SUBJECT:     Duties Of The School District Treasurer

 

The Treasurer is appointed by the Board of Education at the Annual Organizational Meeting and will be covered by a blanket bond.  In addition to the routine duties of accounting, filing, posting and preparing reports and statements concerning District finances, the District Treasurer shall perform other specific tasks as follows: 

 

a)            Acts as custodian of all moneys belonging to the School District and lawfully deposits these moneys in the depositories designated by the Board;

 

b)            Pays all authorized obligations of the District as directed;

 

c)            Maintains proper records and files of all checks, and approved payment of bills and salaries;

 

d)            Makes all such entries and posts all such financial ledgers, records and reports as may be properly required to afford the District an acceptable and comprehensive financial accounting of the use of its moneys and financial transactions;

 

e)            Signs all checks drawn on District fund accounts provided that the District's Internal Claims Auditor has attested to the authority to issue the check based upon proper evidence of a charge against the District's funds;

 

f)              Reviews the completed bank reconciliation and updates his/her records as appropriate.

 

g)            The Superintendent is responsible for developing a reconciliation process to include deadlines for receipt and submission of completed work to the Assistant Business Administrator and the Internal Control Officer.

 

h)            Assumes other duties customary to the office.

 

 

 

Duties:

Education Law Sections 2122 and 2523

Bond:

Education Law Section 2130, Part 5

8 New York Code of Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)

Sections 170.2(o) and 170.2(p)

 

 

 

Adopted:  3/6/06