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CPACE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat are categorical funds? - Answers -1. Restricted funds for specific purposes only.
2. State - Title I, Federal Government, child nutrition
School Site Council - Answers --principal is member
-50/50 between parents and employees
-does not vote on federal/state budgets
Define "audit" and state what information an audit provides about school district funds. -
Answers -An audit is an examination of documents, records and accounts.
Confirms the fund balances as well as their distribution among restricted and
unrestricted funds.
What are the seven fields that must be included in the account codes of the CA School
Accounting Manual? - Answers -1. Fund
2. Resource
3. Project Year
4. Goal
5. Function
6. Object
7. Account group
What is zero-based budgeting? (ZBB) - Answers --builds from the bottom up
-administrators programs annually
-cardinal principal: "nothing is sacred"
-objective is to force a rigorous evaluation of all programs
-administrator is asked to justify for the financial resources requested to meet program
goals
SB90 - Answers --sets the maximum amount to be spent
-created a ceiling
What is the major requirement of the California Master Plan for Special Education?
(SB1870) - Answers --FAFE through age 21
-assessment
-IEP
-LRE
-pre-screenings
Proposition 98 - Answers --set a minimum for school spending
-set the foundation at about 40% to be the minimum reserve from the state's budget
-created the School Accountability Report Card
,How do the economic and cultural conditions of students affect their educational
attainment and how does this relationship impact school funding? - Answers -it doesn't
level the playing field
Who prescribes the areas into which a budget is organized? - Answers -The California
Department of Education has responsibility for developing paper forms and procedures
for school district accounting
What besides food and personnel are legitimate costs of the food program? - Answers -
1. Cleanliness
2. pest control
utilities cost
What are some reasons to have the staff eat in the cafeteria? - Answers -1. to generate
revenue
2. to have them influence the children
3. pays to have staff close by in case of an emergency
What safeguards must be in place before student body fund monies may be expended?
- Answers -- must be approved in budget
- or recorded in minutes
- receive prior approval
- should be used to benefit students who are currently active members of student
organizations and have assisted in generating such funds
What are the major categories of service for Spec Ed students and what % of students
is served in each of these 5 options? - Answers -1. Designated Instruction Service
(APE, Speech, OT)
2. RSP
3. SDC
4. Non-public schools (NPS)
5. Residential Schools in Utah, Texas (we ships the kids outta state)
The three types of major school expenditures are: - Answers -1. Operating costs
2. payments toward retirement of long-term debt
3. Capital Outlay for long-term assets such as land, buildings, and equipment
What is the major portion of a district's income and what is the major factor that
determines how much a district gets? - Answers -1. major portion of each district's
income is its "revenue limit"
2. the major factor that determines it is the ADA (Average Daily Attendance)
What are some of the budget decisions that must be made every year? - Answers --
staffing ->hiring, replacing
- benefits ->what fringe benefits to provide
- salary adjustments for employees
, - new instructional programs
- maintenance of facilities
- textbooks, materials, resources
- construction of new schools
What is the FCMAT and why is it established? - Answers -- SWAT team for a budget
- an agency designed to assist districts with their financial and management
responsibilities
- a team sent out to help straighten out a negative budget
- help with management issues, do fiscal staff developments, website resources,
management studioes, help districts achieve fiscal stability
What are the two highest funded programs through federal categorical aid? - Answers -
Title I -> students living in poverty
Title II -> improving teacher and administrator quality
What di Prop 13 do? - Answers -shifted control from local to state government
What are some aspects of the voucher/choice/privatization issue? - Answers -- it
involves issuance of a document entitling the student to schooling of family preference
- Advantage: families have a choice
-Disadvantage: would take away financial support for PE
When was the school breakfast program (SBP) established and what is the participation
in it by students in California? - Answers --> established in 1966 by congress to help
ease morning hunger
-> open to all students, those who qualify for the free or reduced lunch qualify for
breakfast as well
-> funded by the state
What must a district do on both of these dates: Oct 31 and Jan 31? To whom does this
information go and what are the three types of responses? - Answers -- district files and
submits Interim Financial Report with COE, SPI and SC
Three responses:
1. Positive -> district has sufficient resources to meet obligations
2. Qualified -> may have sufficient resources to meet obligations, some concerns need
to be checked
3. Negative -> no sufficient funds and budget is no good
What is a "work order" and what are the advantages of using such system? - Answers --
use a computer to track where the majority of the repairs are going
- use it to predict budget needs for the upcoming school year
- account for repairs efficiently
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