Business Services
About Business Services
Business Office Procedures
The Business Department is committed to maximize the educational experience of all students in the district through sound fiscal management. The departments mission is to ensure compliance with statutes and auditing standards, provide exceptional customer service, work collaboratively with all departments and administration to provide necessary resources to facilitate teaching and learning.
The essential functions of the department includes district functions of accounting, maintenance, transportation, construction, and food service. Direct all financial aspects of the district including, budgeting, computing tax rates, auditing, annual financial reporting, insurance programs, elections, facilities, bond programs, and collective bargaining.
Business Services Contacts
Director of Finance
Aracely Soto
602-629-6460
Federal and State Programs Manager
Sharon Estrada
602-629-6444
Finance Manager
Amanda Caraveo
602-629-6464
Grants Specialist
Dulce Terrazas
602-629-6432
Jareth Sanchez
602-629-6441
Parent and Community Specialist
Eloisa Cirne
602-629-6429
Excellence in Financial Reporting
The Balsz School district has been awarded annually since 1995 two Certificates of Excellence in Reporting. One is from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) and the other is from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The Certificate of Achievement in Excellence in Financial Reporting is a voluntary, nationally recognized program sponsored by ASBO to foster excellence in the preparation and issuance of school financial reports.
Learn more on the ASBO website.
Notes: Currently the following pages have been condensed into this one:
- Arizona District Spending report
- Everything in the Financials Tab (all 5 pages)
- Business Procedures
- Public Notices & input forms
Payroll Page currently combines the following pages:
Note, the payroll page needs more content to feel more full and not just a list of documents, though to be fair the other pages didn't do much better with only having one link to a document.
- Payroll Schedule
- Average Teacher Salaries
- Payroll forms (I know it's not navigable, but adding it to the page would flesh it out more with visual differences!)
Purchasing Page currently combines the following pages:
- Purchasing Office
- Gift and Donations
- Credit Card Training
- Surplus Auctions
- Vendor Registration
Moved Availability of Breakfast into Child Nutrition Service parent