Forms—Charter Schools

Charters should use these final forms and instructions for completing their charter school budgets. Extract the files to C:\CSFORMS\. The C:\CSFORMS\ folder should also include the most recently revised version of the charter's fiscal year 2025 budget files. Read the Submission and Publication Instructions for additional information.

All charters should use the final budget forms for budget revisions during the fiscal year. The Arizona Department of Education will not accept budget revisions submitted on the preliminary budget form.

The FY 2024 AFR zip file contains forms and instructions for completing the charter school AFR; Food Service AFR; Classroom Site Project Narrative; and ADE's Results-Based Funding Expenditure Report. The school-level (SLR) AFR zip file includes two SLR forms based on charter size.

Select the zip file and extract the files to C:\CSFORMS\. In addition to the extracted files, the C:\CSFORMS\ folder should also include the most recently revised versions of the charter's FY 2024 budget and FY 2023 AFR files.

Read the Submission and Publication Information document and FY 2024 Formula Corrections file for additional information.

This short video, issued in June 2020, provides information about importing accounting data used to populate the charter school AFR and the school-level reporting forms.

This short video describes the School-Level Reporting Form that was issued with the draft form in June 2020.

This short video describes the School-Level Reporting Form for charters with 1 school.

This Legal Compliance Questionnaire is for use in audits of charter schools sponsored by universities and community college districts that are exempt from complying with the USFRCS. Charter schools the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools sponsors should continue to refer to the guidance the board issues.

Charter sponsors should use this form to submit its annual report to the Arizona Auditor General on or before October 1 of each year.