year. Include general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, and certificates of participation. EXCLUDE lease
purchase agreements, compensated absences, accounts payable, and other noninterest bearing obligations.
Section B — include interest-bearing tax anticipation and bond anticipation note balances and other short-term debt with a
term of one year or less.

Section A – LONG TERM – Term of more than one year
Amount
(Omit cents)

Type of debt
19H

1. Outstanding at beginning of fiscal year

21F

2. Issued during fiscal year (Revenue code 5110)

31F

3. Retired during fiscal year (Object 831)

41F

4. Outstanding at end of fiscal year (1 plus 2 minus 3)

Section B – SHORT TERM – Term of one year or less
Amount
(Omit cents)

Type of debt
61V

1. Outstanding at beginning of fiscal year

66V

2. Outstanding at end of fiscal year

Return via Internet:
https://respond.census.gov/f33 Username:

Return via Fax:
1–888–891–2099

Password:

Return via Mail:
US CENSUS BUREAU
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001

Remarks

You are not required to respond to this collection of information if it does not display a valid approval number from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The eight-digit OMB number is 0607-0700 and appears in the upper right corner of this report form.
Please note that this is a national form that applies to governments with wide differences in the size of their service areas, the amount of population served,
and the extent and complexity of their financial accounts. We estimate public reporting burden for this collection of information to vary from 10 to 20 minutes
per response, with an average of 15 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: ECON Survey Comments 0607-0700, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, EMD-8K122, Washington, D.C. 20233. You may e-mail comments to ECON.Survey.Comments@census.gov; use "ECON Survey Comments
0607-0700" as the subject.

Part III

DATA SUPPLIED BY

Name

E-mail address
FORM F-33-L3 (8-2015)

Title

Fax number

Telephone
Area code Number
Date

Extension