Technical review check
CHK-GOALxFUNCTION-BFatal (F)
General administration charged to a program goal
CDE's wordingGeneral administration costs (functions 7200-7999, except 7210) have been direct-charged to an inappropriate goal. For all agencies, including single-program districts and joint powers agencies, costs direct-charged to general administration must have a goal that is Undistributed, Nonagency, or County Services to Districts (Goal 0000, 7100-7199, or 8600-8699). Your general ledger data must be corrected and reimported.
Fatal. The Official Export will not run until it is cleared.
What it means
General administration charged to a program goal
Functions 7200-7999 (except 7210) are general administration. CDE requires those costs to carry goal 0000 (Undistributed), 7100-7199 (Nonagency) or 8600-8699 (County Services to Districts). Direct-charging them to a program goal is fatal.
Why it fires
The usual causes
- Board, superintendent or business office costs coded with an instructional or program goal
- A district-wide charge allocated to programs by goal instead of through the indirect cost process
How to fix it
The repair
- Recode the goal to 0000 on the general administration rows; re-extract and reimport.
- If a program legitimately bears a share, charge it through indirect costs (7310), not by goal.
In SACS Pre-Flight
What the tool shows
Lists each pair with line numbers and shows the correcting entry to goal 0000.
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