Explore the effects of food insecurity on children and its impact on school readiness.
| A Hungry Child Cannot Learn |
Join our webinar to learn how to accelerate the use of contactless payments for activity funds acros... | Accelerating Use of Contactless Payments for Activity Funds |
Our online Accounting & Finance Trivia Challenge will test your knowledge of terms and/or acr... | Accounting & Finance Trivia Challenge |
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in multiple types of federal funding for school districts. The ne... | Accounting for COVID-19 Federal Funding |
This course provides an overview of the accounting cycle and the various types of budgetary approach... | ACT100 Online - Introduction to Accounting |
This course covers all aspects of Activity Fund Accounting to include the different types of activit... | ACT103 Online - Activity Fund Accounting |
This course covers the legal basis for budgets and provides an overview of the development of the bu... | ACT104 Online - Budget & Financial Planning |
This beginning course addresses the accounting cycle, budgetary accounting, and governmental fund ac... | ACT105A Online - Basic Governmental Accounting PART 1 |
This course continues Basic Governmental Accounting by introducing recognition principles for assets... | ACT105B Online - Basic Governmental Accounting PART 2 |
This course reviews financial code requirements and provides an overview of fund codes, function cod... | ACT106 Online - Financial Coding for Texas Schools |
This course explains proper accounts payable processes and procedures in school district business of... | ACT108 Online - Accounts Payable Processes |
This course was developed to provide guidelines in the preparation of financial statements and notes... | ACT306 Online-Government-wide Financial Statements & Report |
This webinar reviews best practices for a variety of aspects of activity funds and shares resourc... | Activity Funds Series - Best Practices |
Activity funds must be reviewed continuously throughout the year. In a small or mid-sized ISD, wh... | Activity Funds Series - Continuous Auditing |
This webinar reviews best practices for school fundraising activities through activity funds in a... | Activity Funds Series - Fundraiser Do's and Don'ts |
So you need information on activity funds? This webinar compares the differences between the two typ... | Activity Funds Series - Overview of Activity Funds |
This webinar provides information about tax exempt status, tax exempt purchases, tax exempt sales, a... | Activity Funds Series - Sales Tax |
Investment rates have risen dramatically in the past 18-24 months, and arbitrage rebate and yield... | Arbitrage Rebate is Back – A Guide to Arbitrage Compliance |
Originally recorded as part of the Construction Academy, this live recording reviews design devel... | Architectural Drawings & Cost Estimates |
TASBO has partnered with Texas Education Agency (TEA) to provide insight on FASRG 18 changes that wi... | Are You Ready for FASRG 18 |
Should your district consider changing the fiscal year-end from 8/31 to 6/30? Maybe, or maybe not... | Are You Wondering: Should Your District Change Fiscal Years? |
The PEIMS AT-RISK-INDICATOR-CODE indicates whether a student is currently identified as at-risk of d... | At-Risk Student Identification, Review, and Funding Impact |
This course demonstrates the need for an internal audit function. It covers the selection and devel... | AUD201 Online - Internal Auditing |
Attend this webinar to obtain tips and areas to review when conducting a construction audit.
