Recent FedPro Message

Title I Fiscal Issues Guidance

The United States Department of Education has issued non-regulatory guidance revising the Title I Fiscal Issues guidance that was released in May 2006.  This guidance can be accessed at <http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/legislation.html#policy

The URLs for the word and pdf documents are:  http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/fiscalguid.doc  and http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/fiscalguid.pdf 

The guidance document updates section E of the Title I Fiscal Issues guidance, which addresses consolidating funds in schoolwide programs.  In addition to revising the introduction to section E, the guidance adds several new questions that clarify the purpose for consolidating funds in a schoolwide program, provides more detail on what it means to consolidate funds in a schoolwide setting, and describes, with examples, how an LEA might account for State, local, and Federal funds that are consolidated in a schoolwide program.

Bette Morff

Director, Federal Financial Management

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

PO Box 480

Jefferson City, MO  65201

573-751-8280

Bette.Morff@dese.mo.gov