| 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 | 2009 | Guide on Taxability of Fringe Benefits | http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/fringe_benefit_fslg.pdf
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| 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 | http://www.iowaworks.org/reqposters.htm | 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 |
Facility Bidding
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| IASBO | updated as result of 2006 legislation | Contracts for public improvement subject to competitive bidding | Beth Grob Presentation
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| 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 |
| Iowa Admin. Code (on-line) | Iowa Legislature
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| State of Iowa | Updated annually | (School Laws of Iowa are included within the Code of Iowa) | http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2003/VII.html |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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/ | 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
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| 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/
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| 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
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