- Documenting Board Approval for Payroll Contracts
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- Why Segregation of Duties Matters in an IT Environment
- Don’t Hold Your Breath: Why Water and Wastewater Rates in Arizona Aren’t Falling Anytime Soon
- Do Your Due Diligence!
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- Adjacent Ways Projects: Capitalize or Expense?
- Excel Made Easy – VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP
- Physical Inventory Considerations
- I Submitted a December Budget Revision, Now What?
Tag Archives: Alex Cooksey
Indirect Costs – Fast Facts for Arizona School Districts
Indirect Cost Definition Indirect costs are expenditures that are necessary for an organization’s operations but are not easily associated with a specific grant project or program. Indirect Cost examples include: Utilities Liability Insurance Employee salaries and benefits Administrative supplies How … read more
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Alex Cooksey, CFE
Areas of Expertise: Working with school districts, local governments, community grant schools and non-profit organizations Management advisory services for Arizona school districts Governmental accounting Financial statement and compliance audits Federal program compliance Presenter at workshop sponsored by AASBO USFR compliance … read more
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Grants Management – Basic Grants Guide for ESEA Title Grants & IDEA Grants
Arizona school districts receive various grants from local, state and federal funding sources. Many of the state and federal grants are passed through and managed by Arizona Department of Education. ADE uses the Grants Management Enterprise system (GME). This article … read more
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Do I Need To Do a December Budget Revision?
You may be sitting in your office thinking, “Now what…do I really get a break?” You just submitted the many required reports to meet the October 15th deadline but are unsure of where to go from here. Now that you … read more
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School District Physical Inventory Process
Do you know the last time your district completed a full physical inventory over all assets? Did you know that federal rules require an inventory of equipment to be completed every two years and that state rules require the physical … read more
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