Special Education Listserv
Subject: Federal Part B IDEA Entitlement Application Update
Source: Shelley Witherbee, Director, Funds Management
Intended Audience: Special Education Directors, Superintendents, Financial Administrators
Date: August 1, 2008
The Part B Entitlement Application is now available for submission on the new electronic Planning and electronic Grants System (ePeGS). The Division has created a step-by-step training guide to help districts through the submission process. The guide may be accessed on the Funds Management webpage at:
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Finance/partbentitlement.html. Please review this guide carefully as there are many new requirements in the ePeGS funding application than were required in the prior Web Application System. Some of the changes include the breakdown of budgeted expenditures by function and object codes, electing to apply indirect charges, reporting of excess cost and proportionate share calculations, and the requirement to request payments. The application must be submitted by August 29, 2008.
Please note the following:
Districts may not submit an application until their 2007-08 Part B Final Expenditure Report (FER) has been submitted through the DESE Web Applications System and approved by the Division. In addition to submitting the FER, districts must have also submitted their Maintenance of Effort (MOE) worksheet via email to webreplyspefm@dese.mo.gov.
Districts may not submit an application until they agree to the core assurances.
The application will ask for the Excess Cost calculation. The district should leave these cells blAugust 20, 2008d the error message that states these fields have not been completed. The district will need to amend the application at a later date with these numbers once an Excess Cost calculation has been established by the Division. Districts will be notified by SELS when to complete this process.
Districts will access ePeGS through the DESE Web Applications System homepage at https://k12apps.dese.mo.gov/webLogin/login.aspx. The user must have a user id and password. To obtain log-in access, go https://k12apps.dese.mo.gov/webapps/securityforms.asp.
If you have questions, please contact the Funds Management Section at
(573) 751-0622.