The Complete HR, Payroll, and Benefits System for

Charter Schools & Education

A single system to manage compliance, support educators, and meet the demands of modern education.

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COMPLETE HR ECOSYSTEM FOR Charter Schools & Education

Key Benefits & Highlights

Work with a Team That Knows Education

Get education-savvy support from experts who understand the complexities of school calendars, stipends, variable-hour roles, and grant-funded positions.

Handle salaried employees, hourly aides, coaches, and substitutes with ease. Inova supports multiple pay cycles, supplemental runs, and retro pay with clean labor allocation across campuses and grants.

Simplify classroom, aftercare, and maintenance scheduling. Apply bell schedules and rounding rules. Use mobile and web punches, and route approvals before payroll.

Track ACA eligibility for variable-hour staff. Apply complex state leave and wage rules automatically. Generate audit-ready reports with clean, exportable records.

Allocate labor directly from timecards and payroll to grants, campuses, and cost centers. Run real-time reports to manage budgets and funding source allocations with accuracy.

Increase satisfaction and reduce admin workload with employee access to schedules, pay stubs, tax forms, benefits, and time-off requests from any device.

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Inova’s Payroll Customer Service Team is phenomenal! I like the checklists that are used to complete payroll. It’s helpful to keep me on track and ensure I don’t miss anything.

– Program Manager of Operations, Western School of Science and Technology (51-200 employees)

Key Inova HCM Features

For Charter Schools & Education

  • Digital onboarding & e-signature packets

  • I-9 and E-Verify integration

  • Employee & manager self-service (web + mobile)

  • Bell schedule rounding & break rules

  • PTO, sick, personal, and FMLA leave tracking

  • ACA tracking & 1095-C generation

  • Labor distribution by campus, program, grant, and fund

  • Retro pay, off-cycle & supplemental pay support

  • GL exports mapped to your accounting system

  • Multicycle payroll for mixed-role organizations

  • Role-based workflows (pay changes, status updates)
  • Attestations, policy acknowledgments, and document storage
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Top Integrations

For Charter Schools & Education

Inova integrates with the systems you already rely on such as Acumatica, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, benefit carriers and COBRA administrators, background screening providers, and E-Verify. Check out our integrations directory to learn more.

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Inova Payroll for Charter Schools and Education FAQs

Inova Payroll helps charter schools manage complex pay structures, stipends, and multiple funding sources in one connected system. Our education-focused service team understands school calendars, variable-hour staff, and grant requirements. 

Charter Impact is one of the nation’s leading providers of financial management for charter schools and nonprofit organizations, delivering expert back-office accounting, payroll, and operational support so educators can stay focused on their mission. Through its partnership with Inova Payroll, Charter Impact ensures schools receive streamlined, compliant, and reliable human-capital and payroll solutions tailored to their unique needs.

Yes. Inova Payroll lets you manage payroll and labor costs across multiple campuses, programs, or grants. Hours and wages can be distributed directly from timecards for accurate reporting and reimbursement. 

Inova Payroll helps schools stay compliant by automatically tracking ACA eligibility, applying state wage and leave rules, and maintaining clean, exportable audit records for easy reporting. 

Yes. Inova Payroll supports web, kiosk, and mobile clocking with GPS verification for substitutes and variable-hour employees. Time entries route for manager approval before payroll runs. 

Inova Payroll tracks PTO, sick, FMLA, and state leave with accrual rules that align to your school’s policies and calendars. This ensures every employee’s time off is calculated and recorded correctly. 

Inova Payroll includes labor distribution tools that assign pay and hours to specific grants, campuses, or programs. Reports clearly show labor costs by funding source to support compliance and reimbursement. 

Inova Payroll simplifies onboarding with digital packets, e-signatures, and I-9/E-Verify. Checklists can automatically route to IT and Facilities to set up new teachers and staff quickly. 

Inova Payroll connects with Sage Intacct, Acumatica, QuickBooks Online, and Charter Impact. Payroll data flows directly to your general ledger to eliminate duplicate entry and reduce reconciliation time. 

Employees can view pay statements, schedules, time-off balances, and documents anytime through self-service access on any device, improving transparency and staff satisfaction. 

Inova Payroll includes real-time dashboards for headcount, overtime, labor cost, and budget vs. actuals. Reports can be exported for audits, board meetings, or grant submissions. 

By combining HR, payroll, time, and benefits in one easy system, Inova Payroll reduces manual work and ensures teachers and staff are paid accurately and on time, helping schools focus more on education.