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School Finance Final
These are to help study for the SNU School Finance final exam in the MAEL program.
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Finance
Post-Graduate
01/18/2012

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Term
Activity Accounts
Definition

One of the 11 funds

(fundraisers, gate fees, etc.)

 

Highest area of fraud by employees

Term
According to Value
Definition
Ad valorum
Term
Advanced Placement
Definition
a state appropriated revenue
Term
Ad Valorum
Definition

according to value

Property Tax (local)

 

Term
Alternative Education
Definition
state appropriated revenue
Term
Appropriated (State)
Definition

must be voted on by legislation

there are several appropriated funds

Term
Arts in Education
Definition
state appropriated fund
Term
Assessment Ratio
Definition

11%

used to determine property taxes

Term
Audit
Definition

district audits are required by the state and must be conducted by an independent auditor within

6 months of the close of the fiscal year

 

results must be made available to the public

Term
ADM
Definition

Average Daily Membership

(who is actually on the rosters/enrolled)

 

this is also the largest "weight" for schools

 

Term
Bilingual
Definition
a weight used for equalization
Term
Bond
Definition

one of the 11 funds 

 

used for construction 

 

Term

Building

 

Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

used for repairs, utilities, custodian salaries

 

 5 mills of the Ad Valorem

Term
Capital Improvements
Definition
I guess this is on the list because this is what you would use the Bond Funds for????
Term
Cash
Definition

Fund Balance

 

Cash Forward 

 

nonrevenue, prior year lapsed appropriations

Term

Carl Perkins

 

Definition
a Federal Revenue source; vocational and tech ed.
Term
Child Nutrition
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

 

Term
Co-op
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

nonrevenue; sharing when 2 or more districts share programs like rural, alternative programs

Term
County Four Mill
Definition

one of the 7 sources of revenue that are used for equalization

given to all the school districts that reside in the county

the largest source for the intermediate funding

often combined with the 35 local mills for a total of 39 mills that go to General Fund

Term
Current Year Funding
Definition
mid-term allocation
Term
debt payments
Definition
sinking fund purpose
Term
dedicated
Definition

one of the two categories of state funding:  DEDICATED AND APPROPRIATED

 

gross production; motor vehicle; rural electric (REA or REC); school land earnings; vehicle tax stamp; farm implement tax

Term
driver's education
Definition
state appropriated revenue source
Term
economic disadvantage
Definition
one of the "weights"
Term
Endowments
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

gifts, scholarships, etc. 

 

don't want to include this funding with general funding so that it is easier to track

Term
Estimate of Needs
Definition

compiled by auditor in August

 

school board must approve within 45 days after Excise Board approved

 

usually becomes official budget; can spend 100%

Term
Federal
Definition

12% of funding

 

 

Term
FICA
Definition

7.65% 

 

one of the "burdens"

Term
Flex Benefit
Definition
state appropriated revenue
Term
Foundation Aid
Definition

state appropriated revenue

 

part of the state aid formula along with transportation and salary incentive

Term
General Fund
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

operations, payroll/salaries, etc.

 

largest portion is from Ad Valorum

(35 mills + County 4 = 39 mills)

Term
Grade Weight
Definition

or ADM 

 

this is the largest "weight"

Term
Gifted
Definition
one of the "weights"
Term
Gross Production
Definition

oil/gas production

 

a chargeable--used for equalization

 

state dedicated revenue

 

 

Term
health insurance
Definition
one of the "burdens"
Term
Incremental
Definition

one of the 2 types of budgets

 

expenditures start with amount budgeted or spent in current budget and then adjusted by the same percentage each year (increased or decreased)

Term
Intermediate
Definition

County

 

4 mills

Term
Isolation
Definition
one of the "weights"
Term
Johnson O'Malley
Definition

federal revenue source

 

Indian education

Term
Local
Definition

23%

 

Ad Valorum tax is the biggest source

Term
Maps for Kids
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

OKC area sales tax

Term
Migrant
Definition
federal revenue source
Term
Motor Vehicle
Definition

car tags

 

state dedicated revenue

 

one of the chargeables used for equalization

Term
National School Lunch
Definition
a federal revenue fund 
Term

Oklahoma Cost Accounting System 

 

Definition

OCAS

 

coding for expenditures to help track funds

 

OCAS report submitted by district to State in July

Term
Operations
Definition
budget prepared by staff; anticipated expenditures
Term
OPAT
Definition

Oklahoma Parents as Teachers

 

state appropriated revenue

Term
Preliminary Estimate of Needs
Definition

auditor makes in December

 

can spend 75% of this

Term
Property Tax
Definition

largest source of revenue for local funding 

 

