Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting

Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting

Resources

This resource library is designed to be a user-friendly and easy way to find IDEA fiscal information within CIFR’s focus areas. Search the library or use the filters on the left to narrow the list of resources.

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What States Are Saying

The CIFR website is the first step in. I provided it to a newly hired staff member before their start date, and they loved the information—great news from a new colleague with no IDEA background or understanding.

Jan 2023CIFR developed or CIFR co-developed

IDEA Part C Annual Grant Budget Calculator

Use this Excel tool to track funds to support their timely obligation and to complete the annual grant application.

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Part C - Indirect Cost/Cost Allocation PlanUse of Funds

Jul 2022CIFR developed or CIFR co-developed

IDEA Part B Fiscal Timeline 1.3

Developed by CIFR, IDC, and NCSI, the IDEA Fiscal Timeline helps SEA staff plan and monitor the work they need to do to meet the fiscal requirements of IDEA.

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Part B - Allocation of IDEA Part B Subgrants to LEAsCoordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (MOE)Maintenance of State Financial Support (MFS)State Set-Aside

Dec 2015CIFR developed or CIFR co-developed

Quick Reference Guide on IDEA Local Educational Agency Maintenance of Effort

This three-page quick reference guide assists states and stakeholders in better understanding the LEA MOE requirements stipulated in IDEA. The guide describes the consequences of failing to meet MOE, standards for calculations, allowable exceptions, and reporting obligations.

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Part B - Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (MOE)

Mar 2023CIFR developed or CIFR co-developed

618 Data Pre-submission Edit Check Tool — Part B MOE and CEIS

This tool was developed by the IDEA Data Center (IDC), in collaboration with CIFR, to help states prepare their Part B MOE and CEIS data submission. States can use the tool to identify potential edit check errors or errors in subtotals or totals prior to submitting the data to OSEP.

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Part B - Allocation of IDEA Part B Subgrants to LEAsCoordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (MOE)

Feb 2023CIFR developed or CIFR co-developed

IDEA Part C Annual Budget Calculator Demonstration

Learn how to use CIFR’s IDEA Part C Annual Grant Budget Calculator to develop the annual grant budget, track expenditures throughout the life cycle of the grant, and ensure Part C funds are obligated and expended appropriately.