Finance and Organizational Services

Announcements / New Information  [date posted]

• New Guidance:  Pupil Transportation and Summer School [03/04/2021]
• Dates for 2021/22 School District Budget Preparation [03/01/2021]
• NOTICE – Change in Phone Numbers – Please use the new phone numbers to contact the following School Finance Team members.
  • Kevin Lyons   (402) 450-1418
  • Michelle Cartwright  (402) 450-0867
  • Janice Eret   (402) 540-0649

Upcoming Due Dates/Dates of Importance

• Exempt (Home) School Program – the cut-off for filing for Exempt Status for the 2020/21 school year  is 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 15, 2021
• It is too early to file for Exempt Status for the 2021/22 School Year – the filing information for the 2021/22 school year will be available by the end of May
• New Superintendent Orientations [July 20 & July 22, 2021]

Most Recent “Announcements/Reminders from School Finance & Organization Services” Email (SFOS Bulletin)

• April 1, 2021

FOS Programs

• Annual Financial Report (ESU)
  • 2019/20 ESU Master Code List
  • Accounting Structure & Users’ Manual – Program Budgeting, Accounting and Reporting System for Educational Service Units
• Annual Financial Report (School District)
  • AFR Look-Up
    • School District
    • Statewide District AFR
  • 2019/20 School District Master Code List
  • Financial Reporting Online FAQ
  • Per Pupil Costs
  • Statewide Information
  • Accounting Structure & Users’ Manual – Program Budgeting, Accounting and Reporting System for Nebraska School Districts
• Apportionment
• Audits (School District)
  • Audit Confirmation Contacts
  • Audit Confirmation Look-Up
• Budgeting (School District)
  • Budget Factors Certification
  • Budget & LC-2 Materials
  • Expenditure Exclusion Requests Approved by the State Board
• Census Report (School District)
• Contracting Students
• Core Services & Technology Infrastructure Certification (ESU)
• Enrollment Option Program
• Exempt (Home) School Program
• Forms
• Grants Management Fiscal Monitoring
• Grants Management System (GMS) Information
• Indirect Cost Rates
• LEP Allowance Expenditure Requirement
• New Superintendent Orientations (July 20 July 22, 2021)
• Payment Information
• Poverty Allowance Expenditure Requirement
• Pupil Transportation
  • Checklist
  • STARTS Task Force Toolkit – Restarting School Bus Operations
  • 2020/21 Reminders
• Qualified School Construction Bonds (Rule 87)
• Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (Rule 87)
• Reimbursement Rates
  • Mileage Reimbursement Rate effective January 1, 2021 – $.56
• Rules & Regulations (related to FOS Programs)
• School Reorganization
  • District Dissolution and Unification Lists (under “Reorganization Reports”)
• Special Education Reporting Information
• Staff/Program Contacts
• State Aid Certification Information
  • 2020/21 State Aid Certification
  • Prior to 2020/21 School Year
• Statistical Information for Public School Districts (levy and valuation information)
• Superintendent Pay Transparency Act (revised 12/17/2014)
  • Search Contracts by School or Superintendent/Administrator
  • Meeting Notices (revised 02/01/2017)
    • ESU Administrator
    • Superintendent
• Textbook Loan Program (Rule 4)
• Webinars
  • School Finance & Budget Webinar [view the recording of the 06/24/2020 webinar and the presentation materials]

FOS Teams – FOS includes the following teams: Central Accounting, Budget & Grants Management, and School Finance & Organization Services