[Busmgrs] Lead reimbursements ready Tuesday March 28

Fri Mar 24 14:11:19 PDT 2017

Dear Business Managers,

ODE is finally ready to start releasing the funding for the lead testing reimbursement. Thank you for your patience as we worked to ensure all of the districts in the state had the necessary paperwork in order and the funds were provided to ODE for distribution. In order to ensure the transfer of funds is as efficient as possible please be aware of the following:

1.       The funds will be available to districts through EGMS

2.       The funds available will be the amount of funds that the district provided to ODE plus a $10 per test addition to cover some of the collection costs.

3.       The amount of funds each district will receive is shown in the attached spreadsheet. These amounts are final.

4.       Funds must be collected by June 30.

Please read below for more information.

1.       Funds through EGMS: The best way to provide the districts and charter schools with the reimbursement amounts is through ODE's Electronic Grant Management System. Many of you should be familiar with this system and so can go in and make your claims right away. The funds won't be officially ready until Tuesday March 28. However, at that point you can start collecting the funds. ODE will try to release funds within 2 days of a district's request.

2.       Additional $10 per test: The Legislature's Emergency Board provided additional funds to the districts to help offset the costs of collection. These additional funds were set at $10 per sample tested. While these funds may not cover all collection expenses, they will provide some additional revenue. The amounts in the EGMS grants include this additional $10 per test amount.

3.       The EGMS amounts are final: Thank you to everyone who provided us with invoices and other required documentation. Through your hard work, and the hard work of Brian French, we have finalized the amounts that are available for reimbursement. Because of all of that work that was done previously, the amounts in EGMS are the final amounts. We cannot make any changes to the amounts at this time.

4.       Funds need to be collected as soon as possible: This money must be collected as soon as possible. However, no districts will be able to access funds after the end of the biennium. So please ensure that you have requested the funds by June 30 to ensure you receive what is available.

If anyone has any questions, please direct them to Michael Elliott.

Thank you,
Michael

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Michael Elliott J.D.
School Facilities Coordinator
Office of Finance and Administration | Office of School Facilities
503-947-5627 | 503-551-9227
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