Iowa Department of Education

The Certified Annual Financial Report is a report of financial and pupil data required by Iowa Code to be filed annually with the Department of Education by each school district and area education agency and which is due no later than September 15 following the close of the fiscal year.

The Chart of Account upload and on-line data collection are located at www.edinfo.state.ia.us. Below are the specifications for the software providers, districts, and area education agencies, and certified annual reports by district and area education agency for past years.

Contacts:  Deb Schroeder , Consultant

                 Janice Evans , Consultant

User Information

2006-07 CAR Training PowerPoint

 2006-07 CAR Instructions

Chart of Account Upload File Specifications

Critical Filing Dates

See Quick Links - DE Calendar Deadlines

CAR by District - Query Format

Beginning with the 2005-06 CAR, all districts and AEAs are required to upload their chart of accounts. The Department has developed some standard reports from that information. The data can also be queried by the segments of the account codes.

2005-06 CAR Query

CAR query instructions

CAR by District - Form Format (through FY 2004-2005)

2004-05 CAR (6.97 MB)

2003-04 CAR (7.79 MB)

2002-03 CAR (8.41 MB)

2001-02 CAR (10.54 MB)

2000-01 CAR (12.66 MB)

Links
Click here to link to Uniform Financial Accounting Manual and all appendices including Journal Entries, Chart of Account Descriptions, Minimum Chart of Accounts and Sample Chart of Accounts.

EdInfo Upload

 
FAQs
Certified Annual Report (CAR) FAQs