Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-98.92
Private purpose trust funds are fiduciary funds established to account for gifts the school district receives to be used for a particular purpose or to account for moneys and property received and administered by the school district as trustee. These trust funds are not irrevocable trusts and are used to account for assets held by a school district in a trustee capacity to benefit individuals, private organizations, or other governments, and therefore cannot be used to support the school district's own programs. These trust funds include both those that allow use of only the interest on the investments and those that allow use of both principal and interest. Scholarship trust funds are an example of private purpose trust funds. If a school district has more than one scholarship trust, the school district will use project codes in accordance with Uniform Financial Accounting for Iowa School Districts and Area Education Agencies, as effective on February 7, 2024, to separately account for the trusts. The district or area education agency will not transfer its own resources to a private purpose trust fund.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-98.92