Description & Overview

This 3-day session will be held at in the MPAAA Offices on Monday, July 24 - Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

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 to 25.

Agenda & Speakers

Day 1 - Pupil Accounting Basics - Holly Scott and Barbette Lane 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 - Rob Dickinson will be going over all of State and Federal reporting required of School Districts, and review an invaluable tool that can assist you in your data collection and reporting.  In the afternoon, staff from CEPI will cover their applications in more detail, and discuss specifics of their collections.  

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 reviewed, 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 Radisson, 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

Cost Information

The cost of the Boot Camp will be $450 for MPAAA members and $550 for non-members. You can register online with a credit card by pressing the register button below, or if a credit card isn't available to you, you can print out the registration form HERE, and mail it in with a check.

Cancellation Policy & Contact Information

Members and guests will be accessed a cancellation fee of $100 for event registrations canceled by July 17, 2023. There will be no refunds for cancellations occurring after this date.

Please contact our Executive Director to request the cancellation of a workshop for which you are registered or for any other event / MPAAA-related question.

*NO REFUNDS* will be granted if cancellation is after the July 17, 2023 cutoff date.