Statement No. 35
Basic Financial Statements—and Management’s Discussion and Analysis—for Public Colleges and Universities—an amendment of GASB Statement No. 34
(Issued 11/99)

This Statement establishes accounting and financial reporting standards for public colleges and universities within the financial reporting guidelines of GASB Statement No. 34, Basic Financial Statements-and Management’s Discussion and Analysis-for State and Local Governments. The standards are designed to provide financial information that responds to the needs of three groups of primary users of general purpose external financial reports: the citizenry, legislative and oversight bodies, and investors and creditors. Generally, this amendment to Statement 34 permits public colleges and universities, in separately issued financial statements, to use the guidance for special-purpose governments engaged only in business-type activities, engaged only in governmental activities, or engaged in both governmental and business-type activities in their separately issued reports. Under this guidance, in its separately issued reports, a public institution is required to include management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A); basic financial statements, as appropriate for the category of special-purpose government reporting selected; notes to the financial statements; and required supplementary information other than MD&A.

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Unless otherwise specified, pronouncements of the GASB apply to financial reports of all state and local governmental entities, including general purpose governments, public benefit corporations and authorities, and public employee retirement systems, utilities, hospitals and other healthcare providers, and colleges and universities. Paragraph 2 discusses the applicability of this Statement.