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October 2024

It's Time to Review UFARS Reporting Errors!

After Region 1 submits your UFARS data to the State, it’s time to review and correct UFARS reporting errors. To see if you have UFARS compliance errors, go to the MDE MFR web site https://public.education.mn.gov/MDEAnalytics/DataTopic.jsp?TOPICID=9 See the example below to find the UFARS Turnaround Edit Report. 
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Bank Reconiliation Tips

My bank reconciliation doesn’t balance, now what? How do I find what is causing the variance? Here are some tips to help you find the variance. If after going through these tips, you still can’t get it to balance, reach out to the finance team. We're here to help!  1. Check the prior month’s reconciliation worksheet to see if you had any adjustments that have not cleared the bank. Do these need to be added back in? Why didn’t they clear?2. Are...
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August 2024

School Unemployment Aid for FY24

There is a new funding source for ‘between period’ unemployment benefits. To take advantage of this new aid, you must use the new object code 281 to record expenditures.  
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Data Submission for FY24

Each year Region1’s access to submit your UFARS data to MDE expires. You will need to make sure your IOWA has gone into the EDIAM and given us back the access.  
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Fixed Assets for FY24

If you are entering fixed assets for FY24, don’t forget to change the FA Fiscal Yr to 2024 by clicking on the drop down arrow in Finance Defaults window. 
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July 2024

UFARS Unaudited Data Submission

You will need to send your first “unaudited” data to MDE by September 15th (since this year it falls on a weekend you will have until Monday, September 16th).  Region 1 goes through an extensive checklist before we submit your data, so please plan to give us plenty of time for this. 
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Accounting Calendar...Did You Know?

Two extra Periods are built into the Accounting Calendar. Once period 202412 is open, the next period number for FY24 is 202413. It can be used for fiscal yearend journal entries including auditor’s adjustments. The last period for FY24 is 202414. It is for Region 1 use only. We use this period to do closing entries. Closing entries zero the expense and revenues and move the dollars to the fund balances. Note that for periods 202413 and 202414, the G...
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MDE School Business Bulletin #74

MDE has published the School Business Bulletin #74 with the latest information from the State on FY24 and what is coming in FY25. Find it here: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/schfin/fin/ 
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June 2024

Reminder: Complete Career and Technical Education Levy Revenue Reporting by June 6th

Read the April 27 memorandum regarding Career and Technical Education (CTE) Levy Reporting from Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield, Office of Educational Opportunity, and Sally Reynolds, Director of the Career and College Success Division. The CTE Levy reporting system will open May 2 for entering the anticipated FY25 (2024-2025 school year) budgets. Budgets must be entered for approved CTE programs by June 6.Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.4531, directs the Minnesota Department of Ed...
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May 2024

COVID Grant Coding

Below is a chart showing the related Course codes by fiscal year to be used for various Covid Federal grants. This chart is revised from MDE’s website with the Finance and Course numbers in each column. Covid Grants administered though SERVS must have the correct Course number. Before yearend, you can work on making sure your accounts are using the correct Course numbers. This will be discussed at our yearend meetings.  
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