Your district is required to submit the 9/30 Report (Report of Expenditures and Obligations as of September 30) if one of the following is true:

Your district has Title I funds in excess of the 15% carryover rule, or Your district has Title IV.A funds in excess of the 25% carryover rule, or Your district has a Migrant budget.

The purpose of the 9/30 Report is to provide documentation of expenditures and legal obligations from July 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007 for your 2007-2008 programs. Since September 30 is the end of the federal fiscal year, this information is needed to accurately determine that schools did not exceed the carryover limitation for these programs. The Migrant program does not track carryover funds for individual school districts. However, our office needs to report statewide Migrant expenditures and obligations as of September 30 to the U. S. Department of Education.

The deadline to submit the 9/30 Report is October 12, 2007. If a district has excess funds after the September 30 Report has been submitted, the district may be eligible to request a waiver of the maximum carryover rule. To request a waiver of the carryover rule, the district should explain in writing why the waiver request is necessary.

This explanation may state the proposed uses of these excess funds or it may include the timeline in which plans to spend these funds will be complete. The waiver request may be faxed to 573-526-6698 or e-mailed to Bette.Morff@dese.mo.gov.