1. 2008 Spring Planning Workshop for the 2008-09 School Year Office of School Improvement Field Services Unit

2. 2 The Cycle of Planning Needs Assessment and School Improvement Plan Completed 12 3 4 Comparability Worksheets Submitted

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

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

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

6. 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. 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

8. 8 2008-09 Allocations Estimated Allocations in mid-April –Title I, Part A (based on Hold-Harmless) Other Programs (based on a percentage of 2007-08 allocations) Final Allocations may require amending the application

9. 9 Obligation Dates

10. 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