Your district's yearly workbooks, as web tools.

The DESE worksheet a community college serving as an Area Career Center uses to work out the cost per high school pupil and the fee it charges each sending district.

Follows: Missouri DESE Office of College & Career Readiness, Guide for Computing Fees for Secondary Students Enrolled in Community Colleges Designated as Area Career Centers (ACC)

A district's state Basic Formula payment for 2023-24 through 2029-30 with the SB 727 WAM and WADA phase-in, hold harmless, Classroom Trust Fund, State Monies, Prop C and the Small Schools Grant.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Basic Formula Projection Tool (SB 727 changes)

A charter's WADA and WAM, the SB 727 phase-in to FWAM/FWADA, the resident district's Basic Formula, and the charter and district payment per FWADA with the sponsor fee.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Charter School Formula Projection Tool (SB 727 changes)

Will estimating FY2027 ADA and average membership beat the best of the last two years' combined WAM/WADA? Pick the district, enter the counts, and get a YES or NO with the numbers to send School Finance.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Estimated ADA and Membership Calculation (Impact of Estimating for FY2027)

The most your district may move from the Incidental Fund to the Capital Projects Fund: the 7% x SAT x WADA transfer, the 5% / 2005-06 designated levy alternative, and the transportation transfer, checked against DESE's printed figures.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Fund Transfers (7%, 5% and Transportation Fund Transfer lists, 2026-2027 Preliminary and 2024-2025 Final)

The July-January cash-flow chart that sets the minimum June 30 General and Special Revenue balance, plus the 3% test and the financial-stress criteria for districts and charter schools.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Fund Balance Analysis and Financial Stressed, SY 2027

Estimate what summer school will earn the district: summer ADA from enrollment and hours, the Basic Formula difference, and Proposition C revenue, added into one budget figure.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Summer School Estimated Revenue Calculation Tool (version 11-24-08)

The basic tuition per ADA a receiving district charges for each building or grade span, from ASBR expenditures less specific-purpose revenue, with an ADA-share allocation helper.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Suggested Worksheet for Determination of Basic Tuition Charge (Tuition Calculation by Grade Level Grouping)

The employee expense voucher: in-district mileage between buildings from the district's distance table, and out-of-district travel with miles, meals and other costs, each totalled to an allowance with signature lines.

Follows: School District Of Washington, Missouri, Mileage and Expense Voucher (v041125)

Re-run last year's tax rate ceiling and rate to levy with corrected 2025 valuations or state-assessed revenue, so the revised ceiling can be carried into this year's calculator.

Follows: Missouri State Auditor, 2025 Revision of Prior Year Tax Rate Calculator, School Districts (Single Rate)

The 15% constitutional debt limit, remaining capacity after outstanding series, the debt service levy the coming year needs, and a what-if for a new issue with a payment schedule.

Follows: Mo. Const. art. VI §26(b), §26(f); RSMo 164.121, Debt limit and levy rules (Mo. Const. art. VI §26)

The one-page form you send each county clerk by September 1: each fund's levy in dollars and cents, the unadjusted levy before Prop C, and the property tax the county should raise.

Follows: Missouri DESE, Division of Administrative and Financial Services, Estimate of Required Local Taxes (MO 500-0059, Rev. 06/06)

How much the district's tax rate must roll back per $100 of assessed valuation because of Prop C sales tax, after the collection fee and the railroad and utility share.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, District Tax Reduction Worksheet (Prop C Rollback)

Your St. Louis County district's tax rate ceiling and the rate to levy for 2026 on each subclass of property (residential, agricultural, commercial, personal property), with the Summary Page, Forms A, B and C and the DESE Screen 6 blended rates.

Follows: Missouri State Auditor, CY 2026 School District Tax Rate Calculator, Multi Rate (St. Louis County)

Your district's tax rate ceiling and the rate to levy for 2026 under Hancock and the 5% / CPI growth limit, with the voter-approved increase and debt service levy, as working copies of the Summary Page and Forms A, B and C to check before keying the figures into the State Auditor's online tax rate system.

Follows: Missouri State Auditor, CY 2026 School District Tax Rate Calculator (Single Rate)

Splits a county's state-assessed railroad and utility (SARRU) tax money among its school districts by School Purposes, Debt Service and Capital Projects, with the Calculation Results page for each district.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, State Assessed Railroad and Utility Calculation Program (SARRU)

Track AMI days, weather cancellations and make-up days against the 1,044-hour minimum, with the hours forgiven, the make-up still owed and the Core Data Screen 10 figures.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Calendar and Weather Make-up Calculator (2-7-2025), with the Short Version

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Turns each building's bell times, lunch and uncountable passing time into the Standard Day Length in minutes and the hours figure keyed on Core Data Screen 10.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Standard Day Length Calculation Tool

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Projects the district's annual state pupil-transportation aid: ridership ADT, allowable costs, the cost-efficiency reduction, the 75% rate and the appropriation adjustment.

Follows: Missouri DESE, School Transportation, Calculation of State Transportation Aid - Simulation (TransCalcProgram)

Log every non-domestic food bought under a Buy American exception, total the cost, and see the percentage of commercial food costs against the 10%, 8% and 5% caps.

