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ESE Chart of Accounts and Use of Finance DataMASBO Classified Personnel Training ProgramOctober 7, 2015

Melissa King, State Aid Coordinator, ESE

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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ESE Chart of Accounts• 1000’s Administration• 2000’s Instruction• 3000’s Pupil Services• 4000’s Maintenance• 5000’s Benefits and Insurance• 6000’s Community Services• 7000’s Capital Items• 8000’s Bonded Capital Purposes• 9000’s Tuition


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http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/accounting/eoy/ChartOfAccounts.pdf




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End of Year Financial Report• Revenues and expenditures• Not a balance sheet• Modified accrual basis• Expenditures by function and object• Prior fiscal year (Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 7)• Current year budget (Schedule 19)• Instructional costs by school


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End of Year Report Process• District review• Due September 30 each year after books

close• Extensions for one month• Withholding of aid• ESE review• Compliance supplement and audits• Amendments accepted for two years

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Purpose Of Report• Education reform compliance and state

aid• Federal requirements and entitlements• Statistical analysis for determining:• Per pupil spending comparisons• Average teacher salaries• School choice tuitions• Charter school tuitions• Indirect cost• Maintenance of effort• Special education expenditures % of

budgets


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http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/

http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/


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Net School Spending Compliance


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Per Pupil Expenditures


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Average Teacher Salaries


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Average Teacher Salaries Match Two Databases

• End Of Year Financial Report• Classroom teachers (function 2305)• Specialist teachers (2310)• Teacher professional days (2357)

• Education Personnel Information Management System (EPIMS)• Teacher (2305)• Co-teacher (2306)• Virtual course teacher (2307)• Virtual course co-teacher (2308)• Teacher – support content instruction


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New Finance Reporting Tool: Edwin• A powerful reporting and data analysis tool that gives

authorized district and state level users access to new information, reports and perspectives on education and programs that specifically support improvements in teaching and learning.

• Agency stakeholders, district leadership, and district business managers are be able to analyze district/school financial and school building information alongside staffing, student enrollment, and student performance information.

• Both summary and detailed data is available


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Future of MA school financial data collection process

• Maintain current process• Will technology make process easier?• Timeliness vs accuracy• How does finance data fit into the overall

goal of student achievement?• Responsible public reporting

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