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What are Budget Considerations?

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General Budget Review Considerations

• All activities must be linked to the stated needs and plan

• Items included in the budget must connect with the needs, goals, objectives and strategies in the LEA Planning Cycle

• Budget items must have sufficient description to determine if it is supplemental in nature, necessary, reasonable and allowable according to funding source. Items included in the budget for supplies and materials must be descriptive

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Professional Development• Professional development items must meet the

criteria of sustained, ongoing and research based

• Professional development budget item detail description includes the professional development topics, approximate number of staff, number of days planned, costs per day for staff and/or contracted consultants, supplies and materials or other related expenses; and/or a detailed description that links to the School Improvement Plan or AYP status or a separate Professional Development Plan

• Items included in the budget for supplies and materials must be descriptive

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Allowable Expenses for Curriculum Development

ActivitiesExamples:

Allowable Not Allowable

Training on how to do curriculum mapping –Title II, Part A or Title V, Part A

Funding to write curriculum maps

An overview workshop on the International Baccalaureate Program or other school improvement model – Title V, Part A

Funding activities for developing and implementing the SIP model in the district

Training on how to do MEAP analysis –Title II, Part A, Title II, Part D and Title V, Part A

Conducting a training that includes the completion of the district’s MEAP analysis

Paying for registration to attend one of the MDE school improvement frameworks conferences –Title II, Part A and Title V, Part A

Funding a workshop in the local district that includes planning the district’s core curriculum around the school improvement frameworks

Training on an overview of an accreditation model – Title V, Part A

Funding the process for a district/school to become accredited.

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OMB Circular A 87

• Co-funded Staff– Written schedules supported by

personnel activity reports (PARS)– PARS

•Prepared monthly•Signed and dated by employee

accounting for total activity– Time sheets, etc., completed after

the fact

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OMB Circular A 87

• Certification-solely on a single federal award or cost objective – Prepared semi-annually– Signed by the employee or a

supervisor with first-hand knowledge of the work performed by the employee

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Further Assistance

• U.S. Department of Education– Guidance Documents

http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln

– Office of Nonpublic Educationhttp://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/index.html

• Michigan Department of Education– Office of School Improvement—Field Services– Technical Assistance packets on each grant source– Call your Field Services Consultant

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The Cycle of Planning

Title I SchoolSelection

WorksheetSubmitted

Consolidated Grant

ApplicationSubmitted

Needs Assessment

and School Improvement Plan

Completed

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34Comparability Worksheets Submitted

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Questions and Answers

Contact your regional Office of School Improvement consultant:

• Region 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4009• Region 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-0161• Region 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-6341• Region 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4004• Region 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-373-4212