[Busmgrs] 2011-12 Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection closes 12/10/10

[WILTFONG Michael]

Good afternoon everyone!

This is just a friendly reminder the 2011-12 Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection in the Consolidated Collections section will be closing this Friday, December 10, 2010. As of today, only 47 of the 217 school districts and ESDs have submitted data, or approximately 22% of the collection is complete. Obviously I'm very concerned as we typically have a lot more submissions at this point and I haven't been able to do any meaningful analysis in preparation for next legislative session starting January 10, 2011.

I know everyone is very busy, but I just wanted to send a gentle reminder to get this on your radar.

A few points to note:

1.      The High Cost Disability (HCD) estimate is back in this data collection. Unfortunately I can't have a student-level collection and an Institution-level collection combined in one collection, so I had to remove the estimate from the HCD actuals collection. Please remember the HCD estimate is for the current year and not for the upcoming year. I will be using this data to make the preliminary payments for 2010-11 in May 2011, similar to previous years. I have payment data posted for previous years under the HCD section at the following link if you have questions: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1363

2.       The fate of the Federal Forest Fees, aka, the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Act is still undecided and it is my understanding the current extension is still scheduled to end September 2011. In 2008, we were told the complex federal formula would distribute approximately 50% of what was received in 2006-07 for the 2011-12 school year; however, an updated estimate from the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) advises the payments will likely be closer to 45% of what was received in 2006-07. I would recommend using this percentage when making your estimates for next year.

Oregon's Congressional contingency, in collaboration with the AOC and Governor Kitzhaber, are still working very hard to have this very important program extended beyond 2011. I'll keep you posted with any updates as they become available.

3.      ESDs do need to submit an estimate, but they just need to make estimates for their anticipated revenues for the current year as nothing else in the collection applies.

If you should have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thank you,

Michael Wiltfong
Oregon Department of Education

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