Common Core of Data (CCD) Fiscal Coordinators' Training


Wednesday, July 8, 2015
8:30am–12:00pm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and U.S. Census Bureau

(This session is reserved for Common Core of Data [CCD] Fiscal Coordinators.)

This session will cover new developments in the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) and School District Finance Survey (F-33): a review of key concepts and crucial variable definitions, data items utilized in calculating state per-pupil expenditure (SPPE), Title I allocation procedures, the NPEFS Federal Register notice, the prospective addition or deletion of data items from both surveys, business and editing rules, the NPEFS imputation process, the NPEFS web application, maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements, reporting finance data on charter schools, and the newly updated Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems (2014 Edition) handbook. This session will also cover special topics, including the question of attributing expenditures by Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) and Supervisory Unions (SUs) to the district, indirect costs, the school-level finance survey (SLFS) pilot, and updates to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards.