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 June 2024
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Inside this issue:
Department of Education Resources
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Upcoming Deadlines
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Due Date
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What's Due
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June 30
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Last Day to Pay Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Tuition Due to Eligible Postsecondary Institutions
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June 30
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Deadline to Submit Notification of Intent to Implement Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
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July 1
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Joint Employment Whole Grade Sharing Applications Due
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July 1
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Vehicle Information System (VIS) Updates Due
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July 15
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Last Day to Bill for Second Semester Regular and Special Education Tuition
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July 17
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Last Day to Submit Foster Care Transportation Claim
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July 31
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Quarterly Medicaid Exclusion/Suspension Verification Report
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Staff Contact Information
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The Bureau of School Business Operations (SBO) is happy to share the newly created Accounting for School-Based Medicaid resource document. This reference guide is intended to assist districts through the School-Based Medicaid accounting process, from accessing the invoice to reclassifying the related Medicaid expenditures.
The Bureau of School Business Operations will be offering virtual office hours during the upcoming FY24 application submission period for the Certified Annual Report (CAR), Special Education Supplement (SES), and the Annual Transportation Report (ATR). Members of the Department’s team as well as other School Business Officials will be available to answer questions related to the applications. Mark your calendars and bring any questions related to the CAR, SES, or ATR. The schedule and topic information below is also available on the Department’s Certified Annual Report web page.
Virtual office hours dates and times:
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Time
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Monday, August 26
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1:30pm – 3:00pm
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Thursday, August 29
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9:30am – 11:00am
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Wednesday, September 4
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9:30am – 11:00am
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Friday, September 6
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9:30am – 11:00am
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Wednesday, September 11
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9:30am – 11:00am
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Thursday, September 12
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1:30pm – 3:00pm
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Join the webinar:
https://IDOE.zoom.us/j/94725426306?pwd=idEaB5RruTFYk88jPaHjeGU5bRuH98.1
Meeting ID: 947 2542 6306
Passcode: 748596
Virtual office hours topics:
- Certified Annual Report
- Account Coding Structure (Stage 1 and 2 edits)
- Correct account coding structure
- Coding string includes required dimensions
- Numbers are positive (with a few exceptions)
- Facility codes match BEDS or UFA
- Validation of account codes
- Function 1XXX may not be used with Program 000
- Source/Project checks
- State Sources 3XXX are used with Project 3XXX
- Journal entries (Stage 3 edits)
- Reflects GASB requirements
- Interfund, intrafund, and flexibility account transfers
- Taxes receivable and other deferred inflows
- State/Local/Matching Sources Reconciliations (Stage 4 edits)
- State projects/Categorical
- Local projects
- Matching Sources – review all available resources
- Department Warrants (Portal)
- State Payment Information
- Department of Management
- CAR web page
- IDEA revenues and matching expenditures
- Federal/Fund/Balance Sheet Reconciliations (Stage 4 edits)
- Federal projects
- Funds
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Account IDs 1, 2, 3 = 4, 5, 6, 7
- Special Education Supplement
- Annual Transportation Report
- Grants and Federal Programs
- Miscellaneous Topics
The FY24 annual compilation of School Business Alert articles is now available on the Department's School Business Alerts web page.
Senate File (SF) 2368, enacted May 17, 2024 adds a reporting requirement for school districts and defines a hierarchy of accepting bids for sale of district property.
Reporting requirement:
This legislation requires each school district to post the following information on the district’s internet site beginning on July 1, 2024:
- The square footage of each school building owned by the school district.
- The enrollment capacity of each attendance center owned by the district.
- How each school building owned by the district is currently utilized.
- School buildings owned by the district that are vacant.
Hierarchy of accepting bids for sale of district property:
The legislation establishes Iowa Code section 297.24, which prohibits school districts from entering into an agreement that prohibits the sale of real property to an educational institution. If the district offers to sell real property that includes a building or structure and an educational institution submits the highest bid for the property, then the district is required to sell the property to the highest bidder. Educational institutions in this context are defined as a school district, nonpublic school, charter school, community college, state training school, and an accredited private postsecondary institution.
Are you intrinsically motivated to be a resource for others? Have you thought about the impact you could make at the state level being a resource for peers across the state? Consider joining our team! We are currently accepting applications for an Education Program Consultant - School Finance (Accounting and Reporting) to complete federal fiscal reporting and work collaboratively with Jina and Song to assist districts with the Certified Annual Report (CAR) and account coding.
