From michael.s.elliott at state.or.us Tue Oct 6 13:46:09 2015 From: michael.s.elliott at state.or.us (ELLIOTT Michael S) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 20:46:09 +0000 Subject: [Busmgrs] Message from Pupil Transportation Message-ID: Dear Business Managers, The following message is from Pupil Transportation about a rebate to help transition from old diesel buses to clean fuel technology. Please see the announcement below from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about a rebate opportunity. Rebate applications are due October 30, 2015. Rebates are available for the replacement of (read scrapping of) older diesel school buses powered by any clean fuel technology ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 depending on the weight class of the bus. Rebate awards are determined randomly among eligible and complete applications submitted. Last year two Oregon school districts were successful in receiving funds under this program. Rebates of $3,000 are also available for installation of diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation systems. School districts considering this option should be aware that a diesel oxidation catalyst may not be sufficient to meet requirements outlined in ORS 468A.796 unless they can provide evidence from an Oregon Clean Diesel Service Provider (http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/diesel/docs/certifiedList.pdf) that the bus in its normal duty cycle cannot produce sufficient exhaust temperatures to support a diesel particulate filter. See attached guidance for further information. For questions regarding the EPA rebate program or Oregon Diesel Emission School Bus laws, please contact: Kevin Downing Oregon DEQ 811 SW 6th Ave Portland, Oregon 97204 503.229.6549 From: EPA Clean Diesel [mailto:noreply at epa.gov] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 2:32 PM To: Friends of Clean Diesel Subject: School Bus Rebate Program Now Open [http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/epafiles_ban_topepa.gif] [http://epa.gov/otaq/diesel/images/ncdc244x75.jpg] EPA Clean Diesel News: 9/28/15 EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) is now accepting applications for the 2015 School Bus Replacement and Retrofit Funding Opportunity. This is a rebate program to replace and retrofit older school buses in both the public and private fleets. The total funding for this opportunity is approximately $7 million. To learn more about the rebate program, applicant eligibility, and the selection process, please visit www2.epa.gov/cleandiesel/clean-diesel-rebates . EPA will accept rebate applications until Friday, October 30, 2015, at 4 pm EDT. Applicants may request to replace up to ten buses per application and retrofit ten buses per application with a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst plus Closed Crankcase Ventilation system. Fleets with 101 or more buses may submit two applications. Applications may be downloaded from www2.epa.gov/cleandiesel/2015-school-bus-rebate-supporting-documents. Completed applications should be emailed to CleanDieselRebate at epa.gov. Please include your organization's name in the subject line. EPA will offer a webinar for interested applicants on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at 2pm EDT. The webinar link is https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2323857777182198529 and the call-in number is 314-627-1518, access code 537-048-931. Questions about the program should be sent to CleanDieselRebate at epa.gov. www.epa.gov/cleandiesel E-mail: cleandiesel at epa.gov You are subscribed to EPA Clean Diesel News. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to: epa_clean_diesel_news-unsubscribe at lists.epa.gov Thank you, Michael Michael Elliott State School Fund Coordinator | Office of Finance & Administration|School Finance & Pupil Transportation Unit| Oregon Department of Education Office: 503.947.5627 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *michael.s.elliott at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.s.elliott at state.or.us Tue Oct 6 13:47:00 2015 From: michael.s.elliott at state.or.us (ELLIOTT Michael S) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 20:47:00 +0000 Subject: [Busmgrs] Additional Guidance on Clean Diesel Message-ID: Here is additional guidance. Thank you, Michael Michael Elliott State School Fund Coordinator | Office of Finance & Administration|School Finance & Pupil Transportation Unit| Oregon Department of Education Office: 503.947.5627 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *michael.s.elliott at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So if you would like to make changes, please let me know so I can reopen your Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection for you. Also, I will be doing a webex training for the 2016-17 Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection on October 20, at 2:00 pm. This will be an explanation of how to enter data into the Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection as well as recent updates. The training should be recorded and posted so if you can't make that date you can access it later. In the meantime I hope everyone has a good weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone at fall conference. Thank you, Michael Michael Elliott State School Fund Coordinator | Office of Finance & Administration|School Finance & Pupil Transportation Unit| Oregon Department of Education Office: 503.947.5627 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *michael.s.elliott at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.s.elliott at state.or.us Mon Oct 19 15:50:10 2015 From: michael.s.elliott at state.or.us (ELLIOTT Michael S) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:50:10 +0000 Subject: [Busmgrs] 2016-17 Estimate of Membership and Revenue Training Message-ID: Dear Business Managers, Now that 2015-16 has just started it is time to think about 2016-17! The 2016-17 Estimate of Membership and Revenue collection will open this Thursday. Tomorrow at 2:00, ODE will be providing webex training on the latest changes for the 2016-17 collection. Highlights of the changes are: * Charter schools are no longer separated in the collection. All membership data will be entered at the district level. * The only option for the drop down menu will be to select the district. * Please remember that if you have a full day kindergarten program to enter the kindergarten ADM as 1.0 instead of 0.5 A link to the training can be found here: https://district.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=250. If you can't attend the webex tomorrow, you should be able to access the training through that link. If you have any questions, please let me know. Michael Michael Elliott State School Fund Coordinator | Office of Finance & Administration|School Finance & Pupil Transportation Unit| Oregon Department of Education Office: 503.947.5627 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *michael.s.elliott at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: