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Review upcoming DPI School Finance Team report due dates and critical activities for the spring months ahead, including making adjustments to your PI-1504 Budget Report. Learn where to find pertinent information on the SFS Team’s website.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
8:30 AM
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This session will provide attendees with a recap of pertinent legal developments over the course of the past year. . .with a twist. The presenters will not only include an overview of the latest developments from the state and federal courts and legislatures, but attendees will leave the presentation with the understanding of, and tools necessary for, how to navigate the latest legal challenges facing schools.
8:30 AM
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School Business office personnel create, work with, distribute and store information about individuals in the process of completing many duties on a daily basis. This workshop looks at some of these functions and discusses responsibilities as well as practical sense to maintain confidentially and privacy of individual information. The workshop touches on HIPAA, FERPA, McKinney-Vento Act, policies for other data and best practices.
8:30 AM
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School districts are not immune to employee theft. Unfortunately this can happen to any school district no matter what procedures you have in place. The presenters will share personal stories about their experiences with employee theft and also provide examples of best practices to protect your school district. You will want to attend to this session to evaluate how protected your school district is.
8:30 AM
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A discussion of the WUFAR account classification system will focus on why the system exists, how to use the system and a discussion of Project codes and why they are important to be used properly.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
9:45 AM
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How to account for a self-funded heath insurance plan, and some ideas for engaging staff in managing the plan.
9:45 AM
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Has your auditor suggested that you refine your cash reconciliation processes? Are your balance sheet accounts drawing attention from DPI? Do you have multiple operating and investment accounts that are out of balance? Electronic transfers causing errors? This presentation will include examples of cash reconciliation issues and offer advice on how to best manage this responsibility so that entries are timely, errors are found quickly, and records are accurate.
9:45 AM
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More money flows through school offices than most people realize. How these funds are managed and accounted for is critical. Learn how one school district put in place effective policies and procedures to ensure funds are handled effectively, efficiently and with accountability. Learn what research says about principals' preparedness to handle the financial responsibilities of their jobs and take away valuable ideas for protecting your principals, their secretaries, the financial assets that pass through your school offices every day, and your district's reputation.
9:45 AM
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This year, Wisconsin schools will split almost $370 million in state special education aid. How do auditors help DPI ensure those funds are shared equitably? What issues have come up over the past year? How do the new federal grant requirements interact with state fiscal reporting? This session will address these questions and walk through the what, how, and why of the state Special Education Audit Program.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
11:00 AM
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The session will focus on using data points to highlight not only the district's financial status, but also achievement status, comparable data and other key points for the public to know about the district.
11:00 AM
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As a school district employee, you have many important tasks to take care of. Skyward has an import Medicaid Cost File process that will assist you in filing your Medicaid Cost report each quarter as well as the annual report. While it is important you meet the deadlines and seek the Medicaid reimbursement, it is also vital that the data you report matches your human resources information. When you use the Maintain Medicaid Cost Data option, you can extract the Medicaid Cost Data from the Payroll data and upload it into the Public Consulting Group (PCG) portal. Please join us for this tutorial focused on assisting you with efficiency and accuracy in your Medicaid SBS/MAC reporting. Janelle Marotz, will walk you through step by step, how you can use the Skyward system to assist you in your Wisconsin State Medicaid Cost Reporting obligation.
11:00 AM
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This presentation will provide an overview of the State of Wisconsin’s charitable gaming regulations; what licenses are needed for charitable gaming, and what record keeping needs to be retained by the licensed organization.
11:00 AM
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Attend this session to learn the ins and outs of Open Enrollment, from the regular application period and the alternative application procedures for school districts, including the treatment of Open Enrolled pupils for General Aid and Revenue Limits.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
1:15 PM
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You will learn the the ins and outs of transfer of service from the perspective of a Business Manager and a WI DPI School Finance Consultant. Technical aspects of transfer of service will be covered. Real world examples of who to claim and why you would claim them will also be covered. Plus much more.
