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Category: Financial Management and Oversight

The Accountability Report: Charter Schools, Jeanne Allen; Alison Consoletti; Kara Kerwin, Center for Education Reform, February 2009
This report examines, state-by-state, causes of charter school closures.

Financial Oversight Handbook: A Guide for School Leaders, Employees and Boards of Trustees of SUNY Authorized Charter Schools, Charter School Institute, October 2007

Guidelines for Wisconsin Charter School Expenditures, State of Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction, May 2007
This paper offers brief guidelines that act as a checklist for expenditures in Wisconsin charter schools

Charter School Financial Management, California Charter Schools Association, 2007

Charter School Revenue Cost Estimate Worksheet, Florida Department of Education, 2007
This sheet calculates state and local funds from the Florida Education Finance Program generated by the FTE entered and designed to promote a dialogue between charter schools and districts regarding funding.

Three-Year Operational Budget Spreadsheet with Instructions, Minnesota Department of Education, 2007
A spreadsheet to create a three-year operational budget, with instructions on how to fill it out, is available through this website.

School District Financial Management: Personnel, Policies, and Practices, EdSource, November 2006

Let's do the Numbers: Seven Practices for Sound Fiscal Management of Charter Schools, Brian L. Carpenter, National Charter Schools Institute
This article offers seven recommendations for sound finance practices for charter schools.

Nevada Budget Sample, Nevada Department of Education1, 2005
This set of excel worksheets allows a charter school to create a preliminary or final budget for submission to the Nevada Department of Education.

Charter Schools Budget and Finance: A Resource Guide for Understanding, Setting Up, and Managing a Quality, Compliant School Financial System, Susan Hollins, S. Hollins Associates, December 2003
This guide provides general guidance on areas of financial operations, listed in alphabetical order. Sample financial policies, forms, and other information are included for reference.

Colorado Charter School Financial Management Guide, Colorado Department of Education, January 2003

How Much Thirty Thousand Charter Schools Cost, F. Howard Nelson, American Federation of Teachers, March 1997
This paper offers a general comparison of charter school costs and public school costs and in-depth look at charter school financing in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Financial Guide for Charter Schools, Department of Public Instruction, Division of School Business in North Carolina

Financial Program Cost Accounting and Reporting for Florida Schools
This website in PDF format outlines an introduction, balance sheet accounts, revenue accounts, expenditure accounts, and program cost accounting and reporting for charter schools, in the state.

My Charter School Budget Workbook, California Charter Schools Association
This workbook, with excel spreadsheets and detailed instructions, takes a charter school step by step through the budget creation process.

New and Ongoing Support for School Administrators (NOSSA)

Public School Academy Oversight and Accountability Standards, Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers
This report outlines the standards for oversight and accountability in public school academies in Michigan, as well as fiscal accountability and reporting practices

Monthly Financial Reports, Utah Department of Education
This blank form can serve as a template for financial and enrollment reports.