Courses

November 12, 2024

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Intermediate Purchasing Seminar

The next offering will be held on November 19-21, 2024.

This course is intended for officials with two or more years of experience in local governmental purchasing, and will cover bidding and property disposal, capital leasing, performance management and benchmarking, insurance and risk management, electronic bidding and contract...

November 19, 2024

UNC School of Government
Chapel Hill, NC

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Introduction to Program Evaluation

This one-day, online workshop is for local governments, providing a broad overview of program evaluation through six key stages and facilitated by the School of Government's Dr. Maureen Berner. It will be held December 3rd, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Note: This course fulfills the evaluation requirement for the CLGBO...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Development Finance Toolbox

A survey of local government financing tools for community and economic development

How do local governments use public-private partnerships for development? What finance tools are available to local governments to revitalize Main Street? North Carolina communities can select from a wide array of financing tools in their efforts to...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Community Development Academy

Community development practitioners will benefit from this intensive course, which is designed for community development practitioners and covers the concepts, methods, and strategies of community economic development. The course provides practitioners with perspectives and practical skills surrounding community development in North Carolina....

March 18, 2025

UNC School of Government
Chapel Hill, NC

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Utilities Billing and Collections Administration

Gain an overview of the authority and requirements for establishing customer accounts, billing, and collecting public enterprise utility fees, focusing on water, sewer, and solid waste enterprises. Participants engage in interactive exercises applying general concepts to everyday utility billing and collections scenarios. Participants are...

June 3, 2025

UNC Knapp-Sanders Building
Chapel Hill, NC

There are additional offerings of this course available.

State Treasurer's Conference

2025 dates will be posted early spring of 2025. This program typically takes place every June via Zoom. For planning purposes, the 2024 fee was $250. Estimate higher for budget purposes.

June 18 & 20, 2024 9:00am – 1:00pm via Zoom (2 days)

Audience: These sessions are intended for city and county managers, finance officers...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Finance Officer Certification Exams

Beginning in 2021, we will no longer be offering the certification exams in January.

The North Carolina Government Finance Officers Association sponsors the NC Finance Officers' Certification Program. This program is designed to enhance the public finance profession in North Carolina.

To be eligible for...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Fundamentals of Property Tax Collection

This course focuses on law and practice governing the collection of county and municipal property taxes. It is designed to help new tax office employees learn the basics of tax collection while also providing a refresher for tax office veterans.

Future offerings of this course:

September 24-26, 2024 (Fully In-person) February...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Economic Recovery and Resiliency Post COVID-19

In support of local governments facing financial shortfalls, the Center for Public Leadership and Governance is offering 25% off the registration fee for this class. The discount will automatically be applied at checkout.

As attention shifts from the immediate health, community, and economic impacts of COVID-19 to longer-term recovery...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Property Tax Listing and Assessing in NC

This class focuses on the basic law and practice governing the listing and assessing of property for tax purposes.

There will be a combination of pre-recorded sessions and live sessions on Zoom. Some pre-work will be required. Please see the Agenda under Materials for more information.

For questions regarding course details,...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Affordable Housing Seminar: Tools, Strategies, and Case Studies for Local Government Leadership

This interactive in-person seminar is designed for elected and appointed officials (including managers and department heads) from local governments who are setting strategic direction around affordable housing. The seminar will focus on local government support and public-private partnerships for workforce residential housing. Attendees will...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Accounting and Auditing Update

This 1-day course will focus on new and emerging governmental accounting and financial reporting requirements – and there are many. Recent pronouncements of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) will be highlighted, specifically GASB Statement Nos. 67 and 68, commonly known as the pension standards. NC governments will be...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Introduction to Local Government Finance

This introductory course provides basic instruction in local government and public authority finance and financial management. Areas of instruction include the basic legal authority and requirements governing local government revenues, budgeting processes, cash management, purchasing and...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Basic Principles of Local Government Purchasing

The January 2024 offering will be available both in-person and online at the School of Government.

This course is designed for new local government purchasing officials and covers basic principles and legal requirements for local government purchasing.

Topics include the following:

Competitive bidding requirements for...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure for Elected Officials

Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Finance: A Toolkit for Elected Officials has been rescheduled to September 2025. Exact dates will be posted soon.

This course is relevant for managers, budget and finance professionals and elected officials

As local leaders, one of your most important responsibilities is providing for the future...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Fiduciary Responsibilities of Local Elected Officials

This course will be scheduled in 2025 and held online via Zoom from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Local elected officials are stewards of the public trust. They are responsible for guiding multi-million dollar county and municipal corporations that depend on numerous sources of revenues and that have multiple layers of policy and management...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Governmental Accounting & Financial Reporting

This course is offered annually in the spring. Materials and homework will be delivered via the Canvas online platform. In order to receive a certificate of completion for the course, all four online Canvas quizzes must be completed and you must attend all four live in-person sessions.

This course covers the fundamentals of governmental...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Reappraisal in North Carolina

The next offering will be held on September 9-11, 2024.

This workshop focuses on law and practice governing the general reappraisal of real property in North Carolina. It is designed to help assessors and the appraisal staff use statistical measures to better ensure accuracy and uniformity of property tax assessments, learn the basics of...

There are additional offerings of this course available.