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October 12 - 9:00 Business Consortium - Public Funds Investment Act Training
Mike Allison, the instructor, will provide case studies on fraud prevention, a discussion on TRS, and some videos that he incorporates on financial efficiency and other items.
October 26 - 9:00 a.m. TSDS/PEIMS Training - ASCENDER Business Fall & Mid-Year
Training is an in-depth training for ASCENDER users. We will start with the Preparing for PEIMS and then reviewing the Fall PEIMS Information that you will need to be able to Submit your information - The Training will cover coding PEIMS Organization Requirements, SSA, Finance Budget and Staff Information - Business data collected in PEIMS AND Teacher Responsibility records.
Mid Year PEIMS will cover Finance Actual Data from 2019-2020, Prior Year Campus, SSA, and showing how to compare your PEIMS with your Audit Report.
October 26 - 12 p.m. TGIO
Thank Goodness It’s October – Lunch and round table discussions. (Sign Up in PitStop). Each year we meet in October to celebrate the closing of the prior school year, getting the new year off and running and to discuss how we can serve you better. Please join us for an afternoon of fun.
October
Business at a Glance
The following business tasks have been identified
for the month of October. Use the checklist below to ensure that the tasks are
addressed, if applicable.
Finance - Payroll
- In the second year of each biennium, review the pupil projections in the Foundation School Program.
State Reporting
- Fall PEIMS snapshot date is the last Friday in October.
- Coordinate the timing of the PEIMS fall submission with the PEIMS Coordinator and student campus PEIMS staff.
- Continue the audit tasks.
Payroll & Personnel
- Continue to work on unique IDs (UID) for employees.
- Address the third quarter payroll reports for 941 and unemployment.
- Generate the EEOC-5 report for the pay date closest to October 1 and maintain data for submission at a later time when required.
To attend ASCENDER
Workdays and
Trainings
you will need to
register in PitStop.
November 2
9a.m. to 4p.m. ASCENDER PEIMS Workday.
November 4
9a.m. to 4:pm ASCENDER PEIMS Workday.
For Help!
Please use the ticket
system on our website, send an email, or leave a message on our voicemail
for Help.
General Information
Send us information on any meetings that you feel would be beneficial to our district staff. We just need to know what you would like to learn or get a refresher course on.