2023-2024 Program and Budget Handbook

Program and Budget Guidelines ✔ - Budget Guideline is applicable to the program ✖ -Not Allowed

Title I & CSI 7S046 - 7T691

Title III 7T197

Curricular Trips/Admission Fees 62. Admission Fees: Admission tickets for approved academic field trips may be purchased by using unrestricted funds or federal funds (Title I). Title I funds for the purchase of admission fees may be used to provide services for eligible students (TAS) or all students (SWP) as long as it is described in the SPSA, allowable under Title l regulations and is one of the approved District sites (see District’s Approved Field Trip Site List ) Admission tickets should be funded as follows: Description Budget Item Number Commitment Item Admission Tickets 50058 580005 Based on the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 2CFR Part 200 Section 200.438, costs of entertainment including amusement, diversion, and social activities and any associated costs are unallowable with federal funds (Title I). For admission fees that might be interpreted as “entertainment” but that the school considers instructional and is requesting to be funded with Title I, the FSEP office may require additional documentation and/or information (i.e., lesson plan, purpose and intent, who will be attending, how the expenditure will benefit students academically, how the expenditure supports your academic program, the data used to determine the need, how the effectiveness of this strategy will be monitored) prior to approval. In addition, there will be a review process for admission fees purchased with Title I funds. The review process will require schools to upload the required Title I documentation in the Shopping Cart and/or P Card/Imprest Reconciliation. 63. Requirements for Curricular Trips: Curricular trips (in-person or virtual) are to supplement the core instructional program and to improve academic achievement for participating students. The established need and description for such services and activities must be addressed in the SPSA including the specific names of field trip sites (with number of trips per site). Based on the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 2CFR Part 200 Section 200.438, costs of entertainment including

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