Financial Reporting

Charter School Unaudited Actuals Financial Report-Alternative Form

The 2007-08 Charter School Unaudited Actuals Financial Report Alternative Form page has links to download the Alternative Form as well as the Alternative Form User Guide. Please refer to the "General Information" and the "Accounting Guidance" sections of the user guide for more detailed instructions on how to use and submit the Alternative Form.

SACS2008ALL Software

The Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) SACS2008ALL software contains the components necessary to prepare the 2008-09 budget and interim reports and the 2007-08 unaudited actual reports. Be sure to check SACS2008ALL Software: Known Problems/Fixes below for any update files.

sacs2008allsetup.exe (EXE; 29MB)

Before beginning the download, identify (or create) a clean subdirectory into which you will download the sacs2008allsetup.exe zipped file. Right-click on the sacs2008allsetup.exe link above, select "save link as" (or "save target as" or "copy to folder"), then select the subdirectory into which the sacs2008allsetup.exe file will be downloaded.

Once the file has been downloaded, use Windows Explorer to find the sacs2008allsetup.exe file, then double-click on the file and follow the prompts to install the software.

When the SACS software is installed on your computer, the financial reporting calendars and the SACS Software User Guide will be automatically copied into your C:\SACS2008ALL\Calendars and Manuals subdirectory. To find the financial reporting calendars and the SACS2008ALL Software User Guide, use Windows Explorer and navigate to your C:\SACS2008ALL\Calendars and Manuals subdirectory. In addition, to help make the software easier to use, the SACS Software User Guide is accessible from the Help menu and also from within the forms and processes in the software by pressing F1.

What's New?

Please refer either to the "What's New" section of the SACS2008ALL Software User Guide or to the readme.txt file installed with the software for a summary of the changes made to the SACS2008ALL budget, unaudited actual, and interim forms. Also, be sure to check "SACS2008ALL Software: Known Problems/Fixes" below for any updated files.

Need to Update Your Validation Tables?

The sacs2008allsetup.exe file (above) contains the most current validation tables at the time the software was released, dated June 5, 2008. Any subsequent validation table updates will need to be downloaded and added to the software. The Validation Tables page contains software update instructions.

SACS2008ALL Software: Known Problems/Fixes

The sacs2008allsetup.exe file (above) will not include fixes made subsequent to the SACS2008ALL software release. If any problems are found, we will list them on the SACS2008ALL Software: Known Problems/Fixes page and provide any revised files or workaround instructions. All revised files will need to be applied separately after the software is installed.

Financial Reporting and Fiscal Oversight Calendars

County Office of Education (COE) Calendar 2008
COE Oversight Calendar 2008
District Calendar 2008
Summary Calendar 2008

The sacs2008allsetup.exe file (above) also downloads these calendars to your C:\SACS2008ALL\Calendars and Manuals subdirectory.

SACS2008 Budget Software

You may need to refer to the SACS2008 Budget Software used to report the 2008-09 budget reports.

Need Assistance?

For assistance with the SACS software or the Charter Schools Alternative Form, districts should call their county office of education, and charter schools should call their authorizing agency. County offices may contact us using the contact information as follows: