In Mississippi, our FY22 plan has been released in MCAPS. The plan format has changed substantially; however, the prompts are similar to what have been used in the past. Rather than a number of dimensions with required data and prompts, there are sections to address each of the Title programs a district receives – Title
Mississippi just released a new Accounting Manual that was revised 5/2021 and is is effective July 1, 2021. The new accounting manual is more specific about how expenditures should be budgeted to accurately reflect the purpose of the expenditure. The new accounting manual will need to be used as we plan for FY22 allocations and
A number of districts in Mississippi have been through and are currently going through monitoring on the implementation of federal grants for school year 2019-2020. These monitoring visits are currently being held as virtual monitoring visits with districts having to upload required evidence. As I reflect on the monitoring instrument and the required evidence
For all those dealing with federal dollars for K-12 schools, are you ready for more money? There’s more money on the way. So far, we here in Mississippi are spending funds from the (1) CARES Act (ESSER I) passed in March 2020 and are currently (2) completing applications for the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
This is the time of year Federal Program Directors are beginning the planning process for FY22. In my last post, I talked about conducting surveys of all stakeholders to not only garner input for planning but to evaluate the prior year’s plan implementation. Once you have obtained the feedback from the surveys, the planning process
It’s time for LEAs to start planning for use of federal funds for the FY22 school year. This is a time to look ahead and project how we will spend our federal dollars based on the LEA’s needs. It’s a time of gathering data to enable an efficient review of the current year and prior
Happy New Year! May 2021 bring an end to Covid-19 quickly! As we wait for Covid-19 to end, it looks like the Covid-19 Relief bill signed by President Trump will give K-12 schools more ESSER funds. According to FutureED, the new relief package will provide 54.3 billion dollars to K-12 schools. The earlier CARES Relief bill
About now, many districts are looking at making revisions to their FY19, FY20, or even FY21 plans. In addition, Title reallocations should be released soon. Revisions can be cumbersome and time consuming. I would like to share with you some hints I’ve discovered over the years that help me complete my revisions and help with
As I’m sure you are now aware, a summary judgment was issued against the ESSERF Interim Rule which resulted in it being thrown out by the courts. ESSERF is now to be allocated in the same manner as for equitable services for Title I schools. If this has caused problems for you like it has
