Frequently Asked Questions
These are some of the school business questions that FCMAT has received to date. As a courtesy we do not include the name of the person asking the question. If you have a question about the business of operating California's K-12 schools, simply submit your query through the FCMAT Help Desk.
Are board members considered common law or statutory employees?
How is STRS reporting handled for teachers on "10 pay 12thly" schedule?
Are there specific provisions for paying interest for past due accounts?
Can a county office of education reimburse employees for tips or gratuity?
Can we charge "project generated" facilities to projects?
Determining restricted indirect cost rates for school districts and county offices
Does the 15% carryover still apply for the Adult Ed. Fund?
Has the 1996 federal mileage reimbursement rate changed?
How do county offices assign percentage of salary distribution to employees?
Is Independent Study considered an excused absence?
Is there a contradiction in the 1992 Edition of the School Accounting Manual?
Is it appropriate to charge special ed. programs for pupil service costs?
How should prior year Miller-Unruh money be accounted for on the J390 report?
Object coding of Low Incidence "equipment" designated for a specific student
What are legalities of transferring money from ABE to General Fund?
What is the recommended time for retaining district audits?
What is the statute of limitations on a claim for back wages?
Where does the Education Code discuss gift of public funds?
Are county offices putting stop payments on stale-dated checks?
Are there any instructions on developing Student Body Organizations?
Are there provisions in 95-5 that would exempt charter schools?
Attendance reporting for charter schools
Authority of the school board to make budget revisions to the district budget
California districts that have received a "qualified" or "negative" certification
Can salaries and benefits as a % of total expense be used to indicate trouble?
Can school board members use the Internet to communicate?
Ed Code Sections 42800 & 42820: authorization of revolving cash funds
Fundraiser by non-student body organizations
Has a form been created for AB 1578 and the reporting of 50/50 dollars?
Home Study - an independent study program
How does a district apply for the GATE program?
How will categorical programs be affected by AB 727?
Is it legal for the student body to hold a raffle to raise funds?
Is there a legal date by which we must notify staff and parents that we are changing back to traditional calendar from year round?
Is there a source for formulas for various revenue sources?
Listing of retired/consulting business officials available for interim assignments
Recommended wording for policy regarding ASB funds
Records Retention Manual
School calendars
Verification of a student's withdrawal from enrollment
Student out of country and independent study
Use of left-over student body funds for class reunion
New! What are the reserve requirements for different sized districts?
What are the state per diem rates are?
What is the federal milage reimbursement rate for 1998?
What is the 1998 TSA annual maximum contribution?
What is the meaning of the term "Regular ADA?"
What is Title 22 of the California Codes?
New! What is the required number of minutes of instruction per week at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels for Science and Social Studies?
When do board members elected in this election take office?
Where can I find statistics on district spending per pupil, dropout rates, etc.?
How to account for community redevelopment revenue not subject to the revenue limit deduction?
AB1200 and collective bargaining disclosures
Board member compensation and board meetings missed
Can a district levy a Real Estate Transfer Tax?
Can a school board establish regulations regarding campaign contributions?
Changing part-time employee alternative social security plan
Classified overtime paid in cash or compensatory time off?
County office's responsibility to fiscally independent districts?
Definition of collective bargaining unit for AB1200 public disclosure?
District or county revolving fund policies
Ed. code section covering county office audit process of vendor warrants
Does a JPA qualify as "self-insured" for the J-200 certification?
Expression of sympathy using district funds
Final payment to a terminated certificated temporary employee
Recent bill allowing STRS retirees to be rehired and still collect retirement
Is it legal for a district to pay a new employee a relocation allowance?
Is the J-14 a state requirement?
Is there a document that gives education sites tax exempt status?
Teacher Reading Instruction Development Program apportionment
Questions of deferred pay
PERS, unused sick leave and retirement credit
What are the final figures for block grants?
What are the appropriate/legal withholdings for elected board members?
What is the ed. code that authorizes transfer of sick leave between districts?
Where can I find "sample" Board Resolutions for financial matters?
Can a student body purchase and finance a van for the district?
Does Gov.Code 53060 include architects as it relates to bidding exemptions?
Regarding Early Literacy Funding
Can a school district hire college students on a part-time basis?
Can cafeteria funds be used to remove asbestos?
Is there a consultant who could recommend food service software?
What is required as far as student recess time and lunch?
Amounts that districts can charge employees for lunch
Explanation of use of direct service and other purpose revenue limit funds
What is the county office's responsibility for community colleges?
County office's responsibility to notify of budget hearings for school districts
SB 1969/AB 1041 & Ed. Code 44253.10: Should we train staff for these?
Has Public Contract Code Section 22300 sunsetted?
Is there a complete list of elementary (K-3) schools in the San Fernando area?
Unused class size reduction program money from 1996-97
What are immanent domain procedures for usurping property for a school?
What is the limitation on deferred maintenance critical hardship funding?
Are 1995-96 J-90s available on the Internet?
Does the transportation approtionment consider supplemental grants?
Is adult education in the block grant $38/ADA?
Is there legislation regulating realignment of ERAF taxes?
Are school districts required to hire consultants through competitive bidding?
Can someone be hired for X hours per week, instead of X hours per day?
Does AB 1612 require districts to take fingerprints of certificated employees?
Is it necessary to put adult education teachers on contract?
New! What are requirements for classification of certificated staff on emergency credentials?
What is required in a job description that complies with the Disabilities Act?
What is the time period in which sick leave may be transferred?
Are there examples of suggested policies and guidelines for computers?
Do schools have specific rights of cabling and service within company charters?
Guidelines, articles, anything on Internet and email courtesy and protocols.
Is there shareware available for the cohort survival calculation?
The $66/ADA ($25,000/site minimum) allocation and unexpended funds
What is the status of the Teleconferencing proposal?
California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act
Can the minimum age requirement for kindergarten be waived?
Do we need to go to bid for an audit that will not meet the $15,000 limit ?
Does anyone have an exclusive licensing agreement for school garments?
Does the Education Code prohibit purchase of food from general fund?
Funding secondary textbooks
Information regarding centralized warehousing versus distributed purchasing
Is there any way to avoid going to bid on a $70,000-80,000 project?
Non-profit setting up a buying co-operative to purchase without going to bid
Revenues from juvenile hall and community schools
What is the new revised legal bid limit?
Information about the School Transportation Coalition
Transportation Equalization: SB 120 and AB 2972