2024 MASBO Summer Conference

Some say it is a myth. Is it even possible to have a paperless business office? We'll answer that by collaboratively building a Better Purchase Request in less than one hour.

Participants will gain a walk through of how ESSER closeout will occur including Final Expenditure Reports, ESSER I-III Budget Page Descriptions, Review of Data Collection Reported Data, and Resources to help with closeout. Participants will also gain information on how remaining ESSER funds might be applied to summer months using partnerships with non-school agencies.  Extended Expanded Learning Opportunity grant and braiding resources will be covered in this presentation.

Participants will gain a walk through of how ESSER closeout will occur including Final Expenditure Reports, ESSER I-III Budget Page Descriptions, Review of Data Collection Reported Data, and Resources to help with closeout. Participants will also gain information on how remaining ESSER funds might be applied to summer months using partnerships with non-school agencies.  Extended Expanded Learning Opportunity grant and braiding resources will be covered in this presentation.

 The session will cover banking considerations, paperwork to file to move your funds, monthly reconciling, investments, and FDIC coverage.

This interactive session will focus on understanding E-Grants “rules”. The topics covered will be accessing and navigating E-Grants, terms, and definitions, finding, and using E-Grants how to guides and videos, understanding error messages and successfully submitting and amending grants. Participants should be prepared to ask questions and share winning strategies with colleagues.

During this session we will cover updated “rules” for drawing down funds, creating expenditure reports, applying for indirect costs, and understanding error messages. Participants should be prepared to ask questions and share winning strategies with colleagues.

School finance is a massive subject and takes most of us a few years to get a handle on, right? And, public speaking is people’s biggest fear! Mix these together and you get a significant portion of our duties! We are going to discuss ways to help our volunteer school board members feel comfortable with adopting the budgets and help you master your game. This is geared more for New Clerks, but if you’re an old pro, come and share your wisdom.

Get ready for a fast-paced overview of the School Nutrition Programs. This class is perfect for new(er) clerks and business officials that want to gain perspective of what SNP covers. Attendees will learn the basic requirements to successfully operate School Nutrition Programs, where to find helpful resources to keep your district on track, how to prepare for an Administrative Review, requirements to maintaining your district’s fund-12 account, best practices with determining free and reduced meal eligibility through the certification and benefit issuance process, how to maximize use of the Direct Certification Application (DCA) system to save time and resources, qualify for CEP and issue Summer-EBT benefits to eligible students. Presented by Rochelle Davies,  RDN, LN, SNS, Specialist, School Nutrition Programs, Montana Office of Public Instruction and Alie Wolf, Data Analyst, School Nutritions Programs, Montana Office of Public Instruction.