... | Auditing and Closeouts |
Managing every dollar of school activity funds efficiently and accurately is challenging if you d... | Best Practices Activity Fund Management TX School Districts |
Accounts payable processing is a repetitive task that is performed on at least a weekly basis, or... | Best Practices in Accounts Payable Processing |
Most Texas school districts are categorized as an Applicable Large Employer (ALE) under the Affor... | Best Practices in Preparing ACA 1095 Forms |
Beyond Boundary Planning: Using Location Analytics
Using location analytics to improve fundi... | Beyond Boundary Planning: Using Location Analytics |
This webinar is a review of the Board policies that are common to payroll and human resources fun... | Board Policies Common to Payroll and Personnel Functions |
This webinar will explain the process of selling bonds, the pros and cons of each construction metho... | Bond Financing and the Construction Process |
Our online Budget Trivia Challenge will test your knowledge of terms and/or acronyms involved in ... | Budget Trivia Challenge |
Now more than ever, school finance staff have realized district budgets are a constant balancing ... | Budgets Are a Balancing Act |
The campus master schedule has so many implications related to student academic needs, budgeting ... | Building the Master Schedule: Campus, Finance, HR & PEIMS |
Our online Business Manager Trivia Challenge will test your knowledge of terms and/or acronyms in... | Business Manager Trivia Challenge |
Texas public school funding is largely determined by the students that att... | Campus Connections - Texas School Finance 101 |
Cash management is a critical function that comes under a lot of scrutiny during the financial audit... | Cash Management for Campus Bookkeepers |
This presentation will review the required information to be included in a Child Nutrition depart... | Child Nutrition Procurement/Code of Conduct Manuals |
Has YOUR district experienced a TRS Audit….yet? If not, it is essential to know what recor... | Common TRS Audit Findings & How to Avoid Them |
Originally presented in Fort Worth, Texas (2018) as part of the Bonds, Building & Beyond Acad... | Community Engagement and the Bond Process |
Texas school districts are often the center of the community both in rural... | Community Engagement for Public Schools-Role of the Campus |
The EDGAR regulations, specifically §200.430, allow compensation and benefit costs with federal gran... | Compensation Costs/Time & Effort for Federal Procedures Man. |
This webinar, part one in a two part Comprehensive School Safety Review series, will provide info... | Comprehensive School Safety Review Part 1 |
This webinar, part two in the Comprehensive School Safety Review series, will provide information... | Comprehensive School Safety Review Part 2 |
How student absences and attendance impact Texas schools will be reviewed. The impacts to funding... | Cost of Student Absences |
Does your district have a CTE program that encourages and supports CTE Student Businesses? If so,... | CTE Student Businesses - Tracking Revenues and Costs |
Join our informative webinar on Risk Management designed for school personnel handling risk manag... | Cultivating Effective Risk Management for School Personnel |
Join our informative webinar as we delve into the complexities of employment status, providing va... | Decoding Worker Status: Differentiating Employee/Contractors |
Discuss your district’s Academic Return on Investment (AROI), which is the practice of eval... | Determining Academic Return on Investment (AROI) |
This 3-part webinar series is critical for every payroll department of one, and for every mid-size t... | Developing a Payroll Operating Procedures Manual 2020 |
Discover the secrets to effective attendance accounting in our enlightening webinar. In this enga... | Developing an Attendance Accounting Procedures Manual |
A new schedule will be required in the annual financial report (AFR) starting in FYE 2022, The sched... | Developing SCE and Bilingual Procedures for the new J4 Audit |
Although every district may have a written School Board Policy related to travel, i.e. DEE Local, no... | Developing Written Travel Procedures for Your District |
Law requires that each district develop and maintain a student attendance procedures manual. Is y... | Developing/Reviewing Student Attendance Procedures Manual |
Developed through a collaboration of school purchasing and finance leaders, this online workshop gui... | EDGAR and Texas School District Procurement |
The recent Texas Teacher Vacancy Task Force report shared some key recommendations to improve rec... | Employee Benefits and Creating a “Stay Strategy”- Part 1 |
The recent Texas Teacher Vacancy Task Force report shared some key recommendations to improve rec... | Employee Benefits and Creating a “Stay Strategy”- Part 2 |
The recent Texas Teacher Vacancy Task Force report shared some key recommendations to improve rec... | Employee Benefits Creating a "Stay Strategy"-Part 3 |
