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Dear School Business Professionals,
Please note that the 2023-24 Adopted Budget LCFF Calculator has now been posted on FCMAT’s website. You can access the calculator on the FCMAT Website here: www.fcmat.org/lcff.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office

Dear School Business Professionals,
Our office is pleased to again offer air travel accident insurance for the 2023-24 school year. Please take a moment and fill out the survey below and let us know if your school district will be participating or not.
Please complete the survey below by June 15.
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Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office

Dear School Business Professionals, We have been asked to forward the following information regarding CARS Opening/Title I Support Regards, School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Greetings:
As you are aware, the Consolidated Application and Reporting System (CARS) 2023 Winter Release has opened. For those local educational agencies that have Title I, Part A and/or Title I, Part D funding, our staff have developed and recorded a PowerPoint presentation to provide in-depth information to assist you with completing the required forms.
To access the webinar, select the following: Tips for Completing Title I, Part A & Part D Forms – 2023 Winter Release of the CARS/ConApp[External link opens in new window or tab.] (Video 2:02:45)
Or you can access by visiting our webpages at:
Title I, Part A – Title I: Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education)<www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/>
Title I, Part D – Title I: Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education)<www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/pi/index.asp>
Additionally, the webinar allows you to easily identify which forms are most relevant to you as each transition provides a timestamp and link for easy access to each section.
I sincerely hope that you find this useful and please feel free to provide any comments or feedback to me concerning our webinar.
Regards,
Carrie Lopes clopes@cde.ca.gov<mailto:clopes@cde.ca.gov>

Dear School Business Professionals, We have been asked to forward the following information regarding a PPIC Survey Opportunity. Regards, School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Please see below for a survey opportunity from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC):
Dear Educational Partners,
The California Department of Education is pleased to partner with the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Diego, to support schools and districts recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership is conducting a survey about education recovery strategies and challenges utilizing Federal/State Stimulus Funding Resources. The survey responses will help the state to develop policies and programs to support schools and districts in utilizing these funds.
Your participation in the survey is greatly appreciated. For additional information about the Education Recovery Survey, please refer to the attachment. If you have questions regarding the Education Recovery Survey, please contact Dr. Niu Gao, Project Director, PPIC, by email at recovery@ppic.org<mailto:recovery@ppic.org>.
Please do not respond to this email with questions. Please direct all of your questions to Dr. Niu Gao, Project Director, PPIC, by email at recovery@ppic.org<mailto:recovery@ppic.org>.

[9DC1AF87] [Calendar Description automatically generated]Dear School Business Professionals,
The 2022-23 AP Processing Schedules<www.sbceo.org/domain/239> have been updated in June to reflect the Juneteenth Holiday. Please discard any previous AP calendars and share the updated calendars with staff who support processing Accounts Payable.
If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Holmes (rholmes@sbceo.org<mailto:rholmes@sbceo.org>).
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Dear School Business Professionals, We have been asked to forward the following information regarding ED Office Hour Opportunity: Davis-Bacon Requirements Regards, School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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May 11, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced that, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, from noon to 1 p.m., they will be hosting an office hour session for subgrantees to receive answers to questions about the Davis-Bacon Act requirements.
Davis-Bacon Act requirements may be applicable to certain project funded through Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds. As such, this office hour may be useful to local educational agencies (LEAs) using these or other federal funds for capital expenditures.
To register for this webinar, please use the following link: ems8.intellor.com/?do=register&t=1&p=847798
For more information regarding Davis-Bacon labor standards, please see the resources available on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Davis-Bacon and Related Acts web page (www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction), ED’s Davis-Bacon Overview one-pager (oese.ed.gov/files/2023/04/Davis-Bacon-Overview-4.26.23.pdf), or the recording of the webinar ED hosted on April 26 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8iLJNk6hY). These resources are additionally available through the California Department of Education (CDE) Capital Expenditures FAQs web page: www.cde.ca.gov/fg/cr/capexpfaqs.asp. For more information regarding the use of ESSER and GEER funds toward capital expenditure projects, please see the Capital Expenditures section of the CDE Federal Stimulus Funding web page: www.cde.ca.gov/fg/cr/#capital.

Thank you!
CDE Federal Stimulus Team

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