The AptaFund Accounting Solution Appeals To Districts Nationwide

Online, August 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Harris School Solutions is pleased to announce several new AptaFund customers across the U.S. this year. AptaFund is the web-based fund accounting solution for small-to medium-sized school districts.

"We listened to the feedback from our customers and have worked to enhance AptaFund to meet their needs. The continued growth of our AptaFund user base confirms that we are delivering," stated Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Deana Kovalcik.

In Kansas, new AptaFund customers include Hugoton Unified School District 210 and Riley County Unified School District 378.

The Hugoton district desired a web-based solution with greater tracking capabilities. Board Clerk Debbie Theye stated that, additionally, the ability to recall information quickly was an important feature.

"We wanted to be able to look up past information on the computer more easily," she stated. "In our previous system, I had to refer back to the hard copies to locate that information and it could be very time consuming. AptaFund has most of the information on the screen."

The Riley district also considered the web-based advantages and information storage to be key features of AptaFund.

"Since Harris hosts the program, it reduced backup space for our network administrator," stated Treasurer Sandy Glessner. "We are able to obtain more information and then manipulate it for a better understanding of our finances."

Some of the additional AptaFund signups for 2011 include: the Rocky Ford School District in Colorado; Malcolm Public Schools, South Sarpy School District, Bennington Public Schools and Anselmo-Merna Public Schools in Nebraska; Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools, Fort Larned School District, Clay Center Unified School Districts, Buhler Unified School District and Reno County Educational Cooperative in Kansas; and Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Massachusetts. New customers were also acquired in New Mexico and California.

"We look forward to working with each customer on successful implementations," stated Kovalcik.

Currently, AptaFund offers over 120 customizable reports and a highly secure internet data center, with transaction tracing capabilities through AptaTrace. It is GAAP, GASB 34, and USFR compliant, and provides multi-level security safeguards for financial information. The AptaFund suite includes several fully-integrated modules, including state reporting, human resources, Employee Services Portal (ESP), capital assets (non-profit compliant), and many more.

In May, Harris announced the release of AptaFund 4, which added many customer-driven enhancements, including a new user interface (UI).

"The new web UI will be available alongside the existing AptaFund thick client, allowing users to transition easily and at their own pace," said Harris Vice President of Research and Development Scott Schollenberger.

The full line of Harris School Solutions software provides numerous options for student information, mass notification, school nutrition, school business, employee time and attendance, adult-vocational education, data backup/recovery and transportation management. View the Harris product line at: harris-schoolsolutions.com/solutions.