Federal regulations require TEA to annually evaluate each grant recipient’s risk of noncompliance with the federal statutes, rules, terms, and conditions of their award.
TCLAS Grant – Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Support
Wading through the abundance of government funding that has become available in response to the COVID pandemic can feel like swimming in an ocean. Every time you turn around, a new wave is coming. Staying afloat is a challenge, but CSS is here to assist you with today’s lifesaving article that provides the basics about … Read More
Contribution to TRS: New Minimum Salary Schedule increase
Although charter schools are not subject to paying their teachers based on the minimum salary schedule, HB3 requires that open enrollment charter schools pay the state’s contribution on the portion of a member’s TRS eligible salary that exceeds the statutory minimum or the “state minimum.” Members include classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time counselors certified under … Read More
Federal Financial Drawdown
Federal Risk Level The Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division conducts an annual risk assessment of all charters, to determine their potential risk of noncompliance. Based upon the outcome of the risk assessment, charters are assigned a risk level of low, medium, or high. The division updates the risk assessment model annually to ensure that risk indicators … Read More
Benefits of having dedicated HR in-house or dedicated HR support from an outsourced expert
Why does your Charter need HR services? Here are some of the many benefits of having dedicated HR in-house or dedicated HR support from an outsourced expert, like Charter School Success: Organizational culture HR plays a crucial role of influencing the charter by establishing standards, procedures, and guidelines that allow employees to know and learn … Read More
Job Descriptions
Job descriptions are an essential and important piece when it comes to roles and responsibilities and should be an accurate reflection of the position. A well-written job description gives employees a clear and realistic understanding of what is expected on an ongoing basis. Most charter schools update job descriptions on an annual basis, usually around … Read More
Charter Amendments
Let’s talk about charter amendments. Do you feel a little lost when those words come up, that they are too hard to understand or that another language is being spoken? It can seem that way, but really, once you know the in’s and out’s they aren’t as complicated as they may seem. In this tip … Read More
FFCRA Expired
Employers are no longer required to provide FFCRA leave after December 31, 2020, as the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced. What did FFCRA include? The obligation was to provide FFCRA leave with an effective date of April 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Which included two paid leave offerings: The Emergency Paid Sick Leave … Read More
COVID-19 Vaccine Protocols
As we have seen, the COVID-19 vaccine is here and is being distributed across the country. As the vaccine becomes available to us the question arises: Can and will charter school employers require employees to get vaccinated? This is a consideration each school must carefully weigh. While employers can require the vaccine, before deciding to … Read More
New 1099 Form to be used for 2020
Don’t let the new form make you uneasy. It’s filed just the same way that the old 1099-Misc non-employee compensation forms were filed. Your old box 7 vendors are now just getting their own special form, the 1099-NEC. What’s new? Effective for the 2020 tax year, form 1099-NEC has been implemented by the IRS. The … Read More