Ed-Data

This report shows a county office’s total County School Service Fund expenditures for each program or goal (e.g., Special Education, Regional Occupation Programs, Juvenile Schools, Community Day Schools, etc.). The costs are displayed by instructional goal and then within each goal by major activity, such as instruction (teacher salaries, instructional aide salaries, student textbooks, supplies), support (curriculum development, pupil transportation, counseling services, custodial services), and central administration (accounting, personnel, data processing). The report also includes “other” costs that are not associated with a specific goal, such as food service and facilities acquisition and construction.

Looking at the costs associated with each instructional goal identifies not only the direct classroom costs, but also the multitude of other expenditures necessary to operate a given instructional program.

Note: While counties charge most costs directly to a specific goal, they allocate some using factors or ratios they provide during program cost reporting.

Note: Districts and county offices report their revenues and expenditures to the California Department of Education (CDE) prior to the completion of their annual audit. Every effort is made by the CDE to catch errors or misinterpretations. However, the unaudited information is not changed after it has been certified and released by CDE. Therefore, this report may include some uncorrected data.