The Department is currently accepting applications for the Education Program Consultant - School Finance (Accounting and Reporting) position. Closes June 23, 2024.
Questions regarding the position responsibilities or ways this position will make a difference internally and across the state can be directed to Kassandra Cline at kassandra.cline@iowa.gov or 515-326-2242.
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Questions: How do districts account for repair and replacement costs of items or properties damaged from natural disasters (e.g., tornado)? How are insurance proceeds and deductibles recorded?
Answer: Districts will account for repair or replacement costs due to natural disasters in the fund that is most appropriate for the type of expenditure. Examples are provided below.
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Damaged Item
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Appropriate Fund(s)
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Bus
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Replacement: General Fund, PPEL or SAVE-if revenue purpose statement (RPS) allows
Repair: General Fund, PPEL-if over $2,500 or SAVE-if RPS allows
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Roof
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PPEL or SAVE-if RPS allows
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Tree removal
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PPEL or SAVE-if RPS allows
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Food for school meal program
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Nutrition Fund
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Textbooks
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General Fund
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Computer
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Replacement: General Fund, PPEL-if over $500 or SAVE-if RPS allows
Repair: General Fund
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Districts that receive insurance proceeds for the repair or replacement claim will deposit the revenue into the fund that incurred the cost of the repair or replacement with Source 5311 (for significant losses, use Source 6410). The deductible portion of the claim may be transferred from the Management Fund to the fund that incurred the cost of the repair or replacement.
Transfer journal entry for the deductible portion of the claim:
Management Fund
Debit Fund 22, Function 62XX, Object 910
Credit Fund 22, Account 10X
Fund that incurred the cost of the repair or replacement
Debit Fund XX, Account 10X
Credit Fund XX, Source 5222
Further questions may be directed to Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942 or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
Question: Can a district use special education funds to pay for instructional coaches?
Answer: Districts may use special education funds to pay for instructional coaches to the extent that the professional development and coaching is to assist the educators in performing special education tasks and improving specially designed instruction.
Further questions may be directed to Luke Markway at luke.markway@iowa.gov or 515-393-8349.
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The FY25 indirect cost rates for federal programs will be available July 1 on the Department’s Indirect Cost Rate web page.
Districts in a whole grade sharing arrangement seeking to apply for joint employment must submit the School Information Update application by July 1, 2024 which shall include whole grade sharing details and the confirmation supplementary weighting is being requested. Pursuant to 281 IAC 97.2(4), the minimum requirements for joint employment are provided below.
- Joint teacher evaluation process and instruments
- Joint teacher professional development plan
- Single salary schedule
Examples of additional evidence of partner districts may include the items below.
- Same student information system
- Same financial software
- Identical calendars
- One website for both districts
Further questions can be directed to Ted Bauer at ted.bauer@iowa.gov or 515-979-5468.
All districts receive Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) supplement through monthly state aid payments. The TLC per pupil state aid amount for FY25 is $377.74.
Questions regarding the TLC program can be directed to Tom Wood at tom.wood@iowa.gov or 515-326-2147.
Questions regarding account coding can be directed to Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
Pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.31(14), the School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) certified the FY23 special education balances of all school districts to the Department of Management (DOM) following the December 12, 2023 SBRC hearing.
For any school district with a positive special education certified balance:
- DOM will subtract the amount of the positive balance exceeding 10 percent of the additional funds generated for special education, not to include any previous carryover, from the amount of state aid remaining to be paid to the district during the FY24 budget year. See the LEA Monthly Payment Summaries starting in March on the Department’s State Payment Information FY24 web page.
- DOM will determine the amount of the positive balance exceeding 10 percent that came from local property tax revenues and increase the district’s total state aid for the subsequent budget year by the amount determined. DOM will also reduce the district’s tax levy computed under section 257.4 for the subsequent budget year by the amount necessary to compensate for the increased state aid.
For any school district with a negative special education certified balance:
- As directed by the SBRC, DOM will make the supplemental aid for FY23 special education deficit payments to school districts that were granted the modified supplemental amounts requested during the SBRC December 12, 2023 hearing.
- Payments will be disbursed this month and should be coded to Source/Project 3113. Use program code between 211 and 219. This revenue source does not require matching expenditures.
Questions regarding this calculation can be directed to John Parker at john.parker@iowa.gov or 515-281-8485.
