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Action Item for your Upcoming Board Meeting…
Dear Superintendents, Presidents, and School Business Officials,
It is a General Election Year! Our webpage, Elections for School Districts, (located under Governance on the School Business Advisory Services website) has a wealth of information and all the form documents you will need to prepare for the upcoming election. The link to the webpage is below:
SBAS Elections Website Page – Elections for School Districts<sbasweb.sbceo.org/governance/elections-for-school-districts> <--click here. Districts will find the following Governing Board Member General Election information needed for this upcoming election: * General Election Calendar * Notification to 'consolidate' Governing Board Member Elections * Governing Board members Terms Expiring in December 2024 * Order of Elections Fillable Form (needs to be prepared and adopted by your board by June 28) <-- Action Item Feel free to share this information with your assistant or others at your organization that may need this information. Thank you for your assistance in preparing the documents needed. If you have any questions, please contact me at (805) 964-4711 ext. 5700 or Amada Dulay (805) 964-4711 ext. 5201. We are here to help you through this process. Sincerely, Steve Torres Associate Superintendent, Administrative Services Santa Barbara County Education Office (805)964-4711 ext.5700 (805)699-0649 cell

Hello School Business Professionals,
Thank you to those that were able to attend yesterday’s SBO meeting. Below is the link to the Padlet with the materials that were presented.
If you have any questions, please contact your District Financial Advisor.
sbasweb.sbceo.org/administration/sbo-meetings
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Attached are the Payroll Rates & Limits for 2024-2025. Escape has been updated.
They can also be found on our website: sbasweb.sbceo.org/payroll/payroll-processing
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School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Good afternoon,
Following the declaration of a major disaster in several California Counties for the date range 1/31-2/9/24, access to the Federal Public Assistance (PA) Program for State Agencies, Tribal Governments, Counties, Cities, Special Districts, and certain Private Non-Profit Organizations became available. Attached, you will find a quick reference fact sheet which explains eligibility and provides information on applying for these funds. Additionally, you will find an instruction sheet on accessing the portal where applications can be submitted. Please note the application deadline is 5/13/24.
Lastly, below please find information regarding a briefing set for 4/29/24 that any agency that intends to apply must attend to be eligible to receive funds.
Briefing Information: Monday, April 29th, 2024 1:30pm Santa Barbara County Employee University in the Coastal Room 267 Camino Del Remedio, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110 A few items to note with this meeting.
* If you are going to apply for the Public Assistance Program, someone from your agency MUST attend the Applicants Briefing on April 29, 2024, to be eligible to receive funding. * The individual(s) you send to the meeting should be those who will be leading the cost recovery process for your agency so that they will know how to navigate the Public Assistance Program. * It is recommended to also send your technical expert(s) in the categories you are seeking funding for, so that they can receive specific information about the categories of work that are available for cost share.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Dear School Business Professionals,
The agenda is attached for our upcoming SBO Meeting on Thursday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m. via. Zoom (notice time change from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.). If you have any specific topics or questions, you would like us to address, please send them to Josh Becerra at jbecerra@sbceo.org<mailto:jbecerra@sbceo.org>.
The link for the meeting is shown below:
[April 25, 2024-10:30am-12:00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5433556601?pwd=aGFBQjc4bmpZYmVDTkp6eDhxcndCZz09&omn=86403595627 Meeting ID: 543 355 6601 Passcode: Officials]
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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The Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) has received a public record request from Transparent California. The request is for copies of all budget-related letters as well as all copies of all collective bargaining disclosures and related response letters for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.

The following documents have been provided in response to the request:
* Adopted budget, first interim and second interim report letters for 2022-23. * Adopted budget and first interim report letters for 2023-24. * Collective bargaining disclosures and associated response letters for 2022-23 and 2023-24
If you have any questions, please contact Josh Becerra at (805)965-4710 ext. 5201.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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