TEA has launched the USDE Year Four ESSER Annual Performance Data Collection Tool! The goal of th... | ESSER Reporting: What's New and What's Not! |
Explore the future of education as we bid farewell to ESSER in 2024. Join our webinar to uncover ... | ESSER's Ending in 2024: What's Next? |
Implementation strategies and solutions to create an effective commodity code tracking system ... | Exploring Commodity Codes in an Essential Webinar Overview |
Join us in this webinar as we delve into the updates and revisions made to the 23-24 SAAH (Studen... | Exploring the 23-24 SAAH Handbook Changes |
Every district must perform finance end-of-month and end-of-year processes to ensure that all financ... | Finance End-of-Month & End-of-Year Procedures |
As part of the TEA Fireside Chat Series, this session we will talk with Joe Herrera. The focus wi... | Fireside Chat Series w/ TEA - Student Attendance Accounting |
As part of the TEA Fireside Chat Series, this session we will talk with Justin Jons and Joe Herre... | Fireside Chat Series w/TEA - Attendance Accounting Auditing |
As part of the TEA Fireside Chat Series, this session we will talk with Amy Copeland and David Ma... | Fireside Chat w/TEA-Financials of Attendance Accounting |
School districts and charter schools are required to track all fixed assets and to record the ass... | Fixed Assets Management: Accounting for Fixed Assets |
School districts and charter schools are required to track all fixed assets and to record the ass... | Fixed Assets Management: Tracking Fixed Assets |
The Department of Labor issued guidance during the COVID pandemic in the areas of FLSA and FMLA d... | FLSA and FMLA in a COVID World |
Is your district tracking all of the work hours for non-exempt employees that are subject to the ... | FLSA Timekeeping Requirements for EDGAR ACA & TRS Compliance |
Originally presented in Pflugerville, TX, Johnny Hill shares his experiences in finding sources o... | General Fund Revenue Sources |
This webinar is an educational resource for school districts considering a Voter-Approval Tax Rat... | Holding a VATRE: Legal Insights and More |
Hear from a school district’s leadership team on how their technology security plan was not enough. ... | How a District Persevered through Ransomware |
PEIMS in the budge department? You bet! The Public Information Management System affects all aspe... | How PEIMS affects Budgeting in 2022 |
This session will cover the implementation of GASB 96 to include accounting entries, coding for s... | Implementation of GASB 96: Financial Reporting & Auditing |
The 2021 Legislative session brought about many TRS changes. This session will include hot topics... | Implementing the TRS Legislative Updates |
Explore the legal requirement in the Public Funds Investment Act (PFIA) for a periodic report, an... | Investment Quarterly Reports to the Board |
Set up a project plan and track its progress, Schedule tasks and milestones, considering constraints... | ITC305 Online - Microsoft Project Essentials |
Sending students to the DAEP or JJAEP can present a multitude of problems. Attend this webinar to g... | JJAEP/DAEP and Challenging Discipline Issues |
Who knew that PEIMS mean Practically Everything In My School?
Do you feel overwhelmed and li... | Knowledge IS Power: Jack of All Trades |
Explore the key strategies for harnessing the full potential of your 6-week reports to secure opt... | Leveraging Your 6-Week Reports for Maximum State Funding |
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 mandates an additional federal fiscal requirement known a... | Maintenance of Effort Equity (MOEq) |
In this webinar, an experienced school law attorney will walk you through all the ins and outs of na... | Managing ADA for Employees |
Managing excess funds in the NSLP program is a prime opportunity to improve the quality of food serv... | Managing Excess Funds in NSLP Program |
Each year, school districts across North America lose school activity funds revenue because of fraud... | Managing School Activity Funds to Mitigate Fraud |
Does your school district have a board-approved stipend and extra-duty pay schedule? If so, do the s... | Managing Stipend and Extra Duty Pay |
This course covers all aspects of budgeting and financial planning for the maintenance and operation... | MAO200 Online - Budget and Financial Planning for M&O |
There are so many opportunities to explore in school finance and operation... | Mapping Your Professional Journey Webinar Series Part 1 |
There are so many opportunities to explore in school finance and operations! Where do you see you... | Mapping Your Professional Journey Webinar Series Part 2 |
Join our webinar, "Maximizing State Reporting Allotments: Tips for Effective Resource Use," to ga... | Maximizing State Reporting Allotments: Resource Utilization |
Finance is the universal language of companies. Financial information communicates the goals, objec... | MGT317 Online - Financial Essentials |
