FILE: DIA
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
The Plaquemines Parish School Board delegates to the Superintendent or his/her designee, the responsibility of maintaining complete, accurate, and detailed records of all financial transactions in the school district. These records shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as prescribed, and approved regulations of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). Said accounts and fiscal records shall be available during normal business hours for inspection by the public.
SCHOOL BOARD FUNDS
The School Board shall require the Superintendent to provide the necessary guidance and direction for the administrative implementation, review, analysis, reporting, and modification of all budgeted activities as approved by the School Board. All regulations developed and maintained governing the fiscal responsibility of the School Board and its personnel and resources shall be designed to promote efficient management and sound fiscal accountability at every level of the school system.
All School Board employees charged with receipt, handling, and/or disbursement of any School Board funds shall abide strictly by state and federal law, policies of the School Board, and regulations and procedures developed by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
SCHOOL FUNDS
The School Board shall require that uniform procedures be applied throughout the school system to assure the proper accounting for, and expenditure of, all funds under the control of each individual school. Pertinent regulations and procedures shall be maintained by the Superintendent and staff. Such funds shall be subject to regular audit by the internal audit department or as may otherwise be provided.
Adherence to and implementation of all regulations and procedures pertinent to school funds shall be the responsibility of each school principal or his/her designee.
The School Board shall receive periodic reports from the Superintendent of all income, expenditures, balances in the schools' various accounts, and such other data as the School Board may prescribe, in addition to regular financial reports. In every way possible, the School Board shall provide financial assistance relative to student activity programs within each school.
Revised: April, 2010
Adopted: November 1, 2010
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:59, 17:196, 17:414.3, 24:515, 39:1301, 39:1302, 39:1303, 39:1304, 39:1305, 39:1306, 39:1307, 39:1308, 39:1309, 39:1310, 39:1311, 39:1312, 39:1313, 39:1314, 39:1315
Opinion No. 84-167, Commission on Ethics for Public Employees, State of Louisiana
Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Accounting and Uniform Governmental Handbook, Bulletin 1929, Louisiana Department of Education
Plaquemines Parish School Board