Questions regarding account coding can be directed to Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942 or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
Open Enrollment and Concurrent Enrollment Supplementary Weighting
Districts offering concurrent enrollment courses and eligible Project Lead the Way (PLTW) courses may bill resident districts for the supplementary weighting generated on open-enrolled students enrolled in the contracted courses. Bills for the supplementary weighting can be generated using the information provided in the Student Reporting in Iowa (SRI) application. Before paying a bill for supplementary weighting, the resident district can verify the information by reviewing the Supplementary Weighting (Non-Fall) application in the Iowa Education Portal. The student’s resident district cost per pupil of the year in which the course was taken is used to calculate supplementary weighting. Directions for generating and verifying the bills are posted on the Department’s Supplementary Weighting - Certified Enrollment web page (281 IAC 17.9(7)).
Whole Grade Sharing and Concurrent Enrollment Supplementary Weighting
For districts in a whole grade sharing arrangement, supplementary weighting generated on resident students remains with the resident district unless some other arrangement has been articulated in the whole grade sharing agreement. While options for distributing the concurrent enrollment supplementary weighting exist, such as having the community college contract directly with the sharing partner for the sharing partner’s resident students or negotiating a higher per pupil rate for whole grade shared students in grades 9-12, addressing the issue of distributing the concurrent enrollment supplementary weighting in the whole grade sharing agreement may be the best alternative.
Shared Teacher and Supplementary Weighting
The contract for a shared teacher is held by one district. The district purchasing a portion of the contract may generate supplementary weighting on their resident students enrolled in courses taught by the shared teacher. Eligibility for supplementary weighting is dependent on the purchasing district not having a licensed and endorsed teacher available within the school district to teach the course(s) being provided by the shared teacher (281 IAC 97.2(3)). The supplementary weighting incentive is for the non-contract holding district. The district holding the contract benefits by being able to retain a teacher and also have a portion of the contract paid by another district.
Other Billing Situations
- Whole grade sharing billing for the second semester is based on the count of resident students from the sending district on the second Friday in January (Iowa Code § 282.12(4)). In the 2023-2024 school year, second semester count for whole grade sharing occurred on January 12, 2024.
- If a sharing district elects not to enter into a whole grade sharing agreement when sharing “all or a substantial portion of the students in any grade” with another school district for “all or a substantial portion of a school day, then no students in that grade level are eligible for supplementary weighting except as authorized by 281 IAC 97.4 pursuant to the supplementary weighting plan for whole-grade sharing (281 IAC 97.2(8))." An exception to the “no students are eligible for supplementary weighting” is concurrent enrollment supplementary weighting. High school students attending another district, either through a whole grade sharing agreement or a tuition agreement because of the discontinuation of grades, are eligible to generate supplementary weighting when enrolled in eligible concurrent enrollment courses.
- There is no billing of costs incurred for students taking high school, concurrent enrollment, or postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) courses who are enrolled in the public district as: competent private instruction (CPI) dual enrolled (Iowa Code §§ 257.6(3) and (7)), open enrolled CPI dual enrolled (Iowa Code § 257.6(3) and (7)), independent private instruction (IPI) for concurrent enrollment only (Iowa Code 261E.8(2)), nonpublic shared time (Iowa Code §§ 257.6(3) and (7)), and Junior/Senior rule (Iowa Code § 257.6(4)).
For the situations listed, the serving district generates funding directly through certified enrollment.
- No parent or student shall be billed for costs incurred from concurrent enrollment courses, even if the cost to the district exceeds the billable amount (281 IAC 17.9(7)“d”).
- Districts cannot bill students or parents for failed concurrent enrollment courses.
- A district can bill a parent (or student if 18 years of age) for the tuition cost of a failed PSEO course, the cost of equipment that becomes the property of the student, and the cost of a school-owned textbook that is not returned (Iowa Code § 261E.7(3)).
- A serving district can only bill the resident district of an open enrolled student for tuition, supplementary weighting generated from concurrent enrollment courses, PLTW courses, English language learner (ELL or LEP) supplementary weighting, and the teacher leadership district cost per pupil (Iowa Code § 282.18(5); 281 IAC 17.9(7)“c”).
Questions regarding supplementary weighting can be directed to Ted Bauer at ted.bauer@iowa.gov or 515-979-5468.
Questions regarding data in the SRI application can be directed to Rachel Kruse at rachel.kruse@iowa.gov or 515-281-4153.
