Business Manager 101
Gain the essential knowledge and skills that you need to excel in a Business Manager leadership role in Vermont with our Business Manager 101 training series. This program is designed to equip new Business Managers with the fundamental tools and strategies needed to understand education finance, tax rate calculations, federal and state funding sources, pupil counts, tuition regulations, financial management and budgeting and the uniform chart of accounts.
Dates & Course Materials
2024-2025
2022-2023
10-14-22 - Agenda
Current Funding Calculations - AOE Spreadsheets
Tax Rate Explanation (1A & 1B)
Field Tax Rate Calculations (2A & 2B)
Preliminary Cash Flow (3A & 3B)
EdSpending Prior Years (4A)
11-11-22 - Agenda
Unemployment & Healthcare Coverage - VEHI 11.11.22
Internal Financial Controls Checklist for Schools
1 Estimating EqPup overview FY23
3 New Weighting example districts
01-13-23 - Agenda
Fiscal Grants Management - Presentation
Grant Expenditure Documentation GuideÂ
Sample Federal Time Documentation
2021-2022
09-22-21- Agenda
10-08-21 - Agenda
VT Board of Education Manual Rules and Practices - Series 9100 - Net Cost Per Pupil
10-15-21 - Agenda
Internal Financial Controls Checklist
Internal Financial Controls Checklist - SAMPLE
11-12-21 - Agenda
Comparative Data for Cost-Effectiveness - EXAMPLE
Preliminary Budget Data Entry Template
   Preliminary Budget Town - SAMPLE
12-10-21 - Agenda
2020-2021
Not Offered
2018-2019
Documents:
Federal Fiscal Monitoring, Personnel Documentation & Consolidated Accounts - Jan 11, 2019 Presentation
2017-2018
2016-2017
October 26, 2017
Equalized Pupil Info Part 1 and Part 2
January 13, 2017
Updated Agendas for Feb 10 & Mar 29
February 10, 2017 Materials
2015-2016
Not Offered
2014-2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - Human Resources, Bidding & Contracts, Cash Flow, Final Budget Collection, VMBB, Education Law
Section 2.0 - Human Resources
- The Alphabet Soup of Employment Laws
Section 4.0 - Spring Projects
Section 5.0 - Law Book Review & Intro to VMB
Wednesday, February 13, 2015 - Consolidated Federal Programs
Section 1.0 - Consolidated Federal Programs
- Federal Fiscal Monitoring Presentation
Section 2.0 - Fund Balance, Trust Funds, Warnings
Wednesday, December 12, 2014 - Budget Collection, Annual Reports, VSBIT, Announced Tuition, Child Nutrition Program
Section 3.0 - VSBIT & VEHI (No materials, but links to websites below)
Section 5.0 (CNP) Materials
- Resource Management Risk Tool
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Act 68, Tuition, Budget
Section 2.0 Materials
Section 3.0 Materials - Announced Tuition
Section 5.0 Materials
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - ADM & Equalized Pupils, Accounting Structure, Special Education & Medicaid, Health Reform, SEER work session
Section 2.0 Materials
- New Business Manager Overview
- Equalized Pupil Sample (Addison)
Section 3.0 Materials
- Account Structure Presentation
Section 5.0 Materials
- Medicaid
Section 8.0