1:15 PM
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Over the past several years, building, facility and safety/security needs have required school districts to seek permission from the voters to exceed revenue limits. These projects, commonly referred to as referendum projects, present a myriad of legal and practical challenges for school districts, as well as raise concerns regarding communications by schools to the communities they serve. Join the attorneys from von Briesen & Roper, s.c., in a discussion of the anatomy of a referendum project from start to finish. The discussion will include real-world insight as to how to best position your school district through the design and budget phase, into the referendum phase, through the borrowing phase, and ending up with the bid and build phase. Let us assist your district is dissecting the complex legal, practical, and political issues of your next referendum project.
1:15 PM
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This session will include a walkthrough of the WUFAR coding for debt issuance and refinancing, cash defeasance, bid premiums, and remaining balances. We will discuss and answer questions related to the 2017-18 changes for coding technology expenditures. We will also provide examples of other common inconstancies as a result of reviews of districts 1505 Full Annual reports and potential changes to WUFAR and technical guidance.
1:15 PM
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Not sure whether you need to know about some of those ‘other’ funds that you don’t hear about as much as Funds 10 and 27? Attend this session to learn what these funds are used for and whether they would be appropriate for your district.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
2:30 PM
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Maintaining a strong internal control system is important to your district, both from a financial reporting and grant compliance perspective. Both large and small districts can struggle with ensuring duties are appropriately segregated without a strong understanding of incompatible duties. This session will focus on using a segregation of duties matrix to properly segregate duties at your organization.
2:30 PM
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This workshop provides a basic overview of employee benefits from life, disability and health insurance to 403(b), Flex and health savings/reimbursement plans. We will walk through how benefits are structured, requirements under IRS regarding taxation or non-taxability of the benefits and some specific provisions of the plans that you should be aware of when looking at your District’s plans.
2:30 PM
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Excel is an important tool in the School Business Official's toolbox; yet, all too often features remain undiscovered and underutilized which leads to inefficiencies. In this session you will learn about intermediate Excel skills, with an emphasis on Pivot Tables. We'll also review some of the little-known aspects of Excel. Even if you've been using Excel for years, it can be a good idea to attend this session as you may find new efficiencies. Join us in this session to learn how you can put these strategies and shortcuts to work for you and your team to increase productivity, accuracy, and efficiency.
2:30 PM
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Most state school funding comes through equalization and other general aids, but not all! Wisconsin has a number of aid programs targeted at specific needs like special education, transportation, or school libraries. Some are automatic or formula-based; others require specific claims or reports. This session will try to help you make sense of these "categorical" programs.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
3:45 PM
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This session provides insight on financial management of USDA school nutrition programs and the story behind the regulations. Discussion will include the How’s and Why’s of Paid Lunch Equity (PLE), strategies for minimizing unpaid meal charges, a review of appropriate and allowable Fund 50 expenditures, updates to annual financial reporting requirements, how professional standards rules assist schools in hiring the most qualified nutrition professionals, and why marketing has been the catalyst for district success in school nutrition.
3:45 PM
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This session provides a short legal overview and checklist every District Office should have. Lynn Knight, Nekoosa School District will share her stories to help you understand the triggers that indicate you may be entering an FMLA, ADA or WC situation. Opportunity is provided for you to decide “What would I do?” in response to scenarios, network with others and share your insights and experiences.
3:45 PM
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This session will help you leverage the power of Google spreadsheets. Google spreadsheets can link to numerous applications allowing for easy data collection, data organization and work flows. Some specific areas covered will be spreadsheet formulas, transferring data from Google forms to Google sheets and using Google scripting for work flow. Additionally, we will show you a couple of ways to use spreadsheets to help communicate important information with your staff. The goal is that you will walk away with a couple of new ideas you can take back to your district that will allow you to save time.
3:45 PM
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