Articles: Schools Related
School Districts’ 1782 Notices Require Extra Attention this Year
By Colette J. Irwin-Knott, CIPFA, Partner and Belvia B. Hiadari, CIPFA, Manager, March 8, 2012Articles: Schools Related, Latest News
Every year at this time local governmental units receive their Notice of Final Budget Recommendation (more commonly referred to as the 1782 Notice) from the Department of Local Government Finance...
School Budgeting – A Changing Paradigm
By Colette J. Irwin-Knott, CIPFA, Partner, July 27, 2011Articles: Budget Related, Articles: Schools Related, Latest News
We have a very different paradigm today in projecting school enrollment and the funding that accompanies it. For as long as most of us can remember, relatively straightforward demographics...
Options to Relieve the Stress in Your School CPF
By Curt W. Pletcher, CPA, Partner, June 29, 2011Articles: Schools Related, Latest News
School districts across Indiana are feeling the pain of declining or flat-lined revenue for their Capital Project Fund (CPF). That won’t come as news to most districts, but it...
May School Referendum Results
By Colette J. Irwin-Knott, CIPFA, Partner, June 1, 2011Articles: Schools Related, Latest News
Since Indiana changed its laws in 2008 to require a voter referendum for school construction projects above a certain dollar threshold, there have been 67 public questions on local ballots...
Restructuring Debt May Provide Needed Relief for Your School District Budget
By Colette J. Irwin-Knott, CIPFA, Partner and Curt W. Pletcher, CPA, Partner, May 17, 2011Articles: Schools Related, Latest News
A provision of the budget bill just passed by the Indiana General Assembly creates a possible option for school districts struggling financially because of property tax caps. Property tax caps began...