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The Iowa Chart of Account Coding, found on the Department's Uniform Financial Accounting web page, is regularly updated to reflect changes necessary to meet fiscal reporting needs. The most recent update is provided below.
May 2024
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Account Code
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Description
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Source/Project 3416
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Therapeutic Classroom Service Claims (IC 256.25A) (May24)
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Account 494
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Subscription liability-current (May24)
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Source/Project 4073
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Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSLFR) – Summer Meal Program Expansion Grant (FAL/CFDA 21.027) (May24)
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Source/Project 4077
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Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSLFR) – Charter School Start Up & Expansion (FAL/CFDA 21.027) (May24)
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The Iowa Department of Education awarded $900,000 to awardees of the Summer Meal Program Expansion Grant on May 23, 2024. The 38 recipients of the grant will open new summer meal sites across the state in areas that were previously unserved, increasing access to free, nutritious meals for children during the summer months when school is not in session.
The grant funding expands revenue sources for the federal summer meal programs, the Summer Food Service Program, and the Seamless Summer Option. Funds can be used for allowable expenses, including but not limited to, enhancing meal quality, incorporating more locally grown foods, updating program equipment conducting program outreach, and operational or administrative personnel expenses not fully covered through federal meal reimbursement.
Additional information will be provided to awardees in the coming weeks, including an onboarding webinar.
Accounting for the Summer Meal Program Expansion Grant will be similar to ESSER. Districts will use the appropriate fund to pay for the expenditure (e.g., food costs will be paid from the Nutrition Fund). All reimbursements for this grant will be deposited into the General Fund. An interfund transfer from the General Fund to the fund that incurred the expenditure will be necessary. See account coding and journal entry examples below.
Account for grant expenditures in the fund appropriate to the expenditure.
Fund XX, Function XXXX, Project 4073, Object XXX
Receive the grant reimbursements into the General Fund.
Fund 10, Source/Project 4073
For expenditures paid from a fund other than the General Fund, record an interfund transfer.
General Fund:
Debit Fund 10, Function 62XX, Project 4073, Object 910
Credit Fund 10, Account 10X
Fund that paid for the expenditure:
Debit Fund XX, Account 10X
Credit Fund XX, Project 4073, Source 5210
For additional program information, please visit the Department's Summer Meal Program Expansion Grant web page or contact Christine Crow at christine.crow@iowa.gov or 515-330-8158.
Questions regarding account coding can be directed to Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942 or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
Please be sure revenue appropriately accounted for in the Student Activity Fund is correctly identified. Below are some frequently used source codes.
- 151X – Interest on deposits and investments
- 171X – Admissions (gate receipts for school-sponsored activity)
- 173X – Student organization membership dues and fees
- 174X – Fees (this would include entry fees for other districts to participate in a meet the district is holding, 1748 if using details)
- 179X – Other activity income (this would include fundraisers such as concessions or sales of clothing or other items to those that are not students, 1791 if using details)
- 192X (not 1921 or 1922) – Contribution and donation from private sources (a district assigned project code (8001-9999) may be used)
- 1958 – Other sales of service/miscellaneous revenues from other Iowa LEAs/AEAs (from sharing activity programs with other LEAs/AEAs)
- 1991 – Sale of materials or supplies (sale of t-shirts to students at cost)
- 5311 – Compensation for loss of capital assets (payments received from students for loss of uniform)
Further questions can be directed to Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942 or Song Luong at song.luong1@iowa.gov or 515-205-0259.
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The Special Education Billing (SEB) application is now available for districts to complete their FY24 final billings. Please remember that all school districts are statutorily required to submit their final billings by July 15 pursuant to Iowa Code section 282.20(3).
Student information is required to be entered by the number of days only. Districts must upload a CAR file to activate the SEB program. Districts should also clear edits related to special education accounts in the CAR/COA test records application prior to sending bills through SEB.
Recommended Timeline for Successfully Completing SEB and Claims Timely:
By June 30: Enter all students into SEB, including those that will populate the special education foster care, termination of rights, non-public, and high cost claims.
Between July 1-15: Review and verify the accuracy of the tuition out information through the Tuition Payable tab in the SEB. If it is determined that a student has been omitted, contact the district that provided educational services to add the student in their SEB application.
By August 1: Submit claims for special education foster care, termination of rights, nonpublic, and high costs.
Questions can be directed to Luke Markway at luke.markway@iowa.gov or (515) 393-8349.
