| Name of Document | Provider | Latest Update | Description | Web Address or Where Available or Order Information | Cost |
| Critical Dates Calendar | IASBO Regional Directors | February 2007 | Month by month calendar of what regular items need to be filed or completed | Click here for Word version of Critical Dates Click here for regularly updated calendar with only Dept. of Educ. items | |
| List of Iowa actuaries for OPEB | Iowa Insurance Division | May 2007 | Listing of firms who have done this work in Iowa | Acutaries for OPEB | |
| Guide on Taxability of Fringe Benefits | Internal Revenue Service | 2006 | Guide on Taxability of Fringe Benefits | http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/fringe_bnft_flsg.pdf | Free on Web |
| School District Activity Funds Q & A - Athletics | State Auditor | 2006 | Responses to common questions of management of student activity funds | http://auditor.iowa.gov/practice_aids/TecAthletics-QandA.pdf | |
| Iowa Workforce Updates and required posting | State Workforce Division | | Contact person, Margret Meade Iowa OSHA Consultation 515.281.0896 | www.iowaworkforce.org/files/70-8030.pdf | Free on Web |
| Correct coding of revenues & expenditures | State of Iowa | | | http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337 | |
| Records Retention | IASBO | December 2002 | | Download this document (.pdf) format | |
| Uniform Financial Accounting for Iowa LEAs and AEAs | Iowa Department of Education | 2005 | Laws, rules and regulations, account classification and description | http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337 | Free on Web |
| Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa School Officials | Iowa Department of Education | updated periodically | Relevant legal and authoritative citations and references in the area of school business | Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa School Officials
Each chapter in the UAP is a stand alone Word file and can be searched for a particular word to speed up the hunt. | Free on Web |
| Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa AEA Officials | Iowa Department of Education | December 2001 | Relevant legal and authoritative citations and references in the area of AEA school business | Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa AEA Officials | Free on Web |
| Competitive Bid Manual | IASBO | To be updated as result of 2006 legislation | Contracts for public improvement subject to competitive bidding | | |
| School Rules of Iowa on CD | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | 2002 | Iowa Administrative Code (Rules) including the biweekly Iowa Administrative Bulletins and Iowa Court Rules, 4th edition | Legislative Service Bureau
Attn: Ms. Stephanie Cox
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
On-line order form at:
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IAC.html | $100 (pre-paid, check payable to Treasurer of Iowa) |
| Open Meeting Law | Ahlers Law | 2005 | Requirements and procedures related to open / closed meetings and minutes | http://www.ahlerslaw.com/Resources/Resources.htm | Free on-line |
| School Laws of Iowa Index (on-line) | Iowa Department of Education | 1999* (See Note Below) | On-line index by topic of Iowa school laws and rules with direct link to actual Code section or Rules Chapter | http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/323/246/ select “Laws, Rules, and Legislation” and then select “School Law Index” | Free on Web |
| Iowa Code on CD | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | 2002 | Iowa Code including the Code Supplement, the Iowa Acts, Iowa Court Rules, 4th Edition, and more. | Legislative Service Bureau
Attn: Ms. Stephanie Cox
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
On-line order form at: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html | $94 (pre-paid, check payable to Treasurer of Iowa) |
| Iowa Code | State of Iowa | Updated annually | Iowa Constitution, Code of Iowa, and Iowa Acts on internet (School Laws of Iowa are included within the Code of Iowa) | http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2003/VII.html Iowa Department of General Services Customer Service Center
Hoover State Office building, A Level
Des Moines, IA 50319-0101 | Free on Web or Order printed copies at 515-242-5120 CustomerServiceCenter
@dgs.state.ia.us |
| School Budget Data | Iowa Department of Management | Updated annually | Data on unspent balances, tax rates, levies, and valuations | http://www.dom.state.ia.us/local/index.html | Free on Web |
| Legislative Guide to Area Education Agencies | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | December 2000 | Publication to help Iowa legislators understand AEAs | http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Central/
LSB/Guides/aeas.htm | Free on Web |
| Legislative Guide to Basic Iowa Education Finance | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | December 2001 | Publication to help Iowa legislators understand Iowa School Finance | http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Central/
LSB/Guides/edfin.htm | Free on Web |
| Legislative Guide to Local Property Tax | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | December 2001 | Publication to help Iowa legislators understand local property taxes | http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Central/
LSB/Guides/proptax.htm | Free on Web |
| Iowa School Finance Manual: A Guide to Understanding the Iowa School Foundation Program | IASB | Updated annually | Basic level of understanding of school finance in Iowa from a working, practical, everyday approach.; Working document for developing a budget or interpreting funding to the public | Iowa Association of School Boards
700 2nd Avenue, Suite 100
Des Moines, IA 50309-1731
515-288-1991 On-line order form at: http://www.ia-sb.org/services/publications.asp | nominal fee |
| Special Education Finance Technical Assistance Manual | Iowa Department of Education | Under revision 2006 | A resource for technical assistance for special education finance | | Free on Web |
| Iowa School Finance Terminology | Iowa Department of Education | Periodic updates | Provides standard definitions for Iowa school finance terms | Available at:
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337
Scroll down to “Terminology” | Free on Web |
| Searchable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) | | Updated annually | Provides information on federal grants | http://www.cfda.gov/ http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html | Free on Web |
| GAAFR - Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting (a.k.a. Blue Book) | GFOA - Government Finance Officers Assoc. | updated regularly | Provides a guide to GAAP Interpretations and sample applications | http://www.gfoa.org On-line order form for this and other publications at: https://www.estoregfoa.org/Source/
Orders/index.cfm?section=OrdersBooks | $155 for GAAFR and study guide or $235 for GAAFR, study guide, and self-study course |
| Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards and Original Pronouncements | GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board | updated regularly | Authoritative reference for standards that are identified as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and all of the GASB pronouncements that constitute the body of governmental accounting and financial reporting standards | http://www.gasb.org/ On-line order form for this and other publications at: http://www.gasb.org/pub/index.html | $99.75 |
| State Auditor’s Sample Reports | State of Iowa - Auditor of State | Periodic updates | Sample Community School District , AEA, and Community College audit reports | http://auditor.iowa.gov/index.html
| Free on Web |
