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March 2026

Fund Balance Accounting

Now is the time to reach out to us if you would like to switch the closing account on your reserved accounts to the assigned reserve fund balance account instead of 422. This will allow you to keep a closer eye on your accounts and will help with reporting for the state. 
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FY26 Fiscal Year End Cleanup

Before we know it, FY26 fiscal year end will be here! Region 1 will go into your districts and close the first 6 months of the FY26 calendar. This allows us to see if anything is unposted out there. If you need to reopen a month you can do that. We have also run the Chapter 10 report and will or have reached out to those districts that have items that need to be addressed.Below are some cleanup items you will want to start looking at as you have time: Purchase Orders Go to Purchase Orders/P...
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February 2026

MDE Calendar Lists

MDE>About MDE>Events and Engagements>CalendarThis section provides a list of upcoming training opportunities or meetings being offered by MDE. MDE>Districts, Schools and Educators> Business and Finance>Data SubmissionsA “Minnesota District and Charter Data Reporting Calendar” is available which provides a list of reporting and data entry periods of importance to districts and charter schools, including a brief description of each. Updated July 2025. MDE>...
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December 2025

Closing Unneeded Requisitions

If you are an approver in eR and need to remove a requisition that you don't want transferring to a purchase order, you can now do this in eR. Under Approvals, go to Approved, then find the correct requisition and click on CLOSE. 
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Coming Soon...It's 1099 Time!

We will be sending 1099 instructions at the beginning of December.  All 1099s must be e-filed by 01/31/2026! This leaves little time for corrections without jumping through hoops to e-file correcting 1099s. Initial accuracy is at a premium. In preparation, please review your initial 1099 balances by going to Agency>Vendor 1099’s>Vendor 1099 Balance. Enter 2025 in the Year column and click Find. 
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November 2025

Work Around for Payroll Voucher Issue

We want to make everyone aware of an issue found in Payroll vouchers that come across to Finance. We have reported this issue to be fixed but in the interim, there is a work around.In Vendor Setup some of you have marked certain vendors on the Payment Information tab to have Separate Checks:.Unfortunately, when the vouchers come across, those vouchers do not have the Separate Check box marked like they should (and have in the past). So be aware of this and if you do use separate checks...
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October 2025

Building and Cybersecurity Grant Program

Several districts will be receiving revenue for this new grant. Per MDE, you should show this revenue in Finance 000, Source 370. 
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MN Paid Leave

MDE has now released Object 219 starting in 202601 for MN Paid Leave. If you need this code, you must first go to General Ledger/Chart of Accounts Setup/Account Segment Setup and add it there. Please reach out to Finance@region1.k12.mn.us if you need assistance with this. 
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September 2025

Save Time with the Refresh

Did you know that when you are in your query screens you can click the refresh icon to save you time? Here we have searched for three different items. In the past when we wanted to change the criteria of the query, we had to manually clear these items and then put in the new ones. Now you can click on the REFRESH button to clear the items and enter in the new ones! 
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August 2025

UFARS File Upload & EDIAM Security

1. Beginning on September 20, 2019, many of the school finance web applications are scheduled to be accessed under the Education Identity and Access Management (EDIAM) system. This includes the UFARS File Upload Application that Region1 uses to transmit your UFARS data file to MDE.The IOwA (Identified Official with Authority) at your district must authorize Region1 for the UFARS File Upload Application within the EDIAM Authorization System.If you have questions regarding EDIAM or IOwA ...
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