...The Violet Bay School INTRODUCTION According to the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), the objective of financial reporting is to assist a government entity in fulfilling its obligation to be publicly accountable and to enable users to assess accountability (GASB 2007; Government Accountability Office [GAO] 2007). Budgeting, a process whereby government administrators forecast expected revenues and identify planned expenditures, is an integral part of accountability, and the extent to which a governmental entity adheres to its budget is a major consideration when assessing accountability. In August 2005, Violet Bay1 taxpayers were informed that their school system had run a $7 million deficit after several previous assurances that the system was fiscally sound and would finish the year with a surplus. By November 2005, an external audit determined that the actual deficit was $12.1 million. Three months later, a special grand jury report was released describing the causes of the financial crisis and addressing the means to correct the situation. What went wrong? Place yourself in the role of an auditor or a consultant and identify the problems. As you do so, you will better appreciate the importance of internal control and will gain experience in identifying and assessing client risks. While this case involves a governmental entity—a school district—no prior coursework in governmental accounting is required to complete case requirements. PART I – THE BUDGET PROCESS The Violet...
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...Current situation The importance of Information System for businesses or organizations is nowadays incontestable. In fact, I.T’s impact in overall business improvement if used properly keeps growing. Consequently, Ball State University like lots of other organizations is investing so much in its I.T. According to the University’s board of funding, Ball State University allocates a recurring balance of $ 10.1 million for computer equipment renewal as well as for computerizing other campus system, such as library circulation. The school signed in 2011 a software licensing and services agreement with SunGard Higher Education Inc. of $31 million for implementation process of a new technology, including an off-site application hosting service of the software. The university, for their strategic plan has also assigned $ 25.3 million in order to implement an administrative system technology within the coming years. In addition, over $ 14 million is currently set aside for capital projects including eventual campus telephone system replacement, academic building equipment provision, and part of the geothermal conversion development. Currently, Ball State University has a powerful and varied network system, using Ethernet, fiber optic, and Wimax technologies. According to the University fact book 2011-2012, they have actually 2,461 managed network devices, a wired network using 10 gigabit fiber network with 21,135 ports, and more than 1,400 access point of wireless capable of...
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...Indiana School Data Tommy Sickels July, 2012 Indiana Department of Education Data were obtained from the Indiana Department of Education website at http://www.doe.in.gov/. Each data set is a representation of numbers in Indiana schools except for enrollment which went back about 75 years. Therefore I took a smaller sample of the population. The Indiana Department of Education website posts most all information to the site. The website provides easy navigation with a very intuitive menu selection system that guides users through the website easily. 1) Enrollment by Hispanic Culture: Public School Enrollment Table A |Year: |Number Enrolled: | |1988-89 |16,826 | |1991-92 |18,013 | |1999-00 |30,083 | |2004-05 |52,665 | Enrollment of Hispanic culture in public schools has grown sharply since 1988-89 from 16,826 to 52,665 in 2005-06. This is an increase of 35,839 students in 16 years which is over twice the enrollment during the time period. The increase is positive for each consecutive listing in table A. Throughout the state of Indiana the Hispanic culture is on the rise and schools must meet the challenge of providing equal opportunity for education. In Americe, between the 1993-94 and 2002-03 school years Hispanics accounted for 64% of the students added...
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...tables, chairs, dry eraser boards, a projector and ten (10) new computers, which will all be using during training classes. The training and workshops are for our volunteers and selected Lake County families. We will conduct classes on home repair, budgeting, banking, credit, savings, home maintenance, community involvement, energy efficiency, homeownership, and children’s success in school program for low-income homeowners in Lake County. The volunteers will also be trained on basic wiring, plumbing, masonry work and drying walling by professionals. Habitat for Humanity has utilized the non-profit’s existing construction and support services staff to grow the program, by adding an efficient process for home repair to the ongoing mission of building new affordable, energy-efficient homes for low and moderate income families. 8. What is the specific geographical area that will be served by this project? And what are the demographics of the population you expect to serve? (Be sure to include, Race, Age, Gender, etc.) The monies from the grant will service all low income families of Lake County Indiana. We will service all...
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...legislation that have been enacted in the last 20 years that are aimed to protect individuals from potential abuse on the internet. The Children’s Internet Protection Act of 1999 (CIPA) was developed in response to concerns about children accessing harmful or obscene internet content such as pornography and other obscene content. (Federal Communications Commission, n.d.) In the mid and late 1990’s the adoption of the internet was moving along an alarming pace. Many children, however, still relied on their school for access to the internet as. As allowed by the Schools and Libraries Program, certain education and library establishments are permitted to get internet access and very discounted rates in order to make it affordable for these establishments. This program, usually known as “E-Rate”, helps many low budget rural and urban community schools afford internet access for their students. (U.S. Department of Education, 2013) What CIPA did was require these schools and libraries to abide by certain rules to protect the children accessing the internet through their portals in order to receive the benefits provided through the E-Rate program. (Federal Communications Commission, n.d.) Another form of legislation known as the No Electronic Theft Act of 1997 (NET) changed the rules in regards to copyright violations. Before the NET Act copyright infringement could only be...
