Building Blocks
Know Your Acronyms
Spreadsheet Trivia
Account-Abililty
"S" words
100
When these decrease they prevent you from selling another series of Local Bonds.
What is "Assessed Values?"
100
LCFF
What is "Local Control Funding Formula?"
100
According to a recently published Harvard study, 88% of all spreadsheets contain these.
What are "errors?"
100
This state form auto-populates accurately once all warrant information is in Account-Ability.
What is the "184 or the 50-06?"
100
It's a mental or emotional condition, you also live within one, it's also the "S" found within the acronym DSA.
What is "State?"
200
These are monies collected/paid to the local school district to mitigate costs of new schools and growth projects due to new homes and expansions of homes within the District's boundaries.
What are "Developer Fees?"
200
C.A.S.H.
What is "Coalition for Adequate School Housing?"
200
This symbol signifies the beginning of a formula.
What is the "=" or "+" symbol?
200
Although humans are doing this as they get older, sometimes this section gets in neglected when developing/maintaining budgets in Account-Ability.
What is "Aging?"
200
For some this was a pain, for others a this was a pleasure, and its also the "S" in Office of Pubic S..... Construction.
What is "School?"
300
This program provides assistance for districts that cannot provide all or a part of their local share for a School Facility Program project.
What is "Financial Hardship Program?"
300
The "T" in D.T.S.C.
What is "Toxic"
300
Found in every spreadsheet, these extent horizontally and vertically.
What are "Rows and Columns?"
300
Options selected here allow you to configure and save configurations of your reports.
What is the "Order Screen?"
300
Districts have these when every door handle is required to be the same... Also tends to be a requirement of moral conduct.
What is "Standards?"
400
Effective July 1, 2013 Assembly Bill 97 repealed the SAB apportionment authority for the this Program/Fund and provided for full local control over these expenditures, earnings and funds.
What is the "Deferred Maintenance Program/Fund?"
400
The "A" in S.A.B.
What is "Allocation?"
400
This interactive tool slices, dices, and summarizes data into a table format.
What is a "Pivot Table?"
400
Usually found within Lease/Lease/Back construction contracts, these buckets of money are available for only specific and allowable activities.
What is an "Allowance Category?"
400
Although rarely recommended when dealing with construction invoices, this method is often used with dispersing an invoice across multiple projects.
What is "Split Coding?"
500
These are the 6 required O.P.S.C. project reporting categories.
What is "Site, Planning, Construction, Testing, Inspection, and F&E?"
500
G.A.G.A.S.
What is "Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards?"
500
This symbol signifies a direct reference.
What is the "$" symbol?
500
Accountants call work that occurred in the previous fiscal year but not a paid until the following fiscal year one of these.
What is an "Accrual?"
500
Having always been on shaky ground, this mitigation program provides for the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of the “most vulnerable” school facilities.
What is "Seismic?"
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