Aug 31 Soft Close in Escape Due to SBAS Dear School Business Professionals,
As we approach the due date for Soft Close in Escape (Aug 31), we wanted to share a few reminders about the process. Below are general steps and important reminders related to the submission of your Soft Close Checklist Package to our office:
Step 1: After you finish the year-end work in Escape and you are ready to Soft Close the district’s General Ledger, please review the checklist and organize your documents for submission.
* Reminder…the district needs to have the SELPA office review the SEMA/SEMB calculation and forms to ensure they are completed correctly. If they are not completed correctly, this could affect your Maintenance Of Effort (MOE). All districts need to complete this form even if the district has nothing to report — the contact name and phone number must be completed.
Note: You may submit your package to SBAS prior to approval from SELPA. Once you receive approval, please forward the SEMA/SEMB forms with the email approval from SELPA to sbasfinance@sbceo.org<mailto:sbasfinance@sbceo.org>
Step 2: Submit all your documents (for approval) to: sbasfinance@sbceo.org<mailto:sbasfinance@sbceo.org>
* When the soft close documentation is submitted to SBAS, our staff conducts a review of the submission documents checking for any errors and omissions as a service to our districts. This preview helps mitigate any potential errors for districts when completing Unaudited Actuals in the SACS software. This is the reason why the due date is August 31. Our staff works our way through an internal review checklist which can take up to ~1-2 days to review the entire submission. Then, if anything is identified that needs to be adjusted by the districts, this provides a window of opportunity for our staff to notify districts and for districts to make changes prior to completion of the Unaudited Actuals.
Step 3: After you receive an approval email from the SBAS finance team stating that your soft-close is approved, move forward with completing the Unaudited Actuals in SACS.
* Reminder: In order to ensure that what is reported in the district’s Unaudited Actuals matches your general ledger exactly, districts need to have an approved soft close from SBAS prior to the Unaudited Actuals submission to the board. No further changes should be made in Escape after the Unaudited Actuals are presented to the board in mid-September.
It’s our goal to make this process as smooth as possible. If you have any questions, please contact our Finance Team:
Daisy Lazaer x5295 Chris Rhodes x5226 Todd Humphreys x5372
Thank you.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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