Charter Funding & ADA Mechanics
Charter schools receive most of their revenue from the state based on this daily attendance metric.
What is ADA (Average Daily Attendance)?
Federal grants like Title I must follow this detailed federal guidance.
What is 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance)?
No purchase may occur at Harmony without this being approved first.
What is Purchase Order (PO)?
This agency oversees all public education, including charters.
What is TEA?
Houston is known as one of the most ____ cities in the U.S., reflected in Harmony’s community.
What is Diversity?
The Finance team has the most birthdays in this month—the department’s unofficial “Birthday Month.”
What is January?
Because charters receive no property tax revenue, this state program provides most of their formula funding.
What is Foundation School Program?
Staff paid with federal funds must complete this documentation.
What is Time & Effort documentation?
Large purchases often require multiple quotes through this process.
What is Procurement (quotes or bids)?
Charter schools operate under this chapter of the Texas Education Code.
What is Chapter 12?
Houston is a global leader in this major industry
What is Energy/oil industry?
This month has the least birthdays in the Finance Department.
What is December?
The financial impact of each student’s attendance is calculated using this instructional program weighting system.
What is Program weights?
Grant costs must be allowable, allocable, reasonable, and ____.
What is Necessary?
This internal control prevents one person from managing all steps of a transaction.
What is Segregation of duties?
This state body determines Texas school finance laws.
What is Texas Legislature?
Houston is home to this world-famous medical district.
What is Texas Medical Center?
These first-name initials appear only once on the Finance roster. (If you say at least two of them, your answer is correct)
What is "U, N, S, B, and K"?
Charter funding is recalculated multiple times through near-final and final versions of this TEA document.
What is Summary of Finance (SOF)?
This annual federal audit ensures compliance with federal programs.
What is Single Audit?
Large state or federal purchases must show proof of getting multiple price quotes.
What is Competitive bidding?
Student attendance and staff data are submitted in this statewide reporting system.
What is PEIMS?
After a long day working in Finance—whether in accounting, grants, budget, or purchasing—this Houston staple is essential comfort food.
What is Tex-Mex?
Employees in Finance were born across several decades; this is known as this type of diversity.
What is Multi-generational diversity?
Charters must report accurate ADA because it directly feeds into this TEA output published annually.
What is State Aid Template?
Moving funds between grant budget categories requires submitting this to TEA.
What is Amendment?
Missing documentation can lead auditors to classify the expense as this.
What is Questioned cost?
Texas provides additional revenue through special program add-ons known as these.
What is Allotments?
During hurricane season, this is considered less predictable than storm paths.
What is TEA guidance?
The age span across the Finance Department based on earliest and latest birth years is approximately this many years.
What is About 40 years?