School District Business Management Services

• BEST: Budget Evaluation System Technology - The BEST application provides districts with the ability to create, update and maintain their local budgets. It is a relational database designed to assist in budget preparation, analysis and projection. Operating as either a stand-alone or LAN-based application, BEST interfaces with accounting subsystems such as NYSSCSS, EMAP, FAME and Finance Manager for data transfer purposes.

• Tax Billing  - Assists districts that do their own tax billings, to build a database and to issue and track payments against tax bills.

• Finance Manager Financial Software - A business office service based on the Finance Manager software. This service offers comprehensive, yet easy to use, integrated payroll, personnel, encumbrance accounting and general ledger systems, all using the latest in modern database technology. A user friendly report writer is included that can access all database entries. Finance Manager can be implemented on a personal computer, Local Area Network or Unix-based computer.

• EMAP Payroll/Personnel - A complete system of payroll and personnel management that can be operated in-house using a variety of distributed data processing hardware/software platforms.

• EMAP Financial Accounting  - A complete business management system that can be operated in-house. Subsystems include accounts payable, general ledger, requisition and purchase order processing.