- Santa Barbara County Education Office
- SBAS Overview
-
School Business Advisory Services
About our Services
-
School Business Advisory Services (SBAS) is the External Business Services Department for SBCEO serving Santa Barbara County’s 20 K-12 school districts as well as district-sponsored charter schools and the local community colleges. The mission of SBAS is to promote sound financial management practices through fiscal monitoring, analysis, and consultation to fulfill our state-mandated oversight responsibilities.
We provide financial oversight as well as quality advisory services and support to school business officials. Our staff reviews budgets, LCAPs, collective bargaining agreements, and other financial documents to promote fiscal solvency. We also work with external local, state, and federal agencies to deliver prompt, accurate payroll tax and retirement reporting, accounts payable auditing and processing, general ledger management, and financial system technical support.
Escape Information
-
Escape Support
SBCEO administers Escape Online, a fully integrated financial system, and the Employee Online Portal which provides employees access to view payroll and benefits information. Our systems support team is available to provide direct support to our districts in the day-to-day use of these systems.
- Help Desk
Register incidents using an Escape Incident Request. The incident will be reviewed during normal business hours.
- After Hours Support Hotline (805) 964-4710, ext. 5203
Call this number if you are experiencing difficulty connecting to Escape outside of business hours. Please leave a voicemail with your name, district, phone number, and detailed message. Someone will return your call.
- Help Desk
External Resources
-
General
- California Department of Education (CDE)
- California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO)
- EdSource (Issues and Analysis)
- Ed-Data (Finance, Enrollment, Demographics)
- Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team (FCMAT)
- School Services of California (SSC)
- Small School Districts’ Association (SSDA)
Charter Schools:
School Facilities:
- CEQA (CA Environmental Quality Act)
- Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH)
- Division of the State Architect (DSA)
- Evaluating and Cleaning-Up School Sites (DTSC)
- Facilities (CDE)
- Facility Resource Center (CASH)
- Office of Public School Construction (OPSC)
- School Facility Programs and Services (OPSC)
Legal Legislative:
-
District Advisory Services
- Audit guidelines (CDE)
- Categorical programs (CDE)
- Consolidated application (CDE)
- Correspondence (CDE)
- Fiscal oversight (CDE)
- GASBs (CDE)
- Learning support (CDE)
- Reports (CDE)
- Local Control Funding Formula (CDE)
- SACS software (CDE)
-
Financial Accounting Services
- Allocations/apportionments (CDE)
- Award letters and schedules (CDE)
- CSAM (CDE)
- Indirect cost rates (CDE)
- SACS (CDE)
- Special education apportionment (CDE)
-
Other District Services
Attendance Accounting:
District Governing Board Services:
Unemployment Insurance Administration:
- School Employees Fund (EDD)
- Forms and Publications (EDD)
Contacts
-
Debbie Breck
Limited Term Interim-Administrator, School Business Advisory Services
dbreck@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5237Amada Dulay
Senior Administrative Assistant
adulay@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5201John De Voto
Business Systems Manager
johnd@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5241Vacant
Finance Systems Supervisor
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5372Rebecca Holmes
District Financial Advisor
rholmes@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5271Makenzie Johns
District Financial Advisor
mjohns@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5259Myron Porter
Payroll Systems Supervisor
mporter@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5280Danielle Spahn
District Financial Advisor
dspahn@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5273Jenelle Williams
District Financial Advisor
jwilliams@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext.5221
