Wednesday/Thursday
Learning Session C | Early Riser B | Learning Session D
PEIMS
rity Committee
Room:
Presenter(s):
342B
Chris Santos, CTSBO | Cedar Hill ISD
This is a chance for you to network with your peers! The session
will include a short committee business meeting with time for hot
topic discussions.
End Time: 3:45 pm
School Nutrition
SCE - Community Eligibility Provision: General Information and Implementation Update
Room:
Presenter(s):
351D
Ashley Behnke | TEA
This presentation will cover general information about the new
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). It will include the CEP’s
potential impact on SCE allotment calculations, the data used to
calculate SCE Enrollment, and an implementation update. CEP
is a new school nutrition provision that is being implemented in
the 2014-2015 school year. It allows local education agencies to
provide free meals to all students on CEP campuses. CEP impacts
state compensatory education allotment calculations, as free and
reduced-price lunch data will not be collected on participating
campuses.
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm (30-Minute Express Session)
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How Did It Go? TSDS PEIMS
Room:
Presenter(s):
351B
Deborah Cartwright, CTSBS | Keller ISD
This session will provide an overview of the fall PEIMS submission through the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) as an early
adopter. We will discuss what went well and what did not go so
well. Tips will be provided to assist you with advanced planning
for your district’s participation in the 2016 or 2017 school year.
End Time: 8:30 am
Learning Session D
Thursday, February 19 • 9:00 am
Accounting & Finance
BOSC Inc.’s State Aid Template and School
Finance
Room:
Presenter(s):
Theater B
Omar Garcia | BOSC, Inc.
This session will focus on the template for estimating state aid as
developed and maintained by Omar Garcia, BOSC, Inc. A general
overview of how the template works and how it relates to the
school finance provisions in law will be presented, as well as how
it can be used for future budgetary planning.
Quick Connects
End Time: 10:00 am
See Page 67 for a description of 15-minute Quick Connects
scheduled for the Exhibit Hall Lounge.
GASB Update and the New OMB Grant Reform Rules
Room:
Exhibit Hall Lounge
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
THURSDAY
Early Riser B
Thursday, February 19 • 7:30am
Accounting & Finance
Legislative Update, 84th Regular Session
Topics and Trends
Room:
Presenter(s):
Theater A
Joe Wisnoski | Moak, Casey & Associates
Dan Casey | Moak, Casey & Associates
Curtis Culwell, Ed.D. | Moak, Casey &
Associates
The 84th Texas Legislature will begin their session with record
amounts of surplus funds available at the same time as they
face an unconstitutional school finance system. Calls for tax
relief seem to be distracting the legislature from its constitutional
duties with respect to public education. This presentation will examine the need for funding reform, the positions of policymakers,
and the prospects for various outcomes.
Room:
Presenter(s):
350B
Ashlee Martin | Maxwell Locke & Ritter
The session will give an overview of the new and recently issued
GASB pronouncements, how they might affect Texas school
districts, and when they become effective. The session will dive
into the details of GASB 68, which becomes effective for fiscal
years ending 2015, and how GASB 68 will affect the financial
statements of school districts. In addition to a discussion of the
recently issued GASB pronouncements, this session will detail
the new OMB grant reform rules - when they become effective and
how the changes will impact single audits of federal awards.
End Time: 10:00 am
Truth-in-Taxation
Room:
Presenter(s):
342B
Debbie Wheeler, | Perdue, Brandon,
Fielder, Collins and Mott, LLP
Truth-in-Taxation (TNT) is a concept embodied in the Texas
Constitution and the Tax Code that requires local taxing units to
make taxpayers aware of tax rate proposals and to afford taxpayers the opportunity to roll back or limit tax increases. Taxing
units must comply with TNT requirements when holding public
hearings, considering budgets and setting rates to impose property taxes, but not all aspects of TNT laws apply to every type of
taxing unit. Does your district understand the “In” in TNT?
End Time: 10:00 am
7:30 am - 8:45 am (75-Minute Super Session)
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