# KEV Group: Leaders in School Activity Fee Management

> Leaders in K\-12 school accounting platform made for districts\. Streamline activity funds, ensure audit\-readiness, \& reduce risks for schools\.

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## Posts
- [District\-Wide Financial Visibility in K\-12 for 2026](https://kevgroup.com/blog/district-wide-k-12-financial-visibility-2026/): What a Student Information System Actually Does \(And What It Doesn’t\) A Student Information System is a student data platform\. It centers on student enrollment, demographics, attendance, scheduling, grading, health records, state reporting, and parent portals\. What’s not on that list? K\-12 financial management, student activity fund accounting, or GL coding\. Some SIS vendors have started expanding into fee management and payments, and it’s easy to see the appeal\. If your SIS already knows which students are enrolled and what courses they’re in, why not collect fees there too? Districts hear the promise of “everything in one platform” and it \[…\]
- [The School Finance Blind Spot: Inside the Hidden Gap Putting K–12 Schools at Risk](https://kevgroup.com/blog/k12-school-finance-blind-spot/): The School Finance Blind Spot, Explained While almost every district has financial controls in place, not every school does\. This creates a school finance blind spot — a critical oversight gap between district\-level financial systems and the everyday realities of how money moves within schools\. And the consequences are real: our analysis shows $49 million was lost across 93 confirmed fraud cases, much of it involving school\-level activities that rely on trust\-based systems, manual processes, and fragmented tools\. This is why transparency is the new currency of trust for school communities\. Parents expect to see where money goes\. Staff expect \[…\]
- [How to Simplify K\-12 Finance Software Setup in 2026](https://kevgroup.com/blog/k12-finance-software-setup/): What a Student Information System Actually Does \(And What It Doesn’t\) A Student Information System is a student data platform\. It centers on student enrollment, demographics, attendance, scheduling, grading, health records, state reporting, and parent portals\. What’s not on that list? K\-12 financial management, student activity fund accounting, or GL coding\. Some SIS vendors have started expanding into fee management and payments, and it’s easy to see the appeal\. If your SIS already knows which students are enrolled and what courses they’re in, why not collect fees there too? Districts hear the promise of “everything in one platform” and it \[…\]
- [10 Questions to Vet K\-12 Finance Software Support and Demos](https://kevgroup.com/blog/school-finance-software-support-questions/): What a Student Information System Actually Does \(And What It Doesn’t\) A Student Information System is a student data platform\. It centers on student enrollment, demographics, attendance, scheduling, grading, health records, state reporting, and parent portals\. What’s not on that list? K\-12 financial management, student activity fund accounting, or GL coding\. Some SIS vendors have started expanding into fee management and payments, and it’s easy to see the appeal\. If your SIS already knows which students are enrolled and what courses they’re in, why not collect fees there too? Districts hear the promise of “everything in one platform” and it \[…\]
- [10 Reasons Why K–12 School Districts Fail Financial Audits \(and How to Fix Them\)](https://kevgroup.com/blog/why-k12-school-districts-fail-audits/): 1\.Weak internal controls  Many districts have eliminated internal audit teams, assuming external audits will suffice\. But this is a dangerous misconception\. External auditors only test small samples, so most fraud goes undetected\. They simply can’t look at everything\. At the same time, internal auditors can dig deeper into operational efficiency, procurement practices, IT systems, and risk management — exactly where districts most often get in trouble\. Without continuous controls, small errors quickly snowball into costly audit findings\. “I’ve noticed a lot of districts are getting rid of their internal audit departments because they know that the external audit is just \[…\]

## Customer Stories
- [HCDSB Boosts Oversight and Eases Workload with SchoolCash Online](https://kevgroup.com/customer-stories/halton-catholic-school-board-2025/): Less cash in schools means less fraud risk, fewer trips to the bank, and more time for teachers to focus on teaching instead of payment collection\.\.\.
- [How Cypress\-Fairbanks ISD built district\-wide accountability](https://kevgroup.com/customer-stories/cypress-fairbanks/): Overview When John Hassell joined Cypress\-Fairbanks ISD as an internal auditor, what he saw was a 96\-school district moving nearly $20 million a year through club dues, parking fees, spirit wear, and gate receipts\. Almost all of it cash, with no shared format for tracking any of it\. From the inside, he recognized the pattern right away: chaos that holds together until the day it doesn’t\. Working with KEV Group’s SchoolCash platform, Hassell’s team moved $8 million to digital collection in the first year alone, brought parent adoption to 90%, and grew fundraiser revenue four\-fold, from $50,000 to $200,000\. That money \[…\]
- [How the School District of Lee County brought 118 schools onto one accounting platform](https://kevgroup.com/customer-stories/lee-county_client-spotlight/): Our goal was to centralize the chart of accounts and vendor database so we can pull district reports without having to compile and enter data from every individual location…
- [Ascension Parish School Board Saves 9,000 Staff Hours with a Better Payment Experience](https://kevgroup.com/customer-stories/how-ascension-parish-school-board-improved-the-payment-experience-and-saved-9000-staff-hours-a-year/): To maximize event revenue and reduce the risks of handling high volumes of cash, Kelly Achord and Dianne Velasquez led the Ascension Parish School Board in adopting POS devices powered by KEV Group’s software\.

Starting with high schools and expanding district\-wide, their team shifted from cash\-heavy events to seamless digital payments with cellular\-enabled devices that work reliably at every venue\.
- [Savannah\-Chatham County Schools Master Audits with One Platform](https://kevgroup.com/customer-stories/how-savannah-chatham-county-public-school-system-mastered-audits/): SCCPSS standardized SchoolCash across 60 schools to achieve audit‑ready financials\. With consistent processes, KEV University training, and platform adoption, the district cut cash handling by 50% and created a single source of truth for activity funds\. 

