Iron County Record | 1974-06-27 | Page 13 | Iron County to Join in Computer Program

Iron County to join in computer program A decision has been made by the Iron County School District to acquire the services of a computer com-puter which is ow ned by the Utah State Board of Education and housed in the Granite School District offices in Salt Lake City. The Iron School District will purchase an intelligent terminal and a printer which will be physically housed in the Iron District offices in Cedar City. Iron District personnel will input data in the terminal which will record the data on tape. Data from the tape will then be communicated via telephone lines to the computer in Salt Lake. The computer will then process the data and communicate com-municate via telephone back to Iron District where the information in-formation will be recorded on tape. Processed data on the tapes ; will then provide information to ' the Iron District printer which will print financial reports, payroll checks, etc. Fiscal package services will include payroll, accounts payable, fixed asset inventory, warehouse inventory, budgets, general ledgers, and receipts. As time permits, other services will include census data, test correcting, and student grade reporting.