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Thursday's Agenda

July 20, 2017
Breakout Session I Breakout Session I
Thursday 9:00 am to 9:50 am Thursday 9:00 am to 9:50 am

101: Could a full reconciliation process help you 106: Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative
discover the 9th planet? The Arizona Corporation Commission has ap-
Fasten your Kuiper Belt for a full reconciliation orbit. A proved funding to build infrastructure to support
complete reconciliation process is more than reconciling high speed internet access to schools that are in
your bank statement. Do you know where the proper need all over Arizona. Using Erate and 10% state
process should start and end? Join us and learn what matching funds, we can bring high speed, scal-
a complete monthly reconciliations cycle means; from
your POS system, to the bank statement, the county able internet anywhere in the state for no cost
treasurer, and general ledger. Reconciliations...discover- to the school / district (80% NSLP and above).
ing the 9th planet for your district. Presented by: Milan Eaton - Arizona Depart-
Presented by: Courtney Pina, Francie Wolfe- ment of Education
Baumann & Lisa Smith - Dysart Unified School
District
108: Purchasing 101 for Users
This session will cover an overview of the uni-
102: Maintaining Bond Compliance – verse of UFSR requirements for purchasing.
Resistance is Futile! Participants will be given best practice strategies
School finance management can be overwhelming, for obtaining quotes efficiently and effectively.
and adding bond compliance to the list of things to do, You can remain compliant and get the job done.
makes a business manager say “Beam me up, Scot- Bring your purchasing questions that go beyond
tie”. But we can’t escape the fact that bond compli-
ance is a priority, just as much as budget compliance is. the final frontier.
This session will provide an overall understanding of the Presented by: Gary Barkman - Mesa Public
post-bond sale compliance requirements. For example, do Schools & Bill Munch - Valley Schools Manage-
you know that proceeds must be used within three years ment Group
of sale? Do you know what a reportable event is? Or that
district bond expenditures must be in accordance with the
voter pamphlet, and you must submit an annual report to
the governing board? There are state, federal, and secu- 109: State of Education & Influencing the
rity laws that “make it so” (you must comply). The area Influencer
with the most Klingon activity is in continuing disclosure How is the education community perceived by
requirements, which will be covered near and far. All of this
compliance sounds like a foreign language, like Klingon; policy makers. What ideology or policies can we
but don’t worry, we will have “Klingon” translators present! expect in 2018? How to expand on or change the
After all, it was Captain Kirk who said, “A captain of a ship, mind of those policy makers.
no matter his rank, must follow the book.” Presented by: Jill Barragan - Avondale El-
Presented by: Kathryn Pong & Megan Burke ementary District, Meghaen Dell’Artino & Marcus
- RBC Capital Markets, William C. Davis - Piper Dell’Artino - Public Policy Partners
Jaffray, Bryan Lundberg & Mike Lavalee - Stifel,
Nicolaus & Co., James T. Giel - Gust Rosenfeld,
Melissa Higdon - Forecast5 Analytics & Mike
Barragan - Glendale Elementary School District

103: A Fresh Look at an Administrative Review
Do you have your administrative in 2017-2018 SY?
Peoria USD just completed the annual review. Learn
about the little things that you may never have
thought about to keep your review clean!
Presented by: Sandra Schossow - Peoria Uni-
fied School District
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