Best Practices for
EXTRACLASSROOM ACTIVITY FUNDS
- for EXTRACLASSROOM ACTIVITY FUND CENTRAL TREASURERS,
CLAIMS AUDITORS, INTERNAL AUDITORS, DISTRICT TREASURERS,
FACULTY AUDITORS and ADMINISTRATORS (BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS)
Why This Workshop is Important
The auditing requirements established by New York State
have placed new emphasis of extraclassroom activity fund managers and
their administrators. The responsibility for the fiscal integrity,
oversight, and the safety of student money rests with the Central
Treasurer(s) and Faculty Auditor appointed by the Board of Education. The
Central Treasurer has daily fiduciary oversight as representative of the
Board of Education, administration, and students. The Faculty Auditor
serves as the necessary and required check of fund safety.
This workshop is a foundation for the effective management
and administration of extraclassroom activity funds. The Central
Treasurer(s) and Faculty Auditor must understand what is happening, what
is needed, and what can be done, to meet his/her duties and solving the
practical problems of control needed to maintain the fiscal integrity of
student funds. The Central Treasurer(s) and Faculty Auditor must act
knowledgeably so as not to leave student funds open to mismanagement and
the school open to potential embarrassment. The reputation of the
district’s administration and staff rests on knowledge and good fiscal
decisions.
Faculty
.James M. Merrins, Ed.D.
Extraclassroom Activity Fund Administrator, Superintendent,
Business Administrator
Executive
Program Administrator
Jim Merrins is Executive Program Administrator for Educational Support Services. He administers the Cycles of
Success and Transition to Superintendency Program. He also administers the
highly successful Fiscal Navigation for Superintendents workshops across New York
State. Dr. Merrins has 35 years experience in school administration, 16
years as a superintendent of schools, in Fredonia and Honeoye, New York.
He is NYS certified as a School Business Administrator and has taught
school finance and school law at SUNY colleges.
Co-Sponsors
Educational Support Services
James M. Merrins, Ed.D., Executive Program Administrator
and
SUNY Oswego
Department of Educational Administration
Suzanne Gilmour, Chair
