Special Education Finance
OSEP Guidance on IDEA Part B & C Use of Funds During Covid-19
Guidance on Special Education Certification - April 2019
Guidance on Special Education Certification – Reimbursable under IDEA
Special Education Reporting Information
Maintenance of Effort (M.O.E.) Worksheet Instructions & Tracking Tool
2020-2021
MOE Worksheet Instructions (2020-2021)
MOE Tracking Tool (2020-2021)
MOE Targets (2020-2021)
MOE Exceptions
M.O.E.-CEIS Public Reporting
Fiscal Monitoring
The objective of a fiscal monitoring review is to determine whether a subrecipient of federal grant funds is complying with applicable federal statutes, regulations, and with grant requirements; including the uniform administrative requirements and cost principles for federal awards given in 2 C.F.R. § 200. The reviews focus on the financial management systems’ internal controls developed and implemented by the subrecipient to demonstrate compliance with applicable requirements, including organizational operations, policies and procedures, financial reports, and record-keeping. The review also tests the allowability of expenditures charged to the federal grant, as well as compliance with federal program requirements.
The key components of support the compliance program ensures:
- Subrecipients are monitored during the term of the grant subaward;
- Monitoring efforts focus on the area of most significant risk;
- All monitoring findings are addressed through appropriate noncompliance corrective actions with federal compliance requirements of 2 C.F.R. § 200.338; and
- Ongoing financial and administrative training and technical assistance is provided to all subrecipients and independently as assessed to enable subrecipients to comply with grant subaward requirements and maintain their funding.
Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has instituted a fiscal monitoring process which began in the fall of 2019, the monitoring schedule will be on a 3-year rotation, either by on-site visits or desk reviews. Due to COVID-19, the current fiscal monitoring is being conducted via desk reviews. Fiscal monitoring will include all school districts and ESUs receiving federal grant funds through NDE. The first year that will be monitored will be 2018-19, which will start in the fall of 2019. Grants to be reviewed include, CARES Act, IDEA, IDEA Preschool, IDEA PRT, McKinney-Vento, Perkins, Title I, Title I, Migrant, Title II, Title III, Title IV, 21st Century Learning Centers.
Fiscal Monitoring Plan – https://cdn.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fiscal-Monitoring-Plan.pdf
Fiscal Monitoring Presentation – https://cdn.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NDE-Fiscal-Monitoring-Presentation.pdf
For More Information: https://www.education.ne.gov/fos/grants-management-fiscal-monitoring/