Monday, November 5, 2018
DPI Facilitation Cohort
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One of the purposes of the DPI Facilitation Cohort is to provide facilitation for teams, workgroups, and stakeholders in the areas of strategic planning, meeting facilitation, team development, etc. The Cohort is also able to provide consultation to project and group leaders.
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If you are interested in requesting a facilitator for an upcoming meeting or workgroup or just want to consult with one of the members, please complete the Facilitation Request Form.
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Any questions or comments can be emailed to Kay Lawrence.
School Finance
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2018-19 PRE-POPULATED REVENUE LIMIT WORKSHEETS: The pre-populated 2018-19 revenue limit Excel worksheets were updated this morning based on currently submitted school district data. The worksheets include: the October 15 Certification of General School Aid; the non-recurring revenue limit exemption for private school voucher students (Line 10.H.); and the private school special needs voucher students (Line 10.I). For twenty-five school districts, the prior law directive to include in 2016-17 student membership (Line 6) the number of FTE students receiving a special needs private school voucher remains.
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The 2018-2019 worksheet includes the new Department of Revenue administered aid program, State Aid for Exempt Personal Property (Line 12.D.). This new aid was created as part of the 2017-19 biennial budget passage and acts as a levy offset to the Fund 10 levy and will be coded to Source 691 when received. Any questions on the calculation of this aid amount should be directed to the Local Government Services team at the Department of Revenue.
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Other changes to the 2018-19 worksheet include the addition of FTE student counts for new independent charter schools added to Line 2 and Line 6. 16 school districts will be affected by this change. It is important to note these districts will have an aid deduction in June 2010 equal to the FTE multiplied by $8,619 per FTE.
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Please remember it is a school district’s responsibility to ensure the accuracy of the revenue limit worksheet. Pay close attention to the membership counts. The SFS Team’s pre-populated worksheet includes the data available to DPI, as reported by the district as of the date on the worksheet. Any changes after that date will be incorporated into the next update.
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Users are encouraged to frequently review/compare ALL of the fields in the DPI spreadsheet to information on file at the district. Remember that the point of the pre-populated worksheet is to show districts what our version of your revenue limit computation looks like. Its accuracy depends on correct data being on file here at the Department.
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UPCOMING SCHOOL FINANCE EVENTS: October 26: PI-1524 ST State Tuition Claim Due, November 1: PI-1504 and PI-1504-SE Budget Reports Open, November 1: ESSA School Level Reporting Budget Open, November 7: PI-401 2018 Tax Levy Report Due, November 30: PI-1504 and PI-1504-SE Budget Reports Due, December 14: ESSA School Level Reporting Budget Due
Voucher Program Information
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On October 30th, the department released 2018-19 information related to enrollment in the state’s three private voucher programs (Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, Racine Parental Choice Program and Wisconsin Parental Choice Program). That information can be found here https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/news-release/dpinr2018-91.pdf