Follows: USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Exceptions Tracking Standard Form (SP 23-2024, attachment a)

Turn the identified student percentage into the free and paid meal split, then estimate the monthly Federal lunch and breakfast reimbursement under the Community Eligibility Provision, with a comparison to what you collect today.

Follows: USDA FNS, posted by Missouri DESE, CEP Monthly Federal Reimbursement Estimator (FNS-CEPestimator.xlsx)

Tells you whether a free or reduced-price meal application is error-prone for verification, with the full chart of income ranges by household size and pay frequency.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food & Nutrition Services, Error-Prone Application Chart and Calculator SY 2026-27

The indirect costs a district with a food service management company contract may charge to its nonprofit food service account: the modified direct cost base times the DESE-approved rate.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food and Nutrition Services, FSMC Indirect Cost Calculator (2025-26 SY)

Turns a month of breakfast, lunch and nonprogram sales counts into daily meal equivalents and divides by each kitchen's labor hours, with the DESE staffing reference table.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food and Nutrition Services, Meals Per Labor Hour Analysis (LaborHoursSpreadsheet.xls)

The 2026-27 paid lunch price requirement for your weighted average price, the price raise or non-Federal revenue needed under the 10-cent cap, and the shortfall or credit to carry into next year.

Follows: USDA FNS, posted by Missouri DESE Food & Nutrition Services, Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool SY 2026-27

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Each building's Free, Reduced and Paid breakfast percentages for every month of the Provision 2 base year, the figures later years' claims are built on.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food and Nutrition Services, Base Year Calculator for Schools Operating Provision 2 (BaseYearCalculator.xls)

Works out the meat/meat alternate, grain and vegetable credit in one portion of a standardized school recipe, with the whole grain-rich check and the SP 30-2012 grain item converter.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food and Nutrition Services, Standardized Recipe Contribution Converter (2016), with the SP 30-2012 grain converters

Per-serving cost of each Direct Delivery (Brown Box) USDA Food and each Fee For Service product against the commercial equivalent, with annual savings by item and in total.

Follows: Missouri DESE Food and Nutrition Services, USDA Food Cost Comparison Tool (Feb 2025 file)

The most an ECSE facility lease can be reimbursed in a fiscal year: standard square footage per pupil and per FTE times DESE's cost per square foot for the county.

Follows: Missouri DESE Special Education Finance, ECSE Lease Reimbursement Calculator (rates July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021)

The three ECSE FER helper calculators: a staff member's ECSE FTE from caseload minutes, the ECSE share of salary, and the Met / Not Met caseload check.

Follows: Missouri DESE Special Education Finance, ECSE FER Formulas and Calculators

The most an LEA may cut local maintenance of effort after a Section 611 increase, the most it may reserve for CEIS, and the combined cap when it does both.

Follows: IDEA Data Center (Westat), MOE Reduction Eligibility Worksheet for LEAs/ESA (September 2016)

This year's IDEA Part B 611 proportionate share for private and home schooled children, the carryover to release or reserve, and the monthly services log that charges salary, benefits and mileage to it.

Follows: Missouri DESE Special Education Finance, Proportionate Share Worksheet, Calculator and Services Log

The worksheet that shows local effort already meets the MSIP class sizes by grade before Title II.A pays a class size reduction teacher, with the ratios worked out for you.

Follows: Missouri DESE, Office of Quality Schools - Federal Programs, Class Size Reduction Worksheet 2026-2027 School Year

Check whether the district spent at least 90% of the year before in state and local funds, in total or per pupil, from the ASBR expenditure and revenue lines.

Follows: Missouri DESE, ESEA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Worksheet (MOE-Worksheet.xlsx)

A ledger for one federal grant that shows what is left to budget, spend and request, flags over-budget entries, and tracks the three DESE deadlines.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Grant Tracking Tool (3-26-2026)

The monthly day-by-day hours record for staff paid from federal funds, with program, leave and grand totals worked out and a signature page ready to print.

Follows: Missouri DESE, Personnel Activity Report (PAR) workbook

Whether the district placed enough Basic Formula and Prop C money in the Teachers Fund and spent enough on certificated pay to meet Section 163.031.6, with the estimated penalty for each year.

Follows: Missouri DESE School Finance, Certificated Salary Compliance Worksheet (Section 163.031.6, RSMo)

A school counselor's five sample days logged in half-hour blocks across the five counseling-program components, with daily and weekly minutes, percent of time and a pie chart ready to print for the evaluation file.

Follows: Missouri DESE, MCSCP Time-Task Analysis (counselor evaluation materials)

Build the board-approved teacher salary schedule (base times index, or typed dollars), cost it against your staff counts, run the Missouri minimum salary check and cost a raise or step movement.

Follows: Missouri district practice (no state template); RSMo 163.172, Teacher salary schedule (Columbia Public Schools 2025-2026, 187 days) and the minimum teacher salary statute

Score the 66 elements of your school counseling program and get section totals, averages, the percentage of implementation, an implementation level and a list of possible action items.

Follows: Missouri DESE College and Career Readiness / School Counseling, Missouri K-12 Comprehensive School Counseling Program Evaluation (MO-CSCPE), Accessible March 2026

Total Parents as Teachers reimbursement for the year from the Final Invoice counts, with an optional start-of-year plan and a month-by-month tracker.

Follows: Missouri DESE, FY 2026 MO Parent Education Total Reimbursement Calculation Tool