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ACT104 Online: Budget & Financial Planning This course covers the legal basis for budgets and provides an overview of the development of the budget calendar. It also reviews budget compilation and preparation; expenditure and revenue estimation; how to communicate the budget; how to forecast multi-year projections; fund balance requirements, and truth-in-taxation requirements. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
ACT105A Online: Basic Governmental Accounting Part 1 This course provides an overview of the accounting cycle and the various types of budgetary approaches used in school districts. Additional areas covered include principles of debits and credits; the general ledger; understanding a balance sheet, and correcting entries. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
ACT106 Online: Financial Coding for Texas Schools This course reviews financial code requirements and provides an overview of fund codes, function codes, account code crosswalks, PEIMS data entry, both budget and actual, and more. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
ACT108 Online: Accounts Payable Processes This course explains proper accounts payable processes and procedures in school district business offices. It examines how accounts payable relates to district liability accounts; reviews the relationship between purchasing and accounts payable; provides information on the need for strong internal control procedures to protect access to assets; and provides an internal control checklist for students to use in their districts. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
AUD201 Online: Internal Auditing This course demonstrates the need for an internal audit function. It covers the selection and development of an audit staff; professional standards and the code of ethics for auditors. It also addresses how to establish an audit charter and how to develop an internal audit manual and an audit schedule. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase

DIS101 Online: Materials Management for School Districts This course provides an overview of materials management functions. It will also address customer service; interfacing with purchasing; inventory systems; warehouse design; space requirements, and best practices for efficient operations. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase

MAO100 Online: Basic Systems Overview This course reviews the operating components that make up modern school buildings. The focus is to emphasize the need for planning in the design of these systems, implementing preventative maintenance programs, and budgeting for component replacement over the life of the systems. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MAO101: Introduction to Plant Maintenance & Operations This course reviews the components of maintenance and operations as they apply to school districts. The various M&O roles and responsibilities and the operations they are responsible for are reviewed as well as the components that make up each role. The focus of this course is to emphasize the need for proactive maintenance and operations programs that provide students, staff, and the public with safe environments conducive to learning. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MAO103: Custodial Staffing & Organization This course provides an overview of how to properly manage Custodial Services for a school district. A core responsibility of any district is to keep the students and faculty safe and comfortable while they are on school property, and the Custodial Services department is a key contributor to this success. In this course, we review the key factors to consider when managing Custodial Services • from work planning, staffing, scheduling and inventory to the more foundational questions such as whether or not to outsource services. In addition, you’ll learn how investing in people and equipment can have a campus-wide impact, and how state and federal purchasing laws may impact your decision-making. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MAO204 Online: Environmental & Regulatory Compliance This course explores the federal and state regulations that affect school districts in Texas and provide school district employees with an understanding of the regulations as well as the information on implementing programs that will allow the district to comply with the regulations. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MGT301 Functions & Duties of School Business Administrators This course is required for the RTSBA certification. Learning objectives for this course include: school business official competency studies; components and competencies for school business and support services in Texas; the organization of non-instructional services; general goals and strategies for the non-instructional area; long-range planning; financial management problems in Texas; financial management tools; ethics; and future trends in school business management. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Julie Novak, RTSBA Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MGT306: Board Policies & Administrative Procedures This course reviews the various types of board policies, andÊhow board policies are developed and used. Legal requirements for board meeting notices and minutes are also examined. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
MGT307 Online: Business Ethics This course is required for all levels of certification. It includes discussion of the following topics: how ethical values are developed; ethical values versus the law; identifying organizational ethical standards; coping with unethical people, and ethical guidelines for decision making. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PAY302 Online: Payroll Administration This course provides a general overview of various federal and state laws and regulations related to worker classification, employment eligibility, payment of exempt and non-exempt workers as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act and benefits available to eligible workers as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act. Employer responsibilities specific to complying with garnishment and levy orders on employee wages is discussed. Limits on employee leave benefits in work-related injury situations is explored. Employer reporting responsibilities when hiring retirees receiving pensions from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas are reviewed along with related pension and TRS-Care surcharges. CE 6 / CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PER/PAY304 Online: FLSA Administration This course provides an in-depth look at the Fair Labor Standards Act. Topics include: minimum wage requirements; overtime and compensatory time pay; child labor regulations; exempt and non-exempt status, and recordkeeping requirements. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PER/PAY306 Online: Compensation Management This course will cover various aspects of compensation management used in Texas public or charter school districts. It will cover the essential elements related to legal issues, pay methods, budgeting, benefits, and economic trends that impact employee compensation. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PER101 Online: Introduction To Personnel This course covers Human Resources department basics including types and classifications of school personnel; legal and policy issues; employee compensation and benefits; complaint resolution; employee privacy, and personnel records management. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PER301 Online: Personnel Policies This course includes an overview of school board policy structure and responsibilities. It covers the legal and local policies required for personnel administration along with a comprehensive breakdown of key components for an employee handbook. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
PUR102 Online: Applications of Purchasing Law This course covers information on the legal issues relevant to purchasing. It will also review formal bid procedures; quotation and telephone procedures; advertising requirements, and the criteria for awarding bids. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase
SNC101 Online: Introduction To School Nutrition Topics covered in this course include: federal and state regulations; budget and finance; policies and procedures; contracted food services; employee training, and effective communications. CE 6/CPE 7 Speaker: Regular price: $225.00 Discounted member price $175.00 CE Hours: 6.00 Purchase