408 - Credit Cards

District credit cards may be issued and/or made available to employees and officers only for the time period and purpose for which they are needed.  The Superintendent, in consultation with the Board, will determine which employees and officers will be issued and/or provided use of District credit cards and the time period that they are needed.  Prior to issuing and/or providing use of a District credit card to an employee of officer, the employee or officer will be instructed regarding the use of District credit cards and they will provide a written acknowledgement that they understand their responsibilities in regard to the use of District credit cards.  Employees and officers will return District issued and/or provided credit cards back to the District at the end of the time period for which they have been issued and/or provided a District credit card or upon separation of employment.  Use of District issued credit cards is a privilege and the Superintendent may withdraw the privilege of using District issued credit cards at any time.

Employees and officers may use District credit cards for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of work-related duties.  Actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of work-related duties include, but are not limited to, fuel for District transportation vehicles used for transporting students to and from school and for District-sponsored events, payment of claims related to professional development of the Board and employees, and other expenses required by employees and the Board in the performance of their duties.  Purchase orders will be used whenever possible, along with District issued checks, and credit cards will only be used when the business will not accept a District purchase order.

Employees and officers using a District credit card must submit a detailed receipt in addition to a credit card receipt indicating the date, purpose, and nature of the expense for each claim item.   Failure to provide a proper receipt will make the employee responsible for expenses incurred.  Those expenses shall be reimbursed to the District no later than ten working days following use of the District’s credit card.  In exceptional circumstances, the Superintendent or Board may allow a claim without proper receipt.  Written documentation explaining the exceptional circumstances shall be maintained as part of the District’s record of the claim.

The District may maintain a District credit card for actual and necessary expenses incurred by employees and officers in the performance of their duties.  The Superintendent may maintain a District credit card for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the Superintendent’s duties.  The transportation director may maintain a District credit card for fueling District transportation vehicles in accordance with Board policy.

It is the responsibility of the Superintendent to determine whether the District credit card use is for appropriate District business.  It is the responsibility of the Board to determine through the audit and approval process of the Board whether the District credit card use by the Superintendent and the Board is for appropriate District business.

Failure to comply with this policy may subject an employee or officer to disciplinary action, which may include suspension and/or termination of employment.

 

 

REVIEWED: 11/18/2019 - APPROVED 12/03/2019
REVIEWED: 02/08/2021 – APPROVED 03/15/2021
REVIEWED: 01/17/2022