## Press Releases
- [Financial Incidents Widespread in K12 School Districts, New Research Reveals](https://kevgroup.com/press-release/financial-incidents-widespread-in-k12-school-districts-new-research-reveals/): 99 percent of surveyed district finance leaders managed at least one incident in the past three years as parent concerns grow, according to research commissioned by KEV Group
- [KEV Group Awarded CCSD Contract for Activity Fund Software](https://kevgroup.com/press-release/clark-county-school-district-selects-kev-group/): Clark County School District partners with KEV Group to automate and manage $70M in K\-12 school activity funds annually\.
- [KEV Group Acquires Lunchbox Orders](https://kevgroup.com/press-release/kev-group-acquires-lunchbox/): KEV Group acquires Lunchbox Orders, a full\-service solution that manages lunch programs and fundraising initiatives for 400\+ schools across Ontario\.
- [Mingo County Schools Extends Use of SchoolCash Platform to Include Online Payments](https://kevgroup.com/press-release/mingo-county-schools-online-payments-schoolcash/): Mingo County Schools expands its use of KEV Group’s SchoolCash platform to streamline payments and improve financial transparency\.
- [KEV Group Announces Acquisition of Gray Step Software](https://kevgroup.com/press-release/kev-group-acquires-gray-step-software/): KEV Group strengthens leadership in K\-12 school fund management by acquiring Gray Step Software and its ASBWorks solution\.

## Videos
- [Stanly County Schools' Finance Revolution](https://kevgroup.com/videos/stanly-county-schools/): At Stanly County Schools in North Carolina, serving approximately 8,800 students across 22 schools, district leaders needed a better way to manage school\-generated funds and reduce the risks associated with manual financial processes\. In this customer story, Sara Helms, Internal Auditor at Stanly County Schools, shares how the district modernized its financial operations using KEV \[…\]
- [How Corvallis School District Streamlined Payments and Boosted Revenue](https://kevgroup.com/videos/the-corvallis-school-district-story/): How Corvallis School District Streamlined Payments and Boosted Revenue with InTouch Pay by KEV
- [How Klein ISD Increased Financial Visibility and Accelerated Refunds with SchoolCash](https://kevgroup.com/videos/how-klein-isd-increased-financial-visibility-and-accelerated-refunds-with-schoolcash/): How Corvallis School District Streamlined Payments and Boosted Revenue with InTouch Pay by KEV
- [Online School Payments for Districts \| Alief ISD Success Story](https://kevgroup.com/videos/alief-isd-all-it-takes-is-one-early-adopter/): How Corvallis School District Streamlined Payments and Boosted Revenue with InTouch Pay by KEV
- [How Cypress\-Fairbanks ISD Created a Safer Way to Manage School Funds](https://kevgroup.com/videos/how-cypress-fairbanks-isd-created-a-safer-way-to-manage-school-funds/): How Corvallis School District Streamlined Payments and Boosted Revenue with InTouch Pay by KEV

## Events
- [The School Finance Paradox](https://kevgroup.com/events/the-school-finance-paradox/): How Are CFOs Both Confident and Worried? In this webinar, we'll look at the district perspective, the school perspective, and the parent experience to uncover the truth behind financial risk and visibility\.
- [Navigating the Wild Wild West of student and ECA fees](https://kevgroup.com/events/navigating-the-wild-wild-west-of-student-and-eca-fees/): Saddle up and join KEV Group's Danny Gibson and Gina Buhr, Director of Business Operations at DeKalb Central Schools, as they share how they brought order to the Wild West of student and extracurricular fee management\.
- [The Fraud Finding That Changed Everything: How Wappingers CSD Took Control of School Activity Funds](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/514244243719171165/?source=website)
- [Michigan Association of Superintendents \& Administrators \(MASA\)](https://gomasa.org/events/2026-fall-conference/)
- [What It Really Costs to Keep Money Moving: Insights from K\-12](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2486008341592808790/?source=Website): Most district finance leaders feel confident in how they protect activity funds\. Parents and school staff aren't so sure\. That confidence gap is the paradox, and it's worth understanding\.

## Locations
- [Traverse City, Michigan](https://kevgroup.com/locations/traverse-city-michigan/)
- [Naperville, Illinois](https://kevgroup.com/locations/naperville-illinois/)
- [Vancouver, British Columbia](https://kevgroup.com/locations/vancouver-british-columbia/)
- [Murfreesboro, Tennessee](https://kevgroup.com/locations/murfreesboro-tennessee/)
- [Athens, Georgia](https://kevgroup.com/locations/athens-georgia/)

## Testimonials
- [Sarah Chen, Senior Software Engineer](https://kevgroup.com/testimonial/sarah-chen-senior-software-engineer/)

## Categories
- [K\-12 Financial Management](https://kevgroup.com/blog/category/k-12-financial-management/)
- [Risk Management](https://kevgroup.com/blog/category/risk-management/)
- [School Payments](https://kevgroup.com/blog/category/school-payments/)
- [Audit](https://kevgroup.com/blog/category/audit/)
- [Implementation](https://kevgroup.com/blog/category/implementation/)

## Tags
- [school finance](https://kevgroup.com/blog/tag/school-finance/)
- [Audits](https://kevgroup.com/blog/tag/audits/)
- [software setup](https://kevgroup.com/blog/tag/software-setup/)
- [fraud](https://kevgroup.com/blog/tag/fraud/)
- [security](https://kevgroup.com/blog/tag/security/)

## District Sizes
- [1\-49 Schools](https://kevgroup.com/blog/district-size/1-49-schools/)
- [50\+ Schools](https://kevgroup.com/blog/district-size/50-plus-schools/)

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## Resources
- [Webinar](https://kevgroup.com/resources/webinars/)

## Event Types
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