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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Q4 2025 Actual revenue, expenditure, and balance sheets are to be successfully submitted in MEFS by August 30, 2025.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Q1 2025 Budget revenue and expenditure uploaded to MEFS & budget backup documentation submitted as soon as possible if the 2025 budget requirements are not completed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Q1 2026 Budget revenue and expenditure are to be successfully submitted in MEFS within 30 days of the budget passing or by August 15, 2025.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After submission of budget files in MEFS, please send the following budget backup documentation to
<a href="mailto:denise.towers@maine.gov"><span style="color:#467886">denise.towers@maine.gov</span></a> or upload to MEFS in the document upload section.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Warrant Articles<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Budget Meeting Minutes<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Vote Declaration<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all that you do and have a great day!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">________________________________________ </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Denise Towers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">School Finance Regionalization & Compliance Coordinator<br>
Maine Department of Education</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Email</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">:
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Denise.towers@Maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Denise.towers@Maine.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Phone</b>: 207-624-6863 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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