CSI Grant Finance Session - February 2025 Updates

CSI Grant & Finance Session February 2025

Agenda CSI Finance Team Introduction School Finance: Enrollment Project Update SFA: Summer Feeding Grants: McKinney-Vento Additional Funding Applications Grants: Epicenter Revision Process Walkthrough Grants: FY25-26 Title Budget Workbook Overview Grants: ECEA Mid-year Allocation Increase Grants: Milestone #2 Final Data Grants: Upcoming Grant Deadlines & Misc

CSI Finance & SFA Team - Introductions David Sever, Senior Director of Finance Marcie Robidart, Director of Grants Fiscal & Accounting Art Ford School Finance Manager Melissa Allen, Staff Accountant Emma Post, Grant & Procurement Manager Magaly Mar-Sotero, Grant and Accounting Technician Shawn Wilkens, Grant & Accounting Technician Ilene Agustin, Director of School Nutrition Maggie Necaise, School Nutrition Specialist Maggie Smart, School Nutrition Specialist

Enrollment Project and MLE Update Enrollment Update Enrollment Update Projected enrollment submissions will go through Epicenter this year. Those instructions will be sent out in March after the process has been finalized. MLE MLE Won't have any updates until the JBC meeting on 02/27 Allocations will be trued-up the next couple of weeks Quarter 4 payment in March

Summer Feeding Application due April 15th SFA working with schools to determine if they will be participating or not. Summer Feeding can be open site or closed site. If not participating can use summer finder to find a feeding site https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder Any child ages 0-18 can participate

McKinney-Vento Additional Funding Applications CSI Grant Team pulled student identifications and sent out updated budget workbooks in October, December, and February No more identification pulls this school year, but additional funds are available This application will be accepted on a rolling basis through May 1, 2025 oThe initial allocation must be fully requested and approved in GV before submitting

Epicenter Revision Process Walkthrough Instruction doc created by Epicenter here on our Grant Resources webpage The most recent approved version of the budget should always be used to submit a revision found in Epicenter Walkthrough: Locating the most recent workbook & submitting a new revision

FY25-26 Title Budget Workbooks New columns to clarify grant FTE for salary & benefits activities oThese columns do not need to be completed for activities under any other object code NEW: Employment Status (full time vs. part time) NEW: Portion of salary being covered by grant (%) NEW: Type of Employee (single cost obj vs. T&E vs. stipend) FY26 draft workbooks to be released by first week of March Due back in Epicenter May 19th, 2025

ECEA Mid-year Additional Allocation Background: Background: CSI provided a similar mid-year allocation in prior years when we received the annual ECEA allocation in two distributions. Determination: Determination: Schools who experienced an increase in student population will receive an additional PPA allocation for those students unfunded in the current fiscal year FY2024-25 allocations were based on FY2023-24 December count Purpose: Purpose: Provide current funding support for newly identification pupils Funding Available: $175k Additional Pupil Identification: *80 Approximate PPA: $2,100.00

Milestone #2 Final Data Milestone 2 Comparison 100% 93% 90% 85% 80% 70% 57% 60% 50% 40% 31% 30% 20% 12% 12% 10% 5% 2% 2% 0% Meets Partial Meets Does Not Meet FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 *1 partial meets & 2 does not meet

CSI PD Scholarship Deadline Calendar Reimbursement Request Reimbursement Request Deadline Deadline Conference Conference Dates Dates Thursday, February 27th, 2025 Courage to Risk Conference 01/24 01/25/2025 Colorado Council International Reading Association (CCIRA) Conference Thursday, March 6th, 2025 02/06 02/08/2025 Thursday, March 6th, 2025 CACTA Mid-winter Conference 02/05 02/07/2025 Colorado League of Charter School Annual Conference - Synergy in Education Thursday, March 27th, 2025 02/27 02/28/2025 Thursday, April 10th, 2025 Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference 03/06 03/07/2025

Open Competitive Grants CSI CSI CDE CDE Deadline Deadline Opportunity Opportunity General Purpose General Purpose Deadline Deadline This opportunity is to increase the number of school counselors for secondary and elementary students and the level of school counseling services provided. School Counselor Corp Grant School Counselor Corp Grant 02/24/2025 02/27/2025 BEST Grant BEST Grant Best capital construction grant 02/21/2025 02/27/2025 Provide Funding to implement high-impact tutoring programs prioritizing rural, low-income or underserved students to address student learning loss or unfinished learning resulting from the COVID- 19 pandemic. Support educators in the implementation of scientifically based reading research (SBRR) programs and strategies for kindergarten through third grade (K-3) students. High Impact Tutoring High Impact Tutoring Program Program Postponed Early Literacy PD Grant Early Literacy PD Grant 02/21/2025 02/26/2025 Improve literacy in the state by using evidence- based practices, activities and interventions, including pre-literacy skills. Comprehensive Literacy Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant State Development Grant Postponed View current CSI Grant & Funding Opportunities

Miscellaneous Updates Single Objective Task Change in Epicenter o Schools will be able to submit additional SO forms with ongoing basis o Training forthcoming FY2025-26 Estimated School Payment Reports o Released the second week of March Milestone #3 Status o April 1st, 2025, Milestone is still valid o Operating on the basis that federal funding will not be impacted this year o Encourage spending for elements necessary for programs o Schools may submit exempt forms for spending freeze o In FY2024-25 10.55% of CSI federal funding is discretionary (competitive)

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