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Abbott Preschool Budget Transfers. September 2006. Budget Transfer Requests. Budgets are estimates of projected costs Providers may request transfers within their approved budgets Will be treated as a special request- need detailed justification. 2006-2007 Budget Categories. Four categories
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Abbott Preschool Budget Transfers September 2006
Budget Transfer Requests • Budgets are estimates of projected costs • Providers may request transfers within their approved budgets • Will be treated as a special request- need detailed justification
2006-2007 Budget Categories • Four categories • Abbott Educational Program • Preschool Center Director Salary/Benefits and Facilities • All Other Allowable Administrative and Support/Indirect • Special Requests
District and DOE Notification • Community providers must obtain district and DOE permission for substantive revisions • Community providers must get approval from the district and notify the DOE of minor plan amendments
Minor Transfers • Minor revisions are revisions that: • (1) do not jeopardize the accomplishment of the objective Nor • (2) shift more than a cumulative 10 percent of the money allocated for a line item, or more than $1,000, to or from another line item within the same budget category
Substantive Transfers Substantive revisions are revisions that: • (1) eliminate a line item • (2) reallocate more than a cumulative 10 percent of the money allocated for a line item or more than $1,000 to or from another line item within the same budget category • (3) shift any amount of funds between budget categories • Substantive revisions require prior district and DOE written approval.
Additional Guidance • Abbott Educational Program dollars may not be transferred out of the Educational Program category • Providers that chose to accept the 14% of Educational Program costs as their budgeted “All Other Allowable Administrative and Support/Indirect Costs” • Permitted to apportion those funds without transfers
Additional Guidance • Providers that submitted a line item request for supplemental administrative and indirect costs • Must use transfer form to request transfers within Administrative Support/Indirect
Budget Transfer Form • The center director must sign the two-page transfer notification form • Providers should make copies of the form for future use • Providers must make the forms available for audit
Process • The district should: • Review and approve/disapprove substantive revisions within 10 business days of receipt • Forward only district-approved revisions to the department • The DOE will: • Review and make a final determination within 10 business days of receiving the district’s approval • Districts may set a cutoff date for Budget Transfer requests. • The DOE will not accept 2006-2007 Budget Transfer requests after June 30, 2007
Examples • 1. From Teacher Benefits to Director Salary (NOT ALLOWED- OUT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CATEGORY) • 2. From Classroom Technology to Classroom Materials and Supplies (SUBMIT- MINOR OR SUBSTANTIVE BASED ON DOLLAR AMOUNT)
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