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160.431 School finance officer -- Certification requirements -- Continuing
education -- Financial reports.
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(2)
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The local district superintendent shall appoint a finance officer who shall be
responsible for the cash, investment, and financial management of the school
district.
(a) A person initially employed as a school finance officer on or after July 1,
2015, shall obtain certification from the Department of Education prior to
holding the position and entering the duties of the position of school
finance officer.
(b) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative
regulations to prescribe the criteria and procedures to be used in the
certification process for a school finance officer.
(c) The administrative regulations promulgated under this subsection shall
specify:
1.
The initial qualification requirements for school finance officer
certification;
2.
The certification application and appeal process; and
3.
The certification renewal process.
The school finance officer shall be required to complete forty-two (42) hours of
continuing education every two (2) years from a provider approved by the
Department of Education. The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate
administrative regulations to identify and prescribe the criteria for fulfilling the
requirements of this subsection. The administrative regulations shall specify:
(a) The topics of continuing education;
(b) Qualifications for continuing education providers;
(c) Consequences for failure to meet the continuing education requirement;
and
(d) Requirements for reinstatement of school finance officer certification.
(a) The finance officer shall present a detailed monthly financial report for
board approval to include the previous month's revenues and
expenditures of the district. The monthly report shall be posted on the
district's Web site for a minimum of six (6) months after its approval.
(b) Within six (6) months following the end of each fiscal year, the finance
officer shall submit to the Kentucky Department of Education a detailed
annual financial report to include the district's total assets, liabilities,
revenues, and expenditures. The annual report shall be posted on the
district's Web site and department's Web site for a minimum of two (2)
years.
(c) 1.
The Department of Education shall review each district's annual
financial report and shall provide, within two (2) months of receipt,
the local board of education a written report indicating the financial
status of the district. The department's written report shall be posted
on the department's Web site and the district's Web site for a
minimum of two (2) years.
2.
The commissioner of education shall annually present to the Interim
(d)
Joint Committee on Education a copy of the department's written
report for each district.
Nothing in this subsection shall lessen the obligation of a school district to
publish its financial statements in accordance with the provisions of KRS
424.220.
Effective:July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2014. -Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.
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