Thank you for the timely completion of the School Information Update review for the 2024-2025 school year. If your district experiences a superintendent or principal change over the summer, please remember to log into the portal and update the administrator information as soon as a replacement has been named.
Questions can be directed to Margaret Hanson at margaret.hanson@iowa.gov or 515-281-3214.
Districts are required to report changes to school board membership to the Department annually by December 15 (Iowa Code § 291.11) in the School Board Officers application in the Education Portal.
Districts are highly encouraged to also use this application to report changes to other key positions, including chief financial officer/school business official (CFO/SBO), building and grounds director, transportation director, auditor, or other additional financial officers. The application is available for updates throughout the year, which helps ensure the Department has the most accurate contact information for key district stakeholders.
Questions regarding this application can be directed to Holli Marolf at holli.marolf@iowa.gov or 515-281-5812.
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Districts that are part of a Perkins consortium or Regional Planning Partnership (RPP) should expect to receive some journal entries from the fiscal agent to record in the district’s records, including transactions completed by the fiscal agent on behalf of the consortium or partnership. The Bureaus of School Business Operations and Community Colleges and Postsecondary Readiness collaborated to update the following resources: 1) Accounting for Perkins Funds: Consortia and 2) Accounting Guidance for Regional Planning Partnerships.
Questions regarding Perkins can be directed to Amy Vybiral at amy.vybiral@iowa.gov or (515) 339-4520.
Questions regarding RPP can be directed to Heather Meissen at heather.meissen@iowa.gov or 515-326-5378.
Questions regarding account coding can be directed to Jina Brincks at jina.brincks@iowa.gov or 515-313-5942.
Districts have an opportunity to generate up to 21 FTEs in supplementary weighting through operational function sharing. Sharing arrangements are reported in Fall BEDS Staff and the Operational Sharing applications each fall. Beginning with FY25 reporting, House File (HF) 2615 modifies Iowa Code section 257.11 to not include any supplementary weighting generated for a college and career transition counselor or coordinator toward the maximum 21 FTEs. If a district has an eligible sharing arrangement for a college and career transition counselor or coordinator, supplementary weighting may generate up to 23 FTEs.
Reminder: Sharing arrangements that qualify to generate supplementary weighting for operational function sharing are limited to the following position codes in Fall BEDS Staff:
- Superintendent (9 FTEs)
- Business Management (each district can generate supplementary weighting for only one of the following) (4 FTEs)
- 612 - School Business Official (each district can only have one SBO)
- 133 - SBO - Other
- 112 - Board Secretary
- HR Manager (4 FTEs)
- Transportation Director (4 FTEs)
- 167 - Transportation Director
- Operation & Maintenance Director (4 FTEs)
- 168 - Operations Director
- Curriculum Director (2 FTEs)
- 633 - Director/Coordinator/Department Head
- Counselor (2 FTEs)
- Social Worker (2 FTEs)
- 624 - Social Worker
- 198 - Social Worker (Non-BoEE licensed)
- Special Education Director (2 FTEs)
- 515 - Special Education Director
- Workplace Learning Coordinator (2 FTEs)
- 633 - Director/Coordinator/Department Head, assignment 50040
- Mental Health Professional with Statement of Professional Recognition (SPR) from BoEE (2 FTEs)
- 621 - Mental Health Professional
- School Resource Officer (2 FTEs)
- College and Career Counselor or Coordinator (2 FTEs)*
- 720 - College and Career Transition Counselor (licensed)
- 199 - College and Career Transition Coordinator (non-licensed)
*Does not count toward the supplementary weighting limit of 21 FTE supplementary weighting generated.
For new sharing arrangements with other governmental entities that are not another Iowa public school district or AEA, please submit a copy of the sharing contract and job description to ted.bauer@iowa.gov.
Questions regarding Fall BEDS or Fall BEDS Staff can be directed to Shelly Wolterman at shelly.neese@iowa.gov or 515-336-3859. Additional information regarding reporting of shared positions in Fall BEDS Staff can be found on the Fall BEDS Staff Documentation section of the Fall BEDS web page.
Further questions regarding operational sharing can be directed to Ted Bauer at ted.bauer@iowa.gov or 515-979-5468.
Information regarding Iowa’s Students First Education Savings Account (ESA) program can be found on the Department's Students First Education Savings Accounts web page.
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Questions relating to Medicaid or other topics in this section can be directed to Jim Donoghue at jim.donoghue@iowa.gov or 515-281-8505.
