10/29/10

On November 3, 2010, the Texas Education Agency will open the Expenditure Reporting (ER) System for corrections to ARRA Section 1512 quarterly data that was reported by school districts and open enrollment charter schools for the quarter that ended September 30, 2010.  TEA is providing this additional opportunity to make corrections because the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) issued revised guidance and clarification on two key reporting fields in the ARRA Section 1512 Quarterly Reports: 1) calculating full-time equivalents and 2) reporting vendors with payments of more than $25,000.  The correction period allows review and revision for school district and open-enrollment charter schools that were not aware of the revised instructions at the time that data was reported for the period that ended September 30, 2010.  All corrections must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Central Time, November 30, 2010.

TEA is conducting webinars on the Section 1512 reporting guidance and instructions on Wednesday, November 3, (10:00 - 11:30 a.m.) and Tuesday, November 9, (2:00 - 3:30 p.m.). To register click on the link below. 

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=5286&menu_id=934&menu_id2=941 

To read the TEA announcement on this topic click on the link below.

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=4570&menu_id=934&menu_id2=941