CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ACCOUNTING MANUAL (CSAM)
2011 Edition
We are pleased to announce the availability of the 2011 edition of the California School Accounting Manual (CSAM). New and updated procedures were approved by the California State Board of Education on September 8, 2011.
CSAM Highlights:
The 2011 edition of the CSAM includes one new and twenty-nine updated procedures.
The changes included in CSAM 2011 are summarized in the following:
2011 Summary of Changes to CSAM
Ordering CSAM:
Complete CSAM manuals may be ordered in hard copy from the CDE Press Sales Office. To purchase a copy, see the order information. (To obtain just the 2011 new and updated procedures, or to view the entire CSAM online, see the following.)
Viewing CSAM:
California School Accounting Manual (CSAM) - Complete (PDF; 3MB; 635pp.) PDF format for online viewing, searching, and printing of the complete manual. NOTE: The entire manual is quite large (613 pages) and may take longer than expected to load into a browser or to print.
California School Accounting Manual (CSAM) - 2011 Updates Only (PDF; 2MB; 421pp.) PDF format for online viewing, searching, and printing of only the 2011 new and updated procedures.
Downloading CSAM:
Download instructions for the "Complete" or the "2011 Updates Only" PDF versions: Using the links above, use the "File/Save As" command to download CSAM to your desktop for viewing, searching, and printing.
Download instructions for the individual procedures of the 2011 manual, for viewing and printing: Use this link: California School Accounting Manual (CSAM) - 2011 Individual Procedures (EXE; 2MB) to download a self-extracting zipped file named "csam2011procedures.exe" to a default folder on your "C" drive named C:\CSAM2011Procedures. Click "Run," then "Unzip," to place the 61 PDF documents into the default folder.
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