THE BOOT CAMP IS FULL NO MORE SPACE AVAILABLE!

Description & Overview

This session will be held at the MPAAA Offices starting at 9:00 am and ending at 4:00 pm, July 18 - July 20, 2022.

We've heard from a lot of our new members that they need a more comprehensive training to start them off on the right foot in Pupil Accounting. In response to this request, we've created a 3-day boot camp to give those new to the field a firmer grounding in the basics.

Attendees who complete the Boot Camp will have 6 of the required courses for the Pupil Accounting Specialist completed, and have a great start on their MSBO certification. Each attendee will receive full printouts of all presentations as well as additional references and documentation in a handy reference binder.

In order to make this session as productive as possible for those attending, we will be limiting enrollment at 50.

Agenda & Speakers

Day 1 - Pupil Accounting Basics - Holly Scott and Rob Dickinson will be taking you through the basics of Pupil Accounting, from learning the terms and acronyms, through working with the 3 populations, to all the forms to use and the documents to gather.

Day 2 - CEPI and State Reporting - Anne Hansknecht and Josh DeBrabander from CEPI will be going over what CEPI collects, and how you are required to report it.  You'll learn what applications you need to report data to, and we'll spend time in the actual applications explaining the inner workings and how to know where your data is in the submission process. Rob Dickinson and Kathi Thornton will be presenting the information for State Reporting.

Day 3 - Days and Hours & "The Recipe" - Rob Dickinson will spend the morning explaining the days and hours requirements, and how to make sure your buildings meet them (and what it will cost if they don't!). In the afternoon, he will take you through a calendar-based review of how to complete a count day, from before school starts through the end of the audit. The items that need to be addressed at each step will be addressed, and helpful hints will be given on how to make sure your submission and audit go smoothly.

Hotel Information

Below is a list of hotels near the MPAAA Offices (there are more off Saginaw Highway but the traffic congestion is bad). Please remember to bring your tax-exempt documents for the tax exemption.

Country Inn & Suites by Raddison, 6511 Centurion Drive, Lansing (517) 827-7000

Crowne Plaza Lansing West, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing (517) 619-1540

Comfort Inn on N Canal Road, 525 N. Canal Road, Lansing (517) 627-8381

Hilton Garden Inn Lansing West, 633 N. Canal Road, Lansing (517) 999-9930

Springhill Suites, 111 S. Marketplace Blvd., Lansing (517) 627-0002