{"id":2196,"date":"2021-11-22T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/?page_id=2196"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:12:01","slug":"basic-school-finance-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/?page_id=2196","title":{"rendered":"Basic School Finance &#038; FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the SCC basic school finance page. This page is designed to give the end user a brief overview of school finance concepts and to ultimately review the Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ&#8217;s) related to school finance. To learn more about specific SCC financial details please visit the SCC Financial page located on this site.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How is an annual school budget made up and where does the money come from?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What exactly do my tax dollars fund?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is a levy?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Is Iowa school finance different than operating my own checking account?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Can we pay teacher salaries out of any school account?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it mean when a school district tries to past a bond issue?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What are the statewide penny (SILO) or PPEL funds I hear about? How do these help us?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is the district doing with the Federal money that was distributed due to COVID and economic reform?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does the Board review monthly regarding finances?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How often is the district audited?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the SCC basic school finance page. This page is designed to give the end user a brief overview of school finance concepts and to ultimately review the Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ&#8217;s) related to school finance. To learn more about specific SCC financial details please visit the SCC Financial page located on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2197,"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2196\/revisions\/2197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scc.k12.ia.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}