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SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013) - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education)

SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013) - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education):

SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013)

Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) financial reporting software used by local educational agencies in preparing budgets, interim reports, and year-end financial reports to the California Department of Education (CDE).







The SACS2013ALL software contains the components necessary to prepare the 2013–14 budget and interim reports and the 2012–13 unaudited actual reports. This special October 18, 2013 updated version includes the minimum changes needed for the 2013–14 interim reports due to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). See the Details of SACS2013ALL Software Update section below for a description of changes. Note that the User Guide was not updated in this release. CDE is working through the remaining details of the new funding formula and will include additional LCFF-related changes in next year’s SACS2014 and SACS2014ALL software.
BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE: 
YOU MUST FIRST EXPORT ALL DATA FROM YOUR EXISTING SACS2013ALL SOFTWARE,
FOR ALL REPORTING PERIODS,
BECAUSE THE DATA WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED.
The installation of this software first uninstalls your existing SACS2013ALL software (version 2013.2.0), permanently deleting all data that was imported or keyed, for all reporting periods. The deletion of the data is irreversible. We strongly recommend exporting all data from your existing SACS2013ALL software before installing this updated version. After the data is exported, the exported .dat files can later be used to import the data into the updated SACS2013ALL software (version 2013.2.1).
Before beginning the download, export all data, for all reporting periods, from your existing SACS2013ALL software. Store the exported .dat files in any known subdirectory other than C:\SACS2013ALL.
Identify (or create) a clean subdirectory into which you will download the sacs2013allsetup2.exe zipped file. Right-click on the sacs2013allsetup2.exe link above, select "save link as" (or "save target as" or "copy to folder"), then select the subdirectory into which the sacs2013allsetup2.exe file will be downloaded.
Once the file has been downloaded, use Windows Explorer to find the sacs2013allsetup2.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:\SACS2013ALL\Calendars and Manuals subdirectory. To find the financial reporting calendars and the SACS2013ALL Software User Guide, use Windows Explorer and navigate to your C:\SACS2013ALL\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.
Import your stored .dat files into the newly installed SACS2013ALL software.
Note Regarding Windows 7: Some users have reported problems running the SACS software on Windows 7 PCs. A workaround has been posted to the SACS2013ALL Software: Known Problems/Fixes Web page.
The sacs2013setup2.exe file above contains the most current validation tables at the time the software was released, dated October 18, 2013. Any subsequent validation table updates will need to be downloaded and added to the software. TheValidation Tables page contains software update instructions.
Details of SACS2013ALL Software Update
The following describes the changes made to the SACS2013ALL Software October 18, 2013 update. This updated version includes the minimum changes needed for the 2013–14 interim reports due to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Note that only the interim reporting periods were modified, and the User Guide was not updated to reflect these changes. CDE is working through the remaining details of the new funding formula and will include additional LCFF-related changes in next year’s SACS2014 and SACS2014ALL software.
Global Changes:
  • Added "LCFF/" to "Revenue Limit" descriptions.
Revised Fund Forms:
  • Forms 01I, 09I, and 62I—Other State Revenue section. Added detail line for the following reinstated resource and removed it from the All Other State Revenue line, Object 8590:
    • Resource 7370, Supplementary Programs: Specialized Secondary (formerly included in the flexibility provisions of SBx3 4 [Charter 12, Statutes of 2009], as amended by SB 70 [Charter 7, Statutes of 2011], but not made part of LCFF)
  • Forms 09I and 62I—LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources section. Added line for Object 8011, State Aid – Current Year
  • Forms 11I and 14I—Opened LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources section and added the following lines:
    • Object 8091, LCFF/Revenue Limit Transfers – Current Year
    • Object 8099, Revenue Limit Transfers – Prior Years
Deleted Supplemental Forms:
  • Form JUV—Juvenile Court and County Community Schools Account
    Discontinued this form, effective 2013–14 interims.
  • Forms RLI, RLICC, and RLIDC—Revenue Limit Summary
    Discontinued these forms, effective 2013–14 interims.
Revised Supplemental Forms:
  • Form MYPI—Multiyear Projections 
    Section A, Revenues and Other Financing Sources
    Removed all the detail lines of Line 1, LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources, and unlocked subsequent years 1 and 2 to allow key entry. Applies to districts only.
Revised Criteria and Standards:
  • Form 01CSI—Criteria and Standards Review
    Average Daily Attendance (ADA) Criterion 1
    Section 1A Calculating the District's ADA Variances: Modified the First Interim column (2nd column) to no longer extract ADA from forms RLI and MYPI, and unlocked to allow key entry. Applies to districts only.
Technical Review Checks—Deleted:
  • Deleted the following technical review checks (TRCs) related to Form RLI/RLICC/RLIDC, for interims:
    • RL-CALC
    • RL-CALC-C
    • RL-LOCAL-REVENUES
    • RL-PERS-REDUCTION
    • RL-PERS-REDUCTION-C
    • RL-STATE-AID-NET
    • RL-STATE-AID-EPA
    • RL-SUPP-PROVIDE
    • PERS-REDUCTION
  • Deleted the following TRCs related to Form JUV, for interims:
    • JUV-END-BAL
    • JUV-CAP-OUTLAY