2008 Spring Planning Workshop for the School Year Office of School Improvement Field Services Unit

2 The Cycle of Planning Needs Assessment and School Improvement Plan Completed Comparability Worksheets Submitted

3 Managing Your Federal Programs Application and Implementation Fiscal Oversight Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

4 Managing Your Federal Programs Application sets the scope of Federal Programs Includes budget to implement Programs

5 Managing Your Federal Programs MDE approves use of funds and program elements Administrative oversight requires: – Program Management – Fiscal Management

6 Managing Your Federal Programs Changes to any Program and Budget requires prior approval if you: Add staff or change FTEs + or – Add a new Function Code Move an amount greater than 10% of the Budget subtotal –Retains applicable cost principles requiring prior approval

7 Managing Your Federal Programs Apply for balance of allocation Any other substantive programmatic changes to the Consolidated Application requires prior approval –Cumulative transfers –Programs, projects, and functions

Allocations Estimated Allocations in mid-April –Title I, Part A (based on Hold-Harmless) Other Programs (based on a percentage of allocations) Final Allocations may require amending the application

9 Obligation Dates

10 School Level Budgets School Level Budgets are required to be submitted in Consolidated Applications: 2008 – 2009 Title I Schools in Phase 0 that did not make AYP Title I Schools in Phases 1 or higher Schoolwide Schools 2009 – 2010 All Title I Schools in a District