Welcome to Edlio Accounting. Designed specifically for school bookkeepers, treasurers, and district financial administrators, Edlio Accounting provides a unified, compliant fund accounting system to manage school activity funds, student fee receipts, vendor disbursements, and bank reconciliations.
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The Accounting Dashboard & Navigation
The modern Accounting interface features a streamlined top horizontal navigation bar organized into seven core operational modules:
Dashboard: A live command center showing real-time cash balances across bank accounts, items needing review, pending approvals, undeposited receipts, and month-to-date activity.
Receipts: Record incoming cash, check, and electronic payments, group receipts into bank deposits, and manage payer contacts.
Disbursements: Process vendor invoices, issue checks, track automated clearing house (ACH) payment files, and maintain approved vendor records.
Transfers: Execute compliant fund-to-fund reallocations and bank-to-bank transfers with mandatory reason tracking and balanced debits/credits.
Reconciliation: Match internal general ledger records against monthly bank statements, log adjustments, and maintain clean audit trails.
Reports: Generate General Ledger details, Chart of Accounts rosters, Monthly Activity summaries, and trial balances.
Settings: Configure object codes, fund accounts, sub-accounts, approval rules, and notification preferences.
Key Principles of School Fund Accounting
Unlike commercial accounting systems, school financial management operates under strict Fund Accounting rules:
Restricted Activity Funds: Every receipt and disbursement must be tied to a designated fund account (e.g., Athletics, Drama Club, Senior Class) ensuring student-raised funds are spent exclusively for their intended educational purpose.
Balanced Fund Transfers: Moving money between internal funds does not alter total school cashâit transfers balance obligations while maintaining equal debits and credits.
Audit-Ready Documentation: Every receipt, vendor disbursement, and bank deposit produces an immutable document number for annual district auditing.
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