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July 2010

 

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PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING SCHOOL MONEY

Each teacher who collections money from students or patrons should refer to and follow cash handling procedures as presented in the Activity Funds section of the Business Office Procedures manual.

 

  • All cash collections received from students and others must be recorded on pre-numbered cash receipts, tabulation of monies collected forms, or cash collection forms provided by fundraising vendors and must be personally delivered to the financial secretary or cashier at least weekly and daily if the amount exceeds $100.  All collections must be deposited in the District bank account and recorded in the Activity Fund Account.  Deposits should be traceable to the sponsor’s records.

  • All collections turned in to the financial secretary or cashier shall be accompanied by a supporting document – Tabulation of Monies Collected, a Cash Receipt Voucher or a Miscellaneous Cash Collection.

  • All money collected shall be submitted to the financial secretary or cashier in the same form as collected.  A staff member’s personal check may NOT be submitted for cash collections.

  • Do not send a student or other person to deliver money to the office.  All collections must be personally delivered.

  • Postdated checks shall not be accepted by the school from any source.

  • Whenever possible, a driver’s license number should be obtained when accepting a check

  • Sponsors/teachers must obtain and keep a receipt from the cashier along with a copy of the form turned in to the cashier.

  • Alternate cash receipts books must be turned in to the secretary or cashier at the end of each school year.

  • All other sponsor records must be kept by the sponsor and be available for audit for a period of 5 years.

  • If a sponsor leaves the District or is no longer a sponsor of the activity, these records must be turned in to the vice-principal in charge of fundraising.

  • The sponsor is responsible for maintaining a positive balance in the activity account.