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Thursday
Learning Session E
Learning Session E
Thursday, February 19 • 10:15 am
Accounting & Finance
Cost Sharing Pension Reporting for the Rest
of Us
Room:
Presenter(s):
LLP
352E
Christopher Breaux, CPA | Whitley Penn
Even if you haven’t been hanging on every word produced by the
Government Accounting Standards Board concerning the new
pension standards while you have been dodging budget shortfalls, enduring the Great Recession, and rolling out the STAAR
exams, this session will get you up to speed on the seismic shift
in the accounting for your district’s participation in the Teacher
Retirement System. This session will cover the theory, practical
application, and communication of cost sharing pension plans
as well as the effect on your upcoming 2015 fiscal year financial
statements.
10:15 am - 11:45 am (90-minute Super Session)
GFOA Best Practices - Smarter School
Spending
Room:
Presenter(s):
350B
Michele Trongaard, RTSBA, CPA |
Wylie ISD (East Texas)
Shayne Kavanagh |
Government Finance Officers Association
Working with the GFOA’s Partners in Practice Pilot Program for
Best Budgeting Practices, school business officials will be able
to learn recommended best budgeting practices as presented by
Michele Trongaard, RTSBA, CPA, CFO of Wylie ISD and Shayne
Kavanagh, Senior Manager of Research, GFOA.
10:15 am - 11:45 am (90-minute Super Session)
Information Technology
Google Forms for School Business Officials
Room:
Presenter(s):
342D
David Oestreicher, CTSBS | Lewisville ISD
Google Forms is a simple tool that can be used for school business offices for surveys, data gathering, polls, sign-ups, and more.
This session will highlight the abilities of Google Forms, use case
scenarios, and offer related information.
10:45 am - 11:15 am (30-Minute Express Session)
Popular Email Options for School Districts
Room:
Presenter(s):
342D
David Oestreicher, CTSBS | Lewisville ISD
Email is a core business tool used with in a school district for
both internal and external communications. In the past several
years, new offerings have expanded the options available to school
districts and offered cost saving options. The common email options including internal hosting of email, Office 365, and Google
Mail will be explained and compared.
10:15 am - 10:45 am (30-Minute Express Session)
Instructional Materials
Basic Purchasing for Publishers
Room:
Presenter(s):
352F
Raymond Weaver, RTSBA, RSBO |
Plano ISD
This session will provide a basic understanding of the requirements for doing business with school districts. The purchase of
instructional materials is critical to all school districts. These
purchases are complex and expensive, so it is beneficial for suppliers of instructional materials to be familiar with the rules, best
practices, and ethics involved with selling to and working with
school districts.
End Time: 11:15 am
Let TRS Get You Ready for GASB 68
Room:
Presenter(s):
Theater A
Gloria Nichols | TRS
How does GASB 68 apply to TRS? How is the Net Pension Liability
being Allocated? TRS will address misconceptions and will set the
record straight with the information that you need to successfully
implement GASB 68 and the timing of the 2014 data.
10:15 am - 11:45 am (90-minute Super Session)
Your CPTD Value and Making Sure That It Is
Correct
Room:
Presenter(s):
Fielder, Collins
352A
Carla Pope-Osborne | Perdue, Brandon,
and Mott, LLP
Joe Smith | Texas ISD
One key component in the school funding formula is the CPTD
value. It is important that the CPTD value that is certified to TEA
is accurate. Do you know that the Property Tax Code and Education Code allows for your CPTD value to be reviewed? Are you
aware of the way the Comptroller’s office determines your CPTD
value?
End Time: 11:15 am
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