Note from Woody:

As I mentioned in our School Finance Workshop this morning, I am posting my working model of Omar's r3 HB3 2019-20 Template. (Link to Working Model r3,wb3 template)
Call if you have any questions.
W/B

2018-2019 Tax Information Survey

The 2019 Tax Information Survey (TIS) opened for data submission June 10, 2019, and will close at midnight on August 31, 2019. If your district does not submit the survey by the deadline, your district’s state funding could be adversely affected.

Please ensure that your district has completed and submitted the TIS using the online FSP System by August 31, 2019. Completing the survey is important because it allows the agency to use the most accurate tax collections data possible when we calculate 2018–2019 near-final Summary of Finances (SOF) estimates in September 2018. Your district will not have another opportunity to submit revised tax collections data for the 2018–2019 school year until the district submits its J1 schedule as part of its annual financial and compliance report. The J1 schedule tax collections will not be incorporated in the 2018–2019 SOF until April 2020. Compressed tax rates for districts that have adopted tax rates more than six pennies over their original compressed tax rate will be automatically adjusted.
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Posting District's "Proposed" and "Adopted" Budgets:

Posting your districts "Proposed" Budget and your districts "Adopted" Budget are still required. Please reference our templates page for "Proposed " Budget and "Adopted" Budget Templates and "Budget posting notice for setting tax rates". 
1) Notice of Public Meeting to discuss Budget and Proposed Tax Rate: (Form 50-280)
2) 2019-2020 "Proposed" Budget and "Adopted" Budget templates 

Note from Woody: New Expenditure Code (Object 6491) for all statutorily required public notices.
I have included the new Expenditure Object Code in the "Proposed" and "Adopted" Budget templates. (See SB 622 reference on templates)

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2019-20, 2020-21 Pupil Projection Survey

Instructions for Submitting Attendance Projections

For the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 School Years

The Attendance Projections module will open for data entry beginning October 15, 2018, through December 12, 2018. All revised attendance projections must be submitted to the TEA by midnight on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.

Note: The FSP System is one of several applications available within the online Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEASE).  To access the FSP System, you must have a TEASE user name and password, and have applied for and been granted access to the FSP System, with the appropriate user role(s).  If you do not have a TEASE user name and password or have not applied for access to the FSP System, please see the instructions for accessing the system that are available on the following web page: http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Other_Services/Secure_Applications/TEASE_-_Request_Access_Online/. 

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Posting Districts Utility Usage:

Utility Posting Template still required (HB 3693). Template to post utility usage & aggregate cost on the school district's web page as required by HB 3693 is still required.  Please reference our templates page for current year template.
Note: I have updated the 2018-19 school year template.

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Note from Woody: I am updating the 2018-19 LPE-DPE Side-by-Side Template (r5 wb5). I will post as I receive updated files from State Funding.
As State Funding changes the Web SOF, I will updated the side-by-side template to reflect these changes. Be sure to use the latest revision of the template and Web SOF.
As Omar says, "stay tuned".

This template is an "expansion" of Omar's templates The template will allow districts to compare "earned" DPE with TEA's Summary of Finance "payment" LPE to calculate "projected" over/under payment of Foundation School Funds. The template incorporates actual six weeks attendance data and M&O tax collections to "project" over/under payments. Be sure to import the latest Summary of Finance report from TEA, and your "most accurate projection" of M&O tax collections. Be sure to re-enter your previous and current six weeks attendance data (numbers will have changed!!) Remember these templates are an "as is" projection based on you current data. 

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Important Note from State Funding:

Financial Hardship Transitional Program and Adjustment for Rapid Decline in Taxable Value of Property.
This letter provides guidance to districts and charter schools that are eligible for state funds under TEC Sec. 42.451 or Sec.42.2521. 
(LINK to letter from Leo Lopez)
LINK to eligible districts for Hardship of Rapid Decline Grant
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Internet Posting Requirements for School Districts. 

(Note Financial Requirements for School Districts).
Link to Required Documents

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Note from Danny Sanchez, Transportation Director School Finance Division

The Foundation School Program (FSP) System will be available for input of the school year 2016–2017 Operations Services Report data on October 3, 2017. The due date for the report to be in Submitted status is December 1, 2017.

Please review the Instructions for Completing the School Transportation Operations Services Report, document before compiling data and filing the report in the online FSP System. The instructions can be found on the School Transportation Funding web page.

We highly recommend using “Internet Explorer 9” as your browser when entering data into the report.  Use of any other browser may result in an inability to open and access all needed data screens. If you have questions or if you need more information, contact the School Transportation Allotment program administrators in the Texas Education Agency's Office of School Finance: Danny Sanchez, telephone: (512) 463-9266, email: danny.sanchez@tea.texas.gov.

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Note from Danny Sanchez, Transportation Director School Finance Division

This is an advance notification that the Foundation School Program (FSP) System will be available for input of the 2017–2018 school year Route Services Report data on June 1, 2018. The deadline date for the report to be in Submitted status is August 1, 2018.

*** It is important to note that NO LATE SUBMISSIONS or EXTENTIONS will be granted.  Failure to submit by August 1, 2018, results in no funding for the School Transportation Allotment program in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school year.***

Cash Flow Template:

A Cash Flow template is available for download. This template was developed with the assistance of ESC XII and TEA. See Templates Page.

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Special Education Funding by Instructional Settings Template:

I have posted a Special Ed. Template on our Templates Web Page. This template will allow the district to enter attendance counts from the "Superintendent's Report of Student Attendance & Contact Hours" in order to calculate "earned" revenue for each instructional setting. See Templates Page.