Volume 3, Number 29, July 28, 2000
A Publication of the Resource Center for Charter SchoolsPhone 210-348-7890 Fax 210-348-7899 FINANCIAL REMINDERS from OMAR GARCIA, Senior Director, Division of State Funding
- 2000-2001 Calendar All charters must submit their 2000-2001 calendar by August 2, 2000. (See attached 3 pages)
- Six-Weeks Attendance Reports Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, first generation charter schools will no longer be required to submit attendance reports at the end of every six weeks. (See attached)
- Omar Garcia announced at the CSRCT conference in February in Corpus Christi: All charters that were operational in 1999-2000 will receive only one check from TEA in September. Only new charters will receive two payments in September.
- Membership Report All new charters that open in August 2000 must submit a Membership Report by September 11, 2000. (See attached)
- Estimate Report All new charters opening after August 28, 2000 must fill out the Estimate Report by September 5, 2000. (See attached)
INITIAL ONSITE VISIT (IOV) Compliance Update For the 100 schools that have completed one of our IOV Workshops this summer, we will mail you the new, lengthy Special Education Reference Guide 2000-2001 that was recently released by TEA. You will need to use this document to update your Special Ed file folders.The 23 schools who did not attend an IOV Workshop are strongly encouraged to attend our fifth and last Compliance Training Workshop on Tuesday, August 29, 2000 at ESC Region 2, Room 151, 209 N. Water Street in Corpus Christi, from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. At that time you will receive training, two IOV file boxes with 119 color-coded folders and the new Special Education Reference Guide. We want you to be prepared when the TEA team arrives at your school. Please call our office to RSVP, 210-348-7890.
COMPLIANCE TRAINING WORKSHOP
Charter School Initial On-Site Visit (IOV)
Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Education Service Center Region 2
209 N. Water Street, Room 151
Corpus Christi
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Two boxes with 119 colored-coded indicator folders will be available for each charter school as well as sample documentation. Workshops and lunch are provided by the Charter School Resource Center at no cost to the charters. RSVP to 210-348-7890.
PEIMS REPORTING DEADLINE TEA has informed us that all charter schools need to complete a 425 PEIMS report for students that are expelled or suspended. The deadline for this report was July 27, 2000. For more information call Billy Jacobs, Division of Safe Schools at TEA, at 512-463-9982.
STATE FUNDING REMINDER FROM TEA Please submit the sixth-six week attendance report if you have completed the 1999-2000 school year. The deadline for this report to affect the August 25th payment is August 4th. For information call Nora Rainey at TEA at 512-463-9238.
July 25, 2000
To the First Generation Charter Schools:
Subject: Six-Weeks Attendance Reports
Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, first generation charter schools will no longer be required to submit attendance reports at the end of every six weeks. The charter school's state aid payments throughout the year will be based on end-of-year 1999-2000 ADA unless the charter school requests otherwise.
Please keep in mind that the amount of state aid earned for the year will still be based on 2000-2001 ADA and that the determination of over/underpayments will still be made at the end of the year. If the charter school's ADA during the year is running significantly more than its 1999-2000 ADA, six-weeks reports can still be submitted so that funding can be increased during the year. If the charter school's ADA during the year is running significantly less than its 1999-2000 ADA, the charter school may wish to submit six-weeks reports so that funding can be adjusted during the year in order to avoid a substantial overpayment at the end of the year.
The suspension of the six-weeks reports for this coming year is being done on a trial basis. If substantial overpayments occur at the end of the 2000-2001 school year, we will once again require the reports to be submitted.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Nora Rainey or Bill Fojtasek at (512) 463-9238.
Sincerely,
Omar Garcia, Senior Director
Division of State Funding