Each month, any LEA or AEA participating Medicaid provider is required to check the Exclusions and Suspensions lists and document these checks. After submitting the quarter four (April 1-June 30) findings report, each LEA and AEA is to submit in one file, or one spreadsheet tab, all of the names that were checked between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Please include each name only one time. This allows a quick review of all names, birthdates, partial Social Security numbers, and whether there were any findings during the year.
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Districts may submit claims for partial reimbursement of transportation services provided to children in foster care between the school of origin and the foster care placement. The school of origin is defined as the school where a student was enrolled before entering foster care or the school the student attended prior to changing foster care placements, if applicable.
The Department distributes Title IV-E funds for eligible transportation arrangements as listed below.
- Yellow bus transportation
- Public transportation
- Contracted transportation in a van or car
- Transportation provided by a care provider or family member
Information about how to submit for reimbursement can be found on the Department’s Education of Students in Foster Care web page. Use the ESSA Foster Care Transportation Reimbursement Form to file one claim per household – usually an individual child, but sometimes a sibling group if the siblings are all attending the same building and are placed together. Districts may submit multiple claims as separate line items in the same form, or send claims separately. All district level Foster Care Points of Contact have received a copy of the form. The information below is needed to complete the form.
- County of the HHS case manager responsible for placement
- School of origin (SOO) name
- Receiving school district name (aka district of foster care placement)
- Distance in miles between the SOO and the foster care placement
- Number of days the student was transported
- Date HHS was notified of the transportation plan
- Date transportation began
- Date transportation ended (if applicable)
- If transportation is ongoing, this field can be left blank
- Student’s State ID number
- Transportation classification
- Contiguous (district of origin and the placement district border each other)
- Non-Contiguous (district of origin and the placement district do not directly border each other)
- Out of State (student is placed out of state, within a reasonable distance from the Iowa border)
- Means of transportation
- Total number of trips taken by staff to transport the student during the quarter
- Generally, there are four trips per day:
- One trip to pick the student up
- One trip to transport the student to school
- One trip to take the student home from school
- One trip to return from that trip
- One-way trip mileage driven to transport the student
- Trip staff time, rounded to the nearest quarter hour
- Hourly staff cost, for both salaries and benefits
- Number of eligible students transported
- Only students in foster care can be claimed
- Generally there is one student per claim, but sometimes a sibling group is transported to the same location
- Student first and last name
- Student date of birth
Because this form collects confidential information, please send this form to elisa.koler@iowa.gov using the State of Iowa’s encrypted email solution gSecureMail. This form may be submitted any time during the school year, and claims are paid quarterly. At the end of every fiscal year, Quarter 4 claims must be submitted by July 17th in order to be paid from the previous fiscal year’s budget.
Questions or requests for assistance in supporting students in foster care can be directed to Elisa Koler at elisa.koler@iowa.gov or 515-669-4052.
The Iowa Pupil Transportation Association (IPTA) provides valuable support and resources to school transportation directors and contractors across the state of Iowa throughout the year. Please share the information below accordingly.
The 60th annual IPTA Annual Conference will be held July 15-17 at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines. The IPTA conference will include local and national presenters providing relevant transportation-related information regarding new laws, rules, regulations, best practices, and products. The trade show, planned for Tuesday, July 16, is the largest school transportation trade show in the state of Iowa.
Additional information, including registration details can be found on the IPTA web page or contact Chris Darling, IPTA Executive Director, at 2015ipta@gmail.com or 712-830-3242. Beginning July 1, David Johnson will begin transitioning into his role as the new IPTA Executive Director and can also be contacted at davidjohnson.ipta@gmail.com.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently accepting applications for the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program. All application packages must be submitted electronically to the EPA through Grants.gov no later than Wednesday, July 25, 2024 at 11:59PM (ET) to be considered for funding. The EPA is offering up to $932 million in available grant funding and anticipates approximately 70% of the available funding will go to zero-emission Class 6 or 7 school buses.
More information about the grant, including important dates, application documents, eligibility details, and more can be found on the EPA’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program web page.
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It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, or actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9 and 256.10(2), Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681 – 1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy by the Iowa Department of Education, please contact the legal counsel for the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146, telephone number: 515-281-5295, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1475, Chicago, IL 60661-4544, telephone number: 312-730-1560, FAX number: 312-730-1576, TDD number: 877-521-2172, email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.
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