• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 1/15/2025
• 2/14/2025
• 3/14/2025
• 4/15/2025
• 5/15/2025
• 6/16/2025
• 7/15/2025
• 8/15/2025
• 9/15/2025
• 10/15/2025
• 11/14/2025
• 12/15/2025

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• EDUCATION FISCAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

3655

For EDUCATION FISCAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03655

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of Education
  Examination and Recruitment Office
  1430 N Street, Room 1802
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of Education
  Examination and Recruitment Office
  1430 N Street, Room 1802
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Date stamp STD 678 prior to submitting in the drop box.

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Other - Qualifications Assessment Questionnaire
• Other - Evidence of completion of the education/license (copies are acceptable)

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Education Requirement:

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college with possession of a master's degree in Public or Business Administration or related field, or possession of a valid license authorizing service as a Certified Public Accountant in California. Applicants who do not meet the education requirement will be admitted to the examination but must meet the requirement before they will be considered eligible for appointment. One year of experience performing professional education duties at a level of responsibility equivalent to that obtained in the class of Education Fiscal Services Assistant, Range B, or higher may be substituted for the education requirement. Experience used in this manner to meet the education requirement must be in addition to that used to meet the general experience requirement.

Two years of experience in California state service performing fiscal analysis duties at a level of responsibility equivalent to that obtained in the class of Staff Services Manager I or higher may be substituted for the education requirement. Experience used in this manner to meet the education requirement must be in addition to that used to meet the general experience requirement.

Two years of experience as chief business officer or director of accounting, budgeting, data processing, business services, or similar administrative function with major responsibility for the preparation or analysis of budgets, accounts, and records may be substituted for the education requirement. Experience used in this manner to meet the education requirement must be in addition to that used to meet the general experience requirement, and

Experience Requirements:

Either Pattern I

One year of experience in California state service performing fiscal services duties of a class with a level of responsibility equivalent to an Education Fiscal Services Consultant; or

Pattern II

Two years of experience in California state service performing fiscal services duties of a class with a level of responsibility equivalent to an Education Fiscal Services Assistant, Range B; or

Pattern III

Four years of experienc e as chief business officer or director of accounting, budgeting, data processing, business services, or similar administrative function with major responsibility for the preparation or analysis of budgets, accounts, and records.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Components that are due with your application will be scored and will count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items may result in disqualification or elimination from the examination.

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of: The principles, practices and trends in public elementary and secondary education relating to fiscal services practices in LEAs; current practices and procedures for the preparation of budgets, accounts, and records; principles of governmental fund accounting; program cost accounting, interim financial status reports, and year-end expenditure reports; public school law and finance; automated financial management systems and software applications; methods of financial and statistical analysis; techniques of business systems analysis and design; trends in the area of business and financial management; techniques of work simplification; statewide financial programs for LEAs; and general knowledge of other areas of LEA operations such as educational programs, transportation, staffing, administrative organization structure, unifications, territorial transfers, and annexations. The California public and private school system; fiscal administrative practices; the functions of the California Department of Education; the functions of schools, districts, and county offices of education; Federal and State education laws; and the Department of Education's rules and regulations. Principles of employee development, training and supervision; departmental mission, goals, programs and policies; a supervisor's responsibility for promoting equal opportunity in hiring and employee development and promotion, and for maintaining a work environment which is free of discrimination and harassment.

Ability to: Interpret data; apply automated financial management systems and software applications; solve administrative and fiscal problems; communicate effectively; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; effectively interpret and explain information to a variety of audiences; work collegially to accomplish cooperative projects; and exercise tact, resourcefulness and judgment with all groups contacted in the work. Assume leadership and exercise creativity in the work assigned; interpret fiscal policy; and develop well-informed policy recommendations. Effectively and efficiently manage a staff and program within the resources provided; review and edit written documents; establish and maintain project and departmental priorities; work effectively with administrative personnel in the Department and in other governmental agencies; supervise subordinate staff; and effectively promote equal opportunity in employment and maintain a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the EDUCATION FISCAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR Classification will be established for:

• Department of Education

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 24 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Education

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Education reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.