35 mills

Term
Professional Development
Definition
state appropriated revenue
Term
Raw ADM
Definition
no weights added to the Average Daily Membership
Term
REA/REC
Definition

Rural Electric Co-op  or Rural Electric Association

 

dedicated revenue

 

chargeable

Term
repair buildings
Definition
comes out of the Building Fund
Term
Salary Incentive
Definition

state appropriated revenue

 

Term
Sales Tax
Definition
one of the 11 funds
Term
Scholarships
Definition
paid for out of the gifts and endowments (one of the 11 funds)
Term
School Land Earnings
Definition

state dedicated revenue 

 

chargeable

Term
School Lunch Matching
Definition
state appropriated revenue 
Term
Sinking
Definition

one of the 11 funds

 

used to pay off debt

 

Term
small school
Definition
one of the weights
Term
Special Education
Definition

federal revenue source

 

also one of the weights

Term
State
Definition

65% of funding

 

dedicated and appropriated

Term
State Aid
Definition
appropriated revenue
Term
student activities and sports
Definition
paid for out of the Activity Funds
Term
Student and Adult Lunch
Definition
federal revenue source
Term
summer program
Definition
one of the weights
Term
Supplemental Appropriation
Definition
must ask Excise Board for permission to spend if district receives grant money and plans to use funding during the current fiscal year
Term
Teacher Retirement Fee
Definition

9%

 

one of the burdens

Term
Teacher Index
Definition

one of the weights

 

 

Term
textbooks
Definition
state appropriated revenue
Term

Title I

 

 

 

Definition

Remediation

 

Term
Title II
Definition
Quality Teacher
Term
Title III
Definition
English Language
Term
Title IV
Definition
21st Century
Term
Title V
Definition
Innovative Programs
Term
Title VI
Definition
Rural Schools
Term
Title VII
Definition
Indian Education
Term
Title VIII
Definition
Impact Aid
Term
Transportation Aid
Definition
state appropriated revenue
Term
Trust
Definition
one of the 11 funds
Term
Trust payments
Definition
the purpose of the Trust Fund
Term
Treasurer's Report
Definition
prepared by the District Treasurer montly
Term
Co-op
Definition
two or more districts sharing a program
Term
unemployment insurance
Definition

burden to the district

 

self-funded by the district

Term
workman's compensation insurance
Definition

burden to the district

 

self-funded by the district

Term
Zero-based Budget
Definition

one of the two types of budgeting; each expenditure budgeted for must be justified

 

Plainview is an example of this

 

State Dept of Ed is the only agency that does not have to do this type of budgeting

Term
5
Definition

building fund mills

 

also 5 mill Emergency levey in General Fund 

Term
10
Definition

net assessed valuation

 

bond indebtedness

Term
11
Definition
% assessment ratio
Term
20
Definition
constitution mills in General Fund
Term
35
Definition
local mills/ad valorum in General Fund
Term
39
Definition
total General Fund mills
Term
50
Definition
simple majority
Term
60
Definition

super majority 

to pass Bond Issue

Term
Name all 11 Funds
Definition

general fund

building fund

sinking fund

child nutrition

Co-op programs

activity funds

gifts and endowments

bond funds

trust

Maps for Kids

sales tax

Term
All schools have which of the 3 funds?
Definition
general, building, and activity funds
Term
two categories of Federal Funds
Definition

nonrevenue

 

cash

Term
name the 3 parts of the State Aid Formula
Definition

1. Foundation

 

2.  Transportation

 

3.  Salary Incentive

Term
name the four chargeables of the State Dedicated Revenue
Definition

school land earnings

 

gross production

 

motor vehicle

 

REA/REC tax

Term
name the "7 Equalized" sources of revenue of state dedicated revenue
Definition

Ad Valorem

County 4 Mill

State Aid

School Land Earnings

Gross Production

Motor Vehicle

REA/REC Tax

Term

name sources of funding from State Appropriated Revenue

 

Definition
mentor teachers, flex benefit allowance, alternative educ, community educ, arts-in-oklahoma, professional development, great expectations, reading sufficiency, textbooks, adult educ matching, drivers educ, AP incentives, OPAT, additional homestead, child nutrition, vocational
Term
name the 7 district salary burdens
Definition

1.  FICA/Medicare

2.  Retirement

3. Retirement Fee

4.  Health Insurance

5.  Other Insurance

6.  Workers Comp. Insurance

7.  Unemployment Insurance

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