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...the week, and evaluate the film based on its effectiveness. Hoosiers is a fictional movie that is actually based on real events in a small town in Indiana. It is based on a true story but does change some of the truths, as evidenced by the ESPN article. The message I gathered from the film was that anything is possible if you can work hard and accept change. The little town of Hickory was very set in its ways and uncooperative of the new basketball coach. Once the town and players learned to accept something different, the team flourished. The argument the film presents is to never count someone out. No matter how small a school or town is, hard work can trump talent and compete with the big boys. The message of acceptance resonates with the viewer and is most likely why Hoosiers is so highly regarded as a sports movie. The historical period that Hoosiers is set in is 1952 rural Indiana. In this time period, people are more centralized around common goals and the entire town knows when someone moves in. There are no televisions and people have to work hard for everything they have. The theme of week 13 was sport and race. In Hoosiers, the only non-white people in the entire film are the players on the opposing team in the state title game. This is most likely indicative of how it might have been in 1950’s Indiana, as there were not as many black players in the rural areas. The time period created a very...
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...Consulting Analysis for Criterion Water Labs, LLC Criterion Water Labs, LLC has been in business for four years. The owners, Dr. David and Ann Ihms are hardworking entrepreneurs. Both coming from a science background, they attended a six week fast track venture class and is now providing local quality water testing along with developing educational materials for hands on science. They are passionate about education and encouraging the youth to consider biology and chemistry fields to study. The mission of the business is to continue growing while maintaining both facets. Because of their social responsibility, customer base growth potential is not an issue. They have created a quality and after sale service value to their customers. Additional focuses on marketing, process management, and capabilities will expand the horizons for future growth for this community minded business. The environmental testing labs and services industry in which Criterion is part of held strong through the recession because of the growing concerns with the environment and social responsibility making Criterion Water Lab’s differentiation strategy appropriate. The owners took part in a radio interview after flooding occurred in their local community. Members of the community took notice of Criterions diligence and received the message openly. This was a spontaneous marketing effort that displayed their competence and responsiveness. By conducting an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities...
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...The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers . Contents Early life and education George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ,who owned a stationery store. Lucas grew up in the Central Valley town of Modesto, and his early passion for cars and motor racing would eventually serve as inspiration for his USC student film 1:42.08, as well as his Oscar-nominated low-budget phenomenon, American Graffiti. Long before Lucas became obsessed with film making, he wanted to be a race-car driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. On June 12, 1962, while driving his souped-up fiat, another driver broadsided him, flipping over his car, nearly killing him, causing him to lose interest in racing as a career. He attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied, amongst other subjects, anthropology, sociology and literature. Lucas transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. USC was one of the earliest universities to have a school devoted to motion picture film. During the years at USC, George Lucas shared a dorm room with Randal Kleiser. Along with classmates such as Walter Murch, Hal Barwood...
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...Rachel Miley Nursing Roles 1 Nursing Practice Act July 2015 Nursing practice is to do or perform habitually or customarily, make a habit of. (Mosby) But it is also the performance that requires specialized education, knowledge, and judgment of a trained person. This trained individual can be a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, a bachelor’s degree nurse, a master’s degree nurse, or a nurse practitioner. But all nurses must be able to observe, assess, and act on what your findings are. The goal of a nurse is to take care of patients to the best of their training and ability. Their ability will be defined in the term scope of practice. Scope of practice is defined as the extent and limits of the medical intervention that a health care provider may perform. (Farlex) Or in other words, staying within the professional nursing knowledge and not practicing above or below your scope of practice. A registered nurse, like everybody else, have responsibilities that come with the job. But they do differ in precise qualifications. A nurse must be able to assess, formulate, plan, implement, initiate, and evaluate nursing actions that are necessary in the field of nursing. They must be able to accept responsibility for their own actions and work well with others in a team setting. Communication is a key factor in nursing. Coworkers, patients, patient’s families, doctors, therapists, and emergency response teams are all the people that should be communicating with. Respect...
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...stance on African-American education and the effect No Child Left Behind has had on it. It also provides specific examples of how detrimental the Act has been. Ed Finkel has been a writer for over twenty years. He writes mainly about public policy, with a special emphasis on education. Finkel worked as a writer for Chicago Lawyer Magazine, and he also writes for DistrictAdministration.com which is a website dedicated to school district management. Finkel's writing is clear and concise and he only makes claims with supporting evidence. The information will be added to my paper to attest that African-American children score lower on standardized tests, graduate high school at lower rates, and are considerably more likely to be suspended or expelled than the general population (Finkel, 2010). Goldstein, D. (2007, September 19).Segregated Schools Leave Children Behind Prospect.org. Retrieved October 22, 2012, from http://prospect.org/article/segregated-schools-leave-children-behind In this article, Dana Goldstein provides information on segregation in our nations schools. Goldstein uses geographic and...
