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Updated Data Notes Practice Guide Helps States Create Effective Data Notes
Improve your data notes to respond to OSEP quality inquiries on LEA allocation, MOE reduction, and CEIS data with the revised practice guide.
Understanding Part C Grant Stages to Ensure Timely Use of Funds
This CIFR guide helps Part C coordinators visualize the stages and timelines of the IDEA grant cycle and how they overlap across different state fiscal years.
New Guide: LEA MOE Adjustment and Use of Freed-Up Funds
This quick reference guide helps SEA and LEA staff understand the requirements of the LEA MOE adjustment under IDEA. Questions and answers highlight the fiscal requirements, with calculation examples and suggested processes for SEAs to monitor the funds freed up by the adjustment.
CIFR 2022 Part B Communities of Practice (CoPs)
In 2022, CIFR’s second round of four CoPs brings together state staff with shared interests in IDEA Part B fiscal issues.
New CIFR Reference Guide on Charging Indirect Costs to Part C Grants
This CIFR-developed reference guide informs state Part C staff about regulatory requirements and the required approval process related to charging indirect costs to IDEA Part C grants.
New Resource From CIFR on the Use of IDEA Part C Funds
CIFR’s Quick Reference Guide on the Use of IDEA Part C Funds provides lead agency staff, policymakers, and stakeholders a high-level overview of regulatory requirements related to the use of IDEA Part C funds.
Communicate Essentials of Allocations with the CIFR IDEA Part B Allocations At A Glance
State fiscal staff can use CIFR’s one-page graphic resource to communicate key concepts of IDEA Part B allocations to administrators, stakeholders, and policymakers.
Plan Your Work with the Updated IDEA Part B Fiscal Timeline Tool
Our popular planning tool, the IDEA Part B Fiscal Timeline, helps SEA staff meet high-stakes IDEA Part B fiscal requirements with prepopulated recommended activities and month-by-month schedules. The IDEA Part B Fiscal Timeline was updated to reflect changes to the liquidation timeline for federal awards and includes clarifications on excess cost and proportionate share. Its […]
Learn more about Using the Power of CEDS to Report MOE/CEIS Data to OSEP
Developed by CIFR, CEDS, and CIID, this video presentation provides a quick overview of the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) and helps states think about ways to simplify reporting MOE/CEIS data to OSEP using CEDS
Updated Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Calculator now available
The updated Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort MOE Calculator is now available. Version 2.0 calculates LEA MOE for up to 10 fiscal years and features a number of other improvements over the previous version 1.4.
