Prepare Your District Budget During The ISFIS Budget Workshop

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.

The ISFIS budget workshops at Heartland AEA are Jan. 29 and Feb. 19. Cost to attend is $250 per district. Register online.

These hands-on workshops are an opportunity for leaders from each district to prepare their individual budgets in one highly productive day. Workshop participants will receive information about:

• The budget process, changes for the upcoming fiscal year, legislative update, and other items of general budget interest.
• Unspent Authorized Budget details and strategies to fully utilize categorical resources.
• A completed Certified Budget (once State Supplementary Assistance rate is set) and the strategies to set maximum certainty of the district’s property tax rate if SSA is not set by the publication deadline.
• Data and tools related to the budget process.
• District specific presentation based on the district’s certified budget file.
• A 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. Register online at this link.