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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello School Business office Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">School Finance has a FULL Team!!! Which means we are now able to start reviewing FY24 financial files. Given that it has taken so long to fill this position, where we are at in the calendar, and setting up for the upcoming EPS season,
we have decided for FY24 only to focus on reviewing Q1 Budget files and Q3 & Q4 Actual files.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For FY25 please submit all quarterly files and we should be able to review them all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ida<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";mso-ligatures:none">Ida Batista
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<b>Ida Batista</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">School Finance Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Maine Department of Education</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
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