ISFIS Budget Workshops Scheduled for 2017

Each year, ISFIS partners with Piper Jaffray and Iowa's Area Education Agencies to provide face-to-face budget workshops for business managers and superintendents. These hands-on workshops are an opportunity for leaders from each district to prepare their individual budgets in just one highly productive day. This year there will be an additional hour at the end of each session for districts who would like to stay and complete their 5-Year Financial Projection.

The ISFIS budget workshops at Heartland AEA are Jan. 23 and Feb. 15. Cost to attend is $250 per district. Register online.

Workshop participants will receive information about:

• Budget process, changes for the upcoming fiscal year, legislative update and other items of general budget interest.

• Unspent Authorized Budget portions reserved for categorical purposes and strategies to fully utilize categorical resources.

• Completed Certified Budget and strategies to set maximum certainty of property tax rate if SSA is not set by the publication deadline.

• Data and tools related to the budget process.

• Access to a district specific PowerPoint presentation based on the district’s certified budget file.

• District Specific 5-Year Financial Projection Plan including a Sample Working Line Item Budget Template.

• Unlimited phone and email support about the Certified Budget.

• Complimentary assistance if a district’s budget is appealed to the State Appeal Board.

For more information, contact Marissa Gaal at marissa@iowaschoolfinance.com or (515) 251-5970 ext. 4.