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he Alliance
Group is ready and willing to assist you in setting your agency’s
strategy on course. Through
the use of a Balanced Scorecard approach we can help you develop the
system that you need to:
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Set your agency’s
strategic goals in alignment with your mission and future plans
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Set your performance
measures
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Update your
performance measures, as needed
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Establish and/or
train your agency’s team to interpret performance data and develop
strategic insight
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Monitor performance
against strategy
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Adapt your strategy
to the changing environment and
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Tie your “bottom
line” to the services you provide to your clients.
The Balanced
Scorecard is a management approach based on performance measurement
across financial, consumer, internal, and learning and growth
perspectives. It will
help you decide on what you want to accomplish and, more importantly, how
you will accomplish it. The BSC does for strategic management what
financial reports do for financial management by focusing everyone
within an organization on the same goals, through internal alignment.
Call us to
discuss how your agency can put its strategy in motion and account for
the results. We’re here
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July 2001
REIMBURSABLE COST MANUAL:
The draft version of the new RCM is out. We
recommend that you take note of the changes that have been made and,
in particular, those referring to the following:
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An increase in the allowable food costs (see
Manual pp. 21 – 22)
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Changes in CFR reporting requirements for 611/619 Grant
Revenues (p. 23)
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Documentation requirements for costs associated with
meetings, conferences and cell phone use (pp. 27, 38)
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Commissioner’s approval of education program expansion
requiring additional staff, property related costs, classroom
equipment, etc. (pp. 45 –46)
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Conformance with a specific approved program’s
student/staff ratios as defined in programmatic approval letters from
VESID - SEQA (p. 48)
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Clarification of SEIT billing rules (pp. 50 – 51)
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Rates for newly approved Special Class programs (p. 53).
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THE THREE Rs
Related-Services
Reporting Requirements (RS-1 and RS-2)
ffective
July 1, 2000, SED added reporting requirements for all children
receiving “related services.” The two new required schedules are
RS-1 (Related Service
Capacity, Need and Productivity) and RS-2 (Need For Related Services).
These reports are separate from the CFR reporting requirements and are
due for all agencies — whether calendar- or fiscal-year
filers — on October 31st. Information contained within
the reports covers related services provided on a July 1--June 30
basis. Fiscal-year filers who request a thirty day extension to file
the CFR will automatically receive a 30 day extension for the filing
of the RS schedules.
SED requests that the reports be filed on computer diskette and named as
follows:
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RS-1 files should be named “RS-1_9000.xls” for 9000
programs, “RS-1_9115.xls” for 9115 programs, and so forth.
§
RS-2 files should be named “RS-2_9000pt.xls”
(physical therapy services for schoolage children),
“RS-2_9115st.xls” (speech therapy services for preschool
children), and so forth.
The
reports should be submitted on one diskette, size permitting, with
only one worksheet per file. The
worksheet can be extended to add as many rows as needed. SED prefers Excel worksheets, but will accept Lotus.
All diskettes submitted to the Program Services Reimbursement Unit should
be clearly labelled with your agency name, twelve digit school code,
the reporting year and reports filed (RS-1 and/or RS-2).
The
Alliance Group will keep you informed of any changes to these
requirements and will assist you, as needed, with completing these
reports. Give us a call!
Manys Thanks To The Staff At
SED For All Their Help In Compiling This Information!
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