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...debt and there is an abundant amount of programs and organizations that could use major tune ups here in America with that money (Boccia). Putting our money in the right places is what will truly make America great again. We already put enough into the military budget; the United States should focus on other government programs like health care, infrastructure, and education. There is absolutely no reason to increase the military budget when our military is already the biggest military in the world and the military budget is already bigger than...
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...service healthcare facility located in Hamilton County. It has just celebrated its 5th year as a leading health care provider in Central Indiana. IUHealth North is a small part of a bigger network that includes 16 other hospitals ranging from Northern Indiana (Laporte) all the way to Southern Central Indiana (Paoli). IUHealth is most known for its complex of hospitals in downtown Indianapolis that include Indiana University, Methodist and Riley Hospital for Children. According to US News and World Report, IUHealth is Indiana’s only healthcare system to be nationally ranked 14 years in a row. IUHealth has innovative technology, incredible amenities, and a service culture that goes above and beyond expectations. With all of these areas IU feels they create a totaling healing of a patients mind, body and spirit. IUHealth North provides a catering service for internal and external events. There are over twenty-five departments internally that have access to our service and to our department but choose to use both internal and external catering sources throughout the year for special occasions. The Nutrition and Food Service Department is incredibly talented and are able to create, copy, or mimic any outside catering vendor and at a portion of the price of an outside caterer. There are six associates that have graduated from culinary school with experience they have acquired from working at various locations in the city with top catering departments that include the JW Marriott...
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...Reducing the School Budget Michael Williams Grand Canyon University: EDA-535 Professor Angie Smith September 17, 2014 The Education Reform dream Camden is In need of. What ails the City of Camden’s schools system was instinctively a lack of correct leadership to guide the Education Reform, policy into the right direction, and oversight is the blame of its downfall. Charter schools the answer or a failing problem designed to dismantle the public school system as we know it, and the door opener for the gravitation of for-profit companies to get right from the exploitation of a poor city, in need of the right vision to guide it back into sustainability. Is government oversight, the direction needed to build a promising tomorrow, in what is missing from the direction Camden is now viewed as or the get rich scheme companies have been waiting for to cash in on. The business end of school budgeting has relevancy, to the topic that Camden City now faces. The civil right movement generated several plans of action to help protect school districts from failing the constituents, the Equal Protection Clause, (Civil Right Clause, of 1964). In, 2011 the Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie announced that Camden city schools lacked proper leadership, and began a campaign to takeover and usher the ailing school District into State compliance as the investing movement of Human Capitol, suggested by the Federal Board of Governor’s then chairman, Alan...
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...Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2012 Update Brief Summary, August 2012 Parents want quality child care for their children, but the slow economic recovery and the high cost of child care make paying for child care difficult for working families. In August, Child Care Aware® of America (formerly NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies), released Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2012 Report, which presents 2011 data about the price parents pay for full-time child care in each state. The report includes average fees for both child care centers and family child care homes for infants, 4-yearolds and school-age children in every state. The information was provided by State Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) network offices and local agencies that maintain data about child care programs in the communities they serve or was drawn from the most recent state market rate surveys. The report offers recommendations for states and the federal government to improve the affordability of child care. from about $4,100 in South Carolina to about $9,600 in New York. Child care costs more than college In 36 states (including the District of Columbia), the average annual cost for center-based infant care exceeded a year’s in-state tuition and related fees at a four year public college. Child care costs more than rent Center-based child care fees for two children (an infant and a 4-year-old) exceeded annual median rent payments...
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...Jenny’s Closet Party LLC: Marketing Plan Presented By: Jennifer Smith Dr. Karen Mountain Marketing Management (MKT 500) Strayer University Thursday, June 5, 2014 Executive Summary What if I told you that you can get stylish clothing and accessories and the only catch was that you have to clean out your closet? If you said yes, then Jenny’s Closet Party is the dynamic answer for you. Jenny’s Closet Party LLC is designed with you in mind, by creating the ultimate “Girls Night Out” experience, combining fashion, food, and fun while mingling amongst friends. Uniquely swapping from one fashionista’s closet to another and the remaining items are donated to a local charity. Sounds the perfect win-win scenario right? Jenny’s Closet Party, “A great excuse to clean out your closet”. First Step: Upon receipt of an invitation or retrieval of flyer, specific details will be highlighted as to a theme, what items are being requested, deadline for dropping of your items and also what you should expect the day of the event. Go through your closet and find articles of clothing or accessories that you would like to swap. The items must be in style, of good quality and condition. Some of the categories (depending on theme) may include: clothing, shoes, earrings, scarfs, jackets etc. Second Step: Bring the items to the Donation Center at the Porter County Expo Center two weeks prior to events (Fridays) from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. At this time you...
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