Training in Response to Recent Changes by the Federal Office of Special Education Programs

The US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has oversight of states’ compliance with federal special education regulations and requirements.  A component of OSEP’s compliance monitoring verification visits is a fiscal verification review.  Part of that fiscal verification includes a review of the use of funds for coordinated early intervening services, maintenance of effort, and general use of federal, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B (IDEA-B), funds.

To assist local education agencies (LEA) with these components of the federal on-site visits, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing training to familiarize special education directors and business administrators with clarifying information.  This training will address three topics:  IDEA Fiscal Programming, Contingency Funding, and Approved Private School Electronic Management System (New Enrollment System for Approved Private Schools/Chartered Schools for the Blind and Deaf). 

Each school district and charter school is required to send participants to this training.  Because the training is highlighting the fiscal program data verifications associated with the IDEA-B fiscal reporting requirements, it is strongly recommended that the participants representing your LEA be your special education director and business administrator.  If a school district or charter school contracts for business services, its contracted business representative should attend as well.

This training will be held at the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) offices as well as Intermediate Units 4, 20, 26, and 29.

Please register at www.pattan.net for the following training sessions.

Date

Time

Location

Address

Wednesday

September 25

9:00-12:00

PaTTAN East

333 Technology Dr

Malvern, PA 19355

Tuesday

October 8

9:00-12:00

PaTTAN Central

6340 Flank Dr

Harrisburg, PA 17112

Tuesday

October 15

1:00-4:00

IU 20

6 Danforth Dr

Easton, PA 18045

Wednesday

October 16

9:00-12:00

IU 29

17 Maple Ave

Pottsville, PA 17901

Monday

October 28

12:30-3:30

PaTTAN West

3190 William Pitt Way

Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Tuesday

October 29

9:00-12:00

IU 4

453 Maple St

Grove City, PA 16127

Thursday

October 31

9:00-12:00

IU 26

440 N Broad St

Philadelphia, PA 19130

Questions regarding the fiscal training should be directed to Dr. Del Hart, Chief, Division of Analysis & Financial Reporting, at 717.772.1114 or dehart@pa.gov.  Questions about registration should be directed to Sharon Kennedy at PaTTAN-Harrisburg at 717.901.2265, 800.360.7282 (in PA only), or skennedy@pattan.net.