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SUPTS. MEMO. NO. 109
June 20, 1997 |
| TO: | Division Superintendents |
| FROM: | Richard T. La Pointe
Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| SUBJECT: | Fiscal Year 1997-98 Monthly Payment Plan - State Funds |
Listed below is the payment schedule for those SOQ accounts which will be paid by electronic fund transfer (EFT) on a monthly payment schedule for 1997-98. Bi-monthly on 15 & 30th EFT Basic Aid Retirement (Instructional & Non-Instructional) Social Security (Instructional & Non-Instructional) Vocational Ed (SOQ) Remedial Ed At Risk Special Ed (SOQ) Gifted Ed Quarterly on last 30th EFT Maintenance Supplement Textbooks Harper Settlement K-3 (beginning in December) Salary Supplement (beginning in March) With the exception of K-3, all of these accounts will be adjusted once March 31, 1998, ADM is received. Enrollment Loss will be transferred once ADM is finalized. Fifty percent of Remedial Summer School payments will be sent in August and the balance in October when actual enrollment is collected. Current estimates of March 31, 1998, ADM will be revalidated this fall based on actual September 30, 1997, membership. If the new estimates differ significantly from the current estimates, the accounts will be recalculated using the new values. If the estimates do not differ significantly, payments will continue to be made on the current estimates until actual March 31, 1998, ADM is known. Payments will be made on the estimated entitlements as projected in Regulatory Supts. Memo. No. 1, dated February 24, 1997, for the following accounts: 1. Basic Aid, Salary Supplement, Gifted Education, Retirement, Social Security, Group Life, Textbooks, Maintenance Supplement, Harper Settlement - These accounts are calculated on adjusted ADM. 2. Vocational Ed (SOQ), Special Education (SOQ), Remedial Education, At-Risk - These entitlements are calculated on unadjusted ADM. 3. Reduced K-3 Class Size - September 30, 1997, will be used for the final calculation. This account will be paid quarterly, beginning in December, 1997. 4. Dropout Prevention (Project Yes), Truancy, Reading Intervention and At Risk Four-Year Old Program - 50% of this payment will be transferred once the application has been approved and the remaining 50% will be transferred in February, 1998. 5. SOL Teaching Materials -This entitlement will be paid after certification of the plan or description of the purposes for which the funds will be used. 6. Remediation Assistance - This entitlement will be paid after certification of the plan for early intervention services. Comments or question should be addressed to Mrs. June Eanes, Budget Director, at (804) 225-2060 or Mrs. Leigh H. Williams, Budget Analyst, at (804) 225-2031. RTL:lhw