Financial Management

Election Management System transforms time consuming, costly and manual maintenance of voting records into an automated, streamlined system designed specifically to meet a district’s needs. Over 150 school districts, municipalities, towns and libraries currently use the Election Management System. 

Bold Version 1.05 is a comprehensive, Web-based, total election management system that is continuously improving with customer input. It integrates all voter registration data into a centralized database, provides total post-election participation reporting and data analysis, and in-house printing services. It claims to improve efficiency before, during and after election. All training and election-day technical support is provided.

Bold version 2.0 contains all of the functionality of 1.05, as well as provides the opportunity to reduce approximately 50% of election staff by scanning a barcode within the signature books. This provides an up-to-the-minute poll list, quick verification of election participation and gives districts the ability to answer FOIL requests quickly and easily.

CoSer: 602.170 

Bold System CenStar Census Management System By combining demographic data from student systems and Bold-enhanced data created from the available mapping data, a new database is created with potential students and families in the district. This information will help determine class makeup, size, and spatial needs. 

CoSer: 602.171 

Districts that use Finance Manager or Pentamation through Nassau BOCES can utilize the Edge System in the Nassau BOCES Computer Centers. School districts are provided with fully negotiable, superior quality, laser check documents.

These documents can be produced in a variety of colors and paper types to fit the needs of each district. Districts choose whether to have the checks signed, folded and sealed, or sent to the district for signature. Nassau BOCES also supports districts that print their checks in-house utilizing the EDGE system.

CoSer: 602.155 

This financial and administrative program series was designed exclusively for New York state municipal environments by a team of software developers, certified public accountants, and school district personnel. The following modules are available: accounting, budget, payroll, human resources, negotiations, requisitions, receivables, GASB-34, and Bid.

Two delivery platforms are included in this system:
The district's data can be stored at Nassau BOCES with the district connecting back to Nassau BOCES through communications lines. Nassau BOCES prints major reports; orders, stores, and prints checks; transmits direct deposits and produces bank reconciliation, Employee Retirement System, and Teacher Retirement System documents; provides quarterly diskettes for New York state and prints W2s and 1099s.

The district's data can be stored at the local district. All processing takes place at the district level. The district prints major reports and provides quarterly diskettes for New York state. The district connects back through communications lines to Nassau BOCES for disaster recovery. The service consists of telephone support directly from Nassau BOCES staff and user group meetings. Districts also have the option to have Nassau BOCES print W2s and 1099s or print locally. Districts can also subscribe to six days of in-district training from Nassau BOCES staff.

CoSer:  602.150

For use in preparation for negotiations, districts subscribing to the NIS can access comprehensive data on provisions for collective bargaining agreements in Long Island school districts including teacher salary schedule comparisons by district.

The Web-enabled version of NIS offers flexibility, and the ability to manipulate the data collected based on your district’s needs via “ad hoc” explorations. Reports can be saved, printed and exported to Excel or PDF. In addition, an Annual Study of School Costs in Nassau County districts and an Elementary Class Size Study are also provided.

CoSer: 602.621 

TEAM-ED provides accurate voter information, simplifies the vote preparation process and includes valuable reporting capabilities. The TEAM-ED software package benefits from a customized voter registration database that integrates both county registered and school district only voters. It also includes a sophisticated street finder that can easily filter out voters who do NOT reside in the school district. The system features integrated voter history data which allows for effective voter population analysis. It prints current absentee labels and allows for complete tracking and management of absentee ballots. Users have extensive voter lookup capabilities to aid in instant voter verification. With the barcoded poll books with pre-printed voter signatures, users can be assured of seamless voter identification. An electronic check-in feature is available to assist with poll site setup and voter reconciliation. Detailed statistical report capabilities round out TEAM-ED highlights, allowing for easy and fast response to FOIL requests.

CoSer: 602.172

Brightly Software Inc. (Brightly) is a cloud-based, on-demand, operations management tool designed specifically for educational institutions. Brightly provides a suite of software products to manage maintenance, technology, energy, events, and safety. Specific software applications include:

Maintenance Management:

• Asset Essentials (assign and track the progress of all maintenance activities)
• Capital Forecast Direct (facilities and maintenance budgeting)
• Critical Alarm Automation (building automation alarm and work-order integration)
• Inventory Direct (inventory management)
• Maintenance Direct (work order management software for facility maintenance)
• PM Direct (preventive and planned maintenance management)
• Technology Management:
• Incident (IT incident and help desk management)
• Help Desk (IT help desk, work order management, and asset tracking)
• Energy Management:
• Conserve Direct (energy and conservation management)
• Energy Manager (energy tracking solution to promote conservation efforts)
• Utility Direct (utility tracking and bill analysis management)
• Event Management:
• Event Publisher (event management and calendar scheduling for community use)
• FS Automation (facility and building automation integration)
• FS Direct (facility scheduling, permit processing, and event management)
• Trip Direct (field trip planning and management)
• Safety Management:
• Crisis Manager (emergency plans and safety procedures)
• Safety Center (mobile safety platform for emergency planning)

Other products and services are available based on school district needs. As Brightly is upgrading their software, the specific product names above may change