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Deposits and Investments
Cash balances from the majority of funds are pooled for investment purposes. Earnings from such investments are allocated to the respective funds based on applicable cash participation by each fund. The investment pools are managed such that all participating funds have the ability to deposit and withdraw cash as if they were demand deposit accounts, and therefore all balances representing participants’ equity in the investments pools are classified as either cash or investments for purposes of these statements. For investments which are held separately from the pools, those which are highly liquid (including restricted assets) with an original maturity of 90 days or less are considered to be cash equivalents, except for investments held with paying agents. The amounts reported as cash consist of cash demand deposits; amounts placed with the State Board of Administration (SBA) in Florida PRIME, the Florida Fixed Income Trust Cash Pool and the Florida Public Assets for Liquidity Management (FL PALM).
Cash deposits are held by banks qualified as public depositories under Florida law. All deposits are insured by the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation and collateralized with securities held in Florida's multiple financial institution collateral pool as required by Chapter 280, Florida Statutes. For the enterprise and internal service funds, the statement of cash flows considers cash as those accounts used as demand deposit accounts and amounts held by fiscal agent.
Investments consist of amounts placed in the SBA debt service accounts for investment of debt service monies, with the SBA for participation in the Florida PRIME investment pool created by Sections 218.405, Florida Statutes, and those made locally. The investment pool operates under investment guidelines established by Section 215.47, Florida Statutes.
The District’s investments in Florida PRIME and Florida Public Assets for Liquidity Management (FL PALM), which the SBA and FL PALM indicate are Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule 2a7-like external investment pool, as of June 30, 2021, are similar to money market funds in which shares are owned in the fund rather than the underlying investments. These amounts are reported at amortized cost.
Investments made locally consist of United States Treasury Securities and Federal Agency Securities, money market and bond mutual funds, corporate debt obligations, commercial paper and are reported at fair value. Types and amounts of investments held at fiscal year-end are described in Note 4.