I know for most of us, this time of year can be very taxing. There are books to be balanced, books to be closed, and then of course, books to be opened for the new year. Sometimes with all of these duties we need a little “boost” for our brains. I just read an article [...]
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2010 – 2011 Budget settled?
Yesterday the Legislature closed session and settled on keeping the base state aid at $4012 for the 2010-2011 school year. This is both good and bad news for schools. The entire balancing act is based on an 1 cent sales increase in sales tax. I do not want to be Dave downer. However, what happens [...]
Posted by aletag on May 12, 2010
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Potential Funding for Next Year
The House released the proposal for state funding for next year. The effect would be the following: 2010-11 Estimated computed general fund budget at BSAPP of $4,005 with the following adjustments in weightings. Eliminates high enrollment weighting Reduces low enrollment weighting Reduces vocational weighting from .5 to .4825 Reduces bilingual weighting from .395 to .3812 [...]
Posted by aletag on March 21, 2010
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Life is Good
Thank you to everyone who came today to learn about blogging. I appreciate your attandance and look forward to seeing you all in May when we learn about the insurance premiums for the 2010-2011 year.
Posted by bonniee on March 10, 2010
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ESSDACK Clerk Meeting
This is the March clerk meeting. Learning all kinds of new stuff about blogging. Thanks John
Posted by tammky on March 10, 2010
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Classy Learning
Learning today about blogs. Very interesting
Posted by michelem on March 10, 2010
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CLASS 2010
The CLASS 2010 Group met today, March 9, 2010 at the ESSDACK office to learn about blogging and share information on district central office management day to day operations. John Jones was our guest speaker and discussed ways we can get started and share our information with each other.
Posted by bonniee on March 10, 2010
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Growing a 403b program that benefits all…..
IRS rules that were to be effective 1/1/09 significantly changed the 403(b) world because they included a requirement for districts allowing 403(b) products for their employees’ use to serve as “plan sponsors” like 401k plans in the private sector, which inherently puts a greater fiduciary responsibility on the district offering the plan. Since there are [...]
Posted by admin on February 19, 2010
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Service Center Finances, just how does it work!
One of the questions I get most often is how are Services Centers funded. ESC (Educational Services Centers) are self funded. We are truly like any business we have to generate revenue and watch expenses to survive. We receive no direct money from the State. other than the occasional grant. The term Interlocal is used [...]
Posted by admin on February 16, 2010
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