MGT318 or alternative MGT317 is a requirement for RTSBA certification. This course provides an overv... | MGT318 Online - Advanced Financial Concepts |
MGT321 or alternative MGT310 is a requirement for RTSBA certification. Moving from a system of schoo... | MGT321 Online - Managing for Performance |
Topics covered will be: Student Eligibility • TEA vs TDA Requirements, Managing Student Eligibility ... | Navigating Student Meals (Eco Dis) Eligibility during COVID |
This live recording provides best practices and resources regarding current challenges and opport... | New to School Business |
This webinar will explore effective strategies and best practices for maxi... | Optimizing Financial Resources for School Lunch Programs |
In fiscal year 2022, GASB 87 Leases will be implemented for tangible items. In this session, we w... | Overview of GASB 87 Leases |
Learn how to navigate the numerous critical deadlines that school districts and charter schools f... | Overview of Master Calendar 23-24 |
Whether you are new to payroll or not, this webinar may help you to develop a process of reconciling... | Overview of Reconciling Payroll and Form 941's |
School district Teacher (Employee) Service Records are used for salary increment purposes and to tra... | Overview of Service Record Requirements |
Did you know that the primary and most important paper trail to support State Compensatory Educat... | Overview of State Compensatory Education Program Requirement |
The IRS identifies some fringe benefits as taxable and others as non-taxable to the employee. This w... | Overview of Taxable & Nontaxable Fringe Benefits |
Many districts employ workers to perform services that are not provided by district employees. At ti... | Overview of Worker Classification • Employee or Not? |
Experience and preparation are key in times of emergency. Sit down with TASBO and our panel as we di... | Panel Discussion - Deep Freeze Preparedness |
Students will become familiar with employers’ federal payroll tax reporting requirements, including ... | PAY201 Online - Federal Payroll Taxes |
PEIMS is the Public Education Information Management System that is used to accumulate data for both... | PEI204 Online - Focus on Finance |
This course will provide attendees knowledge regarding the master schedule impact on funding and acc... | PEI206 Online-TSDS PEIMS & the Master Scheduling Connection |
This course will cover various aspects of compensation management used in Texas public or charter sc... | PER/PAY306 Online - Compensation Management |
It’s never too early to start planning for the next school year. First step – Kinder ... | Prepare for Kinder Roundup & Pre K New Student Enrollment |
Join our webinar as we guide you through the step-by-step process of prepa... | Preparing 1099's for Calendar Year 2023 |
There are substantial consequences if districts draw-down federal grant funds prematurely, delay ... | Preparing Federal Grant Reimbursements (Draw-Downs) |
As a Finance, Purchasing, or IT staff member are you familiar with GASB 96? It will be effective ... | Preparing for Implementation of GASB 96 and Tracking SBITAs |
Learn steps that school districts should take to get prepared for the annual financial audit. The... | Preparing for Your Financial Audit |
Join our upcoming webinar as we guide you through the essential steps for preparing W2 forms for ... | Preparing W2s for Calendar Year 2023 |
The new EDGAR regulations, specifically §200.459, allows costs of professional and consultant servic... | Pro Services & Contracts for your Federal Procedures Manual |
Explore the correlation of student attendance and absences to funding, enrollment/withdrawal, tru... | Procedures/Best Practices Student Absence/Attendance Issues |
The EDGAR regulations, specifically §200.310, implements several property standards related to insur... | Property Management for Your Federal Procedures Manual |
This course provides a look at the federal requirements for the appropriate expenditure of federal f... | PUR205 Online-Purchasing Compliance Federal Fund Expenditure |
This course provides an overview of purchasing in school districts and the importance of purchasing ... | PUR305 Online - Purchasing for Business Management |
Procurement options, specification requirements, and available options. Learn best practices and ... | Purchasing A School Bus Do's and Don'ts |
In this webinar, Jonathan and Frankie will present angles from both purchasing and technology reg... | Purchasing and Data Sharing Agreements (DSA's) |
Whether your LEAs fiscal year is June 30th or August 31st, it is essential... | Recording State Aid Receivables Payables at Fiscal Year End |
School districts create and manage several types of records, including student, financial, personnel... | Records Retention for Campus Bookkeepers |
Schools appreciate the support of related organizations, but we must ensure proper accounting and... | Related Organizations: Boosters, Parent Teacher Organization |
