KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
| Total Operating expenses | 75,702,373 | 76,402,248 |
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| Operating loss | (32,202,186) | (32,902,061) |
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| Other non-operating revenues (expenses) | 447,119 | 337,867 |
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| Net non-operating revenues | 33,314,462 | 33,205,210 |
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| Increase (decrease) in net position | 1,112,276 | 303,149 |
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| Net position, beginning of year | 115,979,215 | 114,195,008 |
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| Net position, end of year | 117,091,491 | 114,498,157 |
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In June 2012, the GASB approved Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions. This Statement replaces the requirements of Statement No. 27, Accounting for Pensions by State and Local Governmental Employers and Statement No. 50, Pension Disclosures, as they relate to governments that provide pensions through pension plans administers as trusts or similar arrangements that meet certain criteria. Statement 68 requires governments providing defined benefit pensions to recognize their long-term obligation for pension benefits as a liability for the first time, and to more comprehensively and comparably measure the annual costs of pension benefits.
Cost-sharing governmental employers will also be required to report a net pension liability, pension expense and pension-related assets and liabilities based on their proportionate share of the collective amounts for all governments in the plan. All governments participating in the defined benefit pension plan would also have the following in their note disclosures:
Descriptions of the plan and benefits provided
Significant assumptions employed in the measurement of the net pension liability
Descriptions of benefit changes and changes in assumptions
Assumptions related to the discount rate and impact on the total pension liability of a 1 percentage point increase and decrease in the discount rate
Net pension assets and liabilities
The provisions of this Statement are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2014. The University is currently evaluating the effects of this statement on its financial statements.
In March 2012, the GASB issued Statement No. 65, Items Previously Reported as Assets and Liabilities. This statement establishes accounting and financial reporting standards that reclassify, as deferred outflows of resources or deferred inflows of resources, certain items that were previously reported as assets and liabilities and recognizes, as outflows of resources or inflows of resources, certain items that were previously reported as assets and liabilities. This statement also provides other financial reporting guidance related to the impact of the financial statement elements deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources, such as changes in the determination of the major fund calculations and limiting the use of the term deferred in financial statement presentations. The provisions of this statement are effective for financial statements for periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The University is currently evaluating the effects of this statement on its financial statements.