Policy    

Chester Township                                            Policy No. 3160

Board of Education                                         Transfer of Funds

 

 

 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN LINE ITEMS/AMENDMENTS/

PURCHASES NOT BUDGETED

 

 

Appropriate fiscal controls shall ensure that the Board does not spend more than authorized funds. The Board Secretary shall keep the Board informed of the district's financial status according to law.

 

Except in the case of federal basic skills improvement funds, the Board designates the Superintendent of Schools to recommend such transfers among line items and programs as are necessary between meetings of the Board.  Transfers recommended by the Superintendent shall be reported to the Board, on a monthly basis, ratified, and recorded in the minutes at a subsequent meeting of the Board.

 

When the necessity arises for an unbudgeted expenditure, and there are no available funds in other line items in the same category, the procedures required by administrative code and Policy 3222 shall be initiated.

 

 

Date Revised:  September 17, 2002

Date Adopted:  November 3, 1992

 

Legal References:      N.J.S.A.  2C:30‑4                     Excess expenditures

                                N.J.S.A.  18A:17‑9                   Secretary; report of appropriations, etc.; custodial duties, etc.

                                N.J.S.A.  18A:18A‑7                 Emergency purchases and contracts

                                N.J.S.A.  18A:22‑8.1                 Transfer of amounts among line items and program categories

                                N.J.S.A.  18A:22‑8.2                 Prohibited transfers

                                N.J.S.A.  18A:24‑48

                                  through ‑54                            Application of proceeds to new purpose; in districts having Boards of school estimate; certification by Boards of education

                                N.J.A.C.  6A:23-2.1 et seq.       Double Entry Bookkeeping and GAAP

                                See particularly:                       Accounting in Local School Districts

                                 N.J.A.C.  6A:23-2.2, -2.11

                                N.J.A.C.  6A:30-1.1 et seq.       Evaluation of the Performance of School Districts

 

                                Hawkins‑Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act of 1988

                                (Pub. L. 100‑297)

 

                                Manual for the Evaluation of Local School Districts (August 2000)

 

  Guidelines for Development of Application‑‑Basic Skills Improvement Plan‑‑New Jersey State Department of Education, revised annually

Transfer of Funds Between Line Items                  Policy No. 3160

 

 

                                Guidelines for Development of Program Plan‑‑Bilingual/ESL Education Programs‑‑New Jersey State Department of Education, revised annually

 

 

Cross References:    3000/3010        Concepts and roles in business and non-instructional

                                                operations; goals and objectives

                                3100                Budget planning, preparation and adoption

                                3170                Budget administration

                                3300                Expenditures/expending authority

                                3320                Purchasing procedures

                                3570                District records and reports

                                3571                Financial reports

                                6142.2             English as a second language; bilingual/bicultural

                                6171.3             At-risk and Title 1

                                9127                Appointment of auditor

                                9325.4             Voting method

                                9326                Minutes