TASBO's Strategic Partner TCG will present information regarding retention plans and financial incen... | Retention Plans and Financial Incentives |
We all know we must do Requests for Qualifications for just about everythi... | RFQ/P Deep Dive for Owners– Requests for Qualifications |
This webinar will discuss the various needs of school bus monitor position... | School Bus Monitoring Positions, Creative Staffing Solutions |
Did your district receive a School Safety & Security Grant? If so, this webinar will provide guidanc... | School Safety & Security Grant Management |
A panel of school operations department leaders from various districts came together during the&n... | School Safety Panel Discussion |
Evaluating school boundary changes involves considering various factors to... | School Zones/Utilization Changes: 11 Tips for Success |
As a CFO/Business Manager counts down towards retirement, is the district ready to onboard a new ... | Small District Succession Planning for CFO/Business Manager |
The Special Program Allotment Webinar will review the legal requirements associated with the special... | Special Program Allotments - Is Your District in Compliance? |
TASBO has partnered with the Texas Education Agency for this webinar to provide a review regardin... | Special Programs: Career and Technical Education |
TASBO has partnered with the Texas Education Agency for this webinar to provide a review on... | Special Programs: Emergent Bilingual/English Learner |
There are so many opportunities to explore in school finance and operations! Where do you see you... | Strategies to Minimize Cash Handling in Schools |
This webinar will help you develop your district's audit box checklist to ensure a comprehensive ... | Student Attendance-Develop Your District Audit Box |
Student attendance monitoring and auditing can be beneficial to not just the district, but to the... | Student Data Reviews Series - Student Attendance |
Required Documentation outlined in the SAAH can be
overwhelming when looking at the list of ... | Student Detail/Campus Summary/District Summary |
Receive an overview of the TASBO Master Calendar with a focus on deadlines and other time frames tha... | TASBO Master Calendar |
This webinar will provide guidance that will assist your district in reconciling the 941 Forms for t... | Tax Series: Preparing and Filing 941s for Tax Year 2022 |
In this webinar, you will hear from the practitioners as they discuss their recent experiences wi... | TDA & TEA Audits - Updates from the Trenches |
Discover real-world insights into the implementation of the Teacher Incent... | Teacher Incentive Allotment: Implementation Insights |
Technology procurement is more complex and involves more stakeholders than ever before. Purchasin... | Team Strategy Purchasing & Technology for Comprehensive RFP |
When a report of alleged employee misconduct is received, the district must act on the report, wh... | The Basics of Investigating Employee Misconduct |
Districts spend months preparing for a bond election. Whether your district has not done a bond ele... | The Bond Passed. Now What? |
Originally presented in Pflugerville, TX, in this recording Kimberly will share her district&rsqu... | The Budget Adoption Process |
This session covers the master schedule development and how this may impact your state funding. Impo... | The Impact of the Master Schedule on State Funding and More |
Originally presented in Pflugerville, TX, this presentation discusses budgeting in collaboration ... | There's No I in Budget |
We live in a litigious society and practically any action or inaction can lead to a lawsuit. This... | Top 10 Things That Will Get You Sued |
Originally presented in Sugar Land, TX, this recording discusses ways to communicate to your Publ... | Transparency in Bond Projects |
The EDGAR regulations, specifically §200.474, allow travel costs with federal grant funds in accorda... | Travel Guidelines for Your Federal Procedures Manual |
This course covers all aspects of budgeting and financial planning for the transportation department... | TRN200 Online - Budget/Financial Planning for Transportation |
Property coverage costs continue to rise for Texas public schools while coverage options diminish. C... | Understanding the Rising Costs of Property Coverage |
To be successful, meet expectations, and adhere to timelines while juggling multiple projects can... | Using Project Management Software to Manage Projects of Work |
The PEIMS Mid-Year Submission presents challenges in verifying that data submitted matches the Annua... | Verifying PEIMS Mid-year Submission |
Several districts around the state have begun implementing some form of a 4-day school week, and ... | What to Consider Before Moving to Four-Day School Weeks |
Are you a new CFO or looking to move to a CFO position? This webinar is for you. In this session,... | Your First Year as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |