Business and Finance
Supporting campus or district business financial solutions.
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Cooperatives
Business Management Cooperative
Join our Business Management Cooperative today and gain access to critical issue luncheon sessions, annual investment officer training, and consultation for your school district's administrative team, including CFOs, business managers, and superintendents.
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School Operations
Summary of Finances Template Calculation
Support and guidance on completing the Summary of Finances Template.
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Professional Development
Business Managers Academy
Level up your skills with our Business Managers Academy and gain access to workshop sessions designed for school district's business managers, office personnel, superintendents, and other administrative team members.
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Professional Development
Payroll Academy
The Payroll Academy provides a minimum of eight hands-on six-hour workshop sessions for school district’s payroll specialist. District business office personnel teams are encouraged. The first portion of the sessions will include a discussion of tasks or topics that the members are handling or will need to be handled during the following month. The remainder of the workshop will include direct assistance with current payroll tasks. Sessions are computer-based and require attendees to have web-based connectivity to their district's financial software.
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Program Support
Project Navigator
The Project Navigator team specializes in delivering tailored solutions and expert guidance using Smartsheet to streamline project management, enhance collaboration, and drive operational efficiency.
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Program Support
Full-Service Business Office Solutions
Comprehensive support for essential business office functions, ensuring compliance with TEA FASRG, GASB, EDGAR, etc., through partnership with the Texas School Finance Center, including accounting, budgeting, payroll processing, tax preparation, report generation, and state & federal fund compliance.
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School Operations
Payroll Support
Our payroll specialists work with district and campus business offices to provide accounting services that are efficient, effective, and in full compliance with all state and federal requirements.
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Spreadsheet
Template for Estimating State Aid
This template is designed to help develop annual budgets, monitor over/under state aid payments during the year, and for long-range planning, as it typically gives users the ability to project state aid for at least four subsequent school years.
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Cooperatives
InvestQ Cooperative
From record-keeping to managing distributions, we've partnered with InvestQ to deliver full-service administration of each plan. With a dedicated call center based out of Austin, Texas we're always available to help your staff with any questions or requests.
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School Operations
ASCENDER Enterprise System
ASCENDER is a powerful web-based Business and Student administrative application written specifically for Texas school districts/charter schools.
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School Operations
School Business Management Consulting Services
Behind every successful school is an efficient and effective business office. We work with campus and district leaders to offer up school business management consultations that fit their unique needs.
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Business solutions
We offer business financial solutions for districts and charter schools that maximize efficiency, reduce operating costs, and minimize the need for additional staff while maintaining full compliance with the TEA Financial Accountability System Resource Guide.
We work with districts to provide access to a business management cooperative and through training business managers and payroll specialists. We also provide other business financial solutions, such as providing help with summarizing finances, accounting, and payroll efforts for schools and districts.