From Texas Comptroller's Office: Property Tax Assistance Division Webinars.(There will be no sessions at ESC's this year).
Taxpayers and practitioners are invited to participate in an upcoming webinar hosted by the Texas Comptroller's office. Participants must register in advance. Registration is limited to 1,000. Continuing education (CE) credit is available in the amount listed with the course description for each webinar. In order to receive CE credit, attendees may either register individually or as a group. Electronic attendance reports are used in determining and reporting CE credit to TDLR. Registrants must attend at least 75 percent of the webinar to receive CE credit. The question period after the end of the webinar does not count in a determination of whether or not an attendee has completed sufficient credit time (75 percent of the total content minutes). Comptroller's Web Page (LINK)
Omar has released version 6 of the template: A new template (release 6 dated 5/8/12) that includes the calculations for the Effective M&O Tax Rate and the Notice is now available for download. This release is also in a new format designed to more closely mirror the format now being used by TEA on the Summary of Finances. As usual, please check periodically for updates.
Note from Woody: Districts can continue using the version 4 LPE-DPE Template to calculate 2011-12 funding and Side-by Side. The changes in versions 5 & 6 relate to calculations for 2012-13.
Attention Template Users: I have uncovered the Data Entry cells for 2012-13 and the SOF1213-SB1 tab on the version 4 LPE-DPE template.
I have downloaded your district's 2011 Tax Year's CPTD value for cell Q87.
Using your districts "Preliminary" values from your appraisal district(s), calculate your "projected" M&O tax collections for 2012-13 and enter on line Q95. You may want to adjust your ADA & FTE's in column "Q". You will now be able to calculate a "projection" of your 2012-13 Foundation Funding.
ESC 12 Transportation Work Session: Region 12 Transportation Reporting and Funding Work Session will be June 5, 2012. Please log-in and register at https://register.esc12.net/default.aspx (Session #36899)
Note regarding June Summery of Finance Workshop at Region12: Due to a change in dates of the ESC12 Summer Leadership
Conference in Salado, we are moving the SOF Workshop (session #36843) to Thursday, June 21st. This session will allow districts to complete their SOF template with Summer PEIMS numbers and "projected" M&O tax collections to project their "Near Final" SOF.
Note: This workshop is not for districts under service contracts with ESC 12.. Participants need to bring a "Final Date Range " Superintendent's Report & "Projected" M&O Tax Collections to the workshop. Out of region participants are welcome. Please register at: https://register.esc12.net/default.aspx. Session #36843.
Attention Template Users: State Funding is using a new web page link to access your Summary of Finance Templates. Also, Omar has updated his template. I have re-posted the 2011-12 LPE-DPE Template (wb4) using the new links to SOF reports and the updates. You must use this new template in order to merge 2010-11 & 2011-12 SOF reports. Use the link below to download the new template and follow the instructions. (LINK to Templates Page)
Note from Woody: As a result of PK coding changes, our LPE-DPE Template will no longer need to back out 1/2 of PK attendance. (Exception: A student coded as ADA Eligibility Code "1" is in a 1/2 day PK program and a 1/2 day Special Program setting.
The revised template (LPE_DPE_FY1112_r4_wb4_SB1) no longer backs out PK attendance except for the PK students coded as "1").
Notice: Business Manager's Roundtable, October 18, 2011: Omar Garcia's Power Point Presentation
Note: Transportation Operations Report Announcement
The FSP System will be available for input of the 2010–2011 Student Transportation Operations Report data beginning October 1, 2011. The report must be in SENT status by December 1, 2011. To access the Student Transportation Operations Report, your school district must have its 2010–2011 School Transportation Route Services Report in SUBMITTED (Approved) status.
Go to ESC 12 Transportation Page for Workshop info (LINK)
Note from Comissioner Robert Scott regarding Instructional Materials Allotment (LINK to Comissioner's Memo)
Power Point Presentation from ESC 12 School Board Conference, September 16, 2011 (Nick Brown: School Finance Update from the 82nd Session of the Texas Legislature: "The New Normal". (LINK to Power Point Presentation)
