Required Financial Transparency
Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-44-304
                               (Commencing July 1, 2018)

• District Adopted Budget Including Uniform Budget Summary (current and prior two years)
• District Financial Audit (current and prior two years)
• Salary Schedules or Policies (current and prior two years)
• Financial Data File (current and prior two years) (Districts identified as small/rural with less than 1,000 K-12 students and having no charter schools are required to post financial data file with district level financial information only.)
• List of Waivers Received by the School District
• Standardized Description and Rationale for Each Automatic Waiver
• Federal Form 990, 990EZ, or 990-PF and any associated schedules "not applicable"
• Plan for Distributing Additional Mill Levy Revenue or Statement of Intent to Distribute "not applicable"
• Other District-Specific Financial Information
• ESSER Funding Transparency

• The adopted budget, financial audit, and salary schedules must be posted or updated within 60 days after completion or receipt of the applicable report, statement, or document.  The Financial Data File for FY 16-17 is required to be posted no later than March 1, 2018.  The list of waivers must be updated or posted within 30 days after a waiver is revoked or a new waiver is granted. 
   
• Link to Financial Transparency for Colorado Schools website: https://www.cde.state.co.us/schoolview/financialtransparency/homepage
• Colorado Department of Education Office of School Finance

• Marijuana Fact Sheet:  Where the Money Goes
   
• Your Property Taxes:  How Gallagher Works
   
• Colorado - Did You Know?  A presentation of how funding reductions affect education.  

Disclaimer:  Please consider the context when evaluating financial transactions.  Some transactions may appear improper on the surface but are perfectly normal and justifiable when placed in the proper context.  Please call us with any questions about our financial transactions or records.  We welcome your questions and are happy to talk to you about all the ways we work to support our students and staff.

District Information:  Elbert County School District C-2 (also known as Kiowa Schools) serves about 272 students from preschool through 12^th grade.  We employ over 25 teachers in all three schools:  elementary (preschool - 5^th grade), middle school (6^th - 8^th grade) and high school (9^th -12^th grade).

Contact Information:

Travis Hargreaves, Superintendent
303 621-2220
thargreaves@kiowaschool.org
PO Box 128
Kiowa, CO 80117