<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you! we are joining CoHort 3 as well and I am getting mixed messages on what we can use as expenses and not. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:46 PM Dawn Blanchard <<a href="mailto:dblanchard@brunswicksd.org">dblanchard@brunswicksd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for this thread! We are going to be in cohort 3---what are some tips people have been using for general ed expenditures? Is it as 'simple' as if a PK gen ed teacher has 4 out of 16 students with IEPs, you would charge 25% of them to the fund? Do you need to review that each quarter? What about your school nurse, principal, and other peripheral staff that work with 4 year olds?</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div></font><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:0px;font-size:1px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:500px;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:0px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:12px;line-height:14px;padding-bottom:14px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:italic">~Thanks,</b><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:0px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="65" style="padding-right:20px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:0px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:0px;padding-right:1px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><img width="83" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wOM3rHEVNULIRNYSuhwFqRAk7CgWLVJVFzLdjHZvuMI33cn4lY7xo1dr0OnLhUUqd239A-EMcO6A8s"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(242,121,10);width:3px;vertical-align:super;padding:0px"></td><td style="border-collapse:collapse;padding-right:20px"></td><td style="padding:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:0px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;font-weight:700;padding:0px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><span style="color:rgb(29,31,28)">Dawn Blanchard</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;font-weight:700;padding:0px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><span style="color:rgb(242,121,10)">Director of Personnel & Finance</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:14px;padding-bottom:2px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><span style="line-height:14px;color:rgb(69,69,69)">she/her/hers<br></span></p><p style="margin:0.04px"><span style="line-height:14px;color:rgb(69,69,69)">(207)-319-1950</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:14px;color:rgb(98,202,62)"></span><span style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(23,22,22)"><a href="mailto:dblanchard@brunswicksd.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">dblanchard@brunswicksd.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;padding-bottom:12px"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:14px;color:rgb(98,202,62)"></span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.brunswicksd.org/" style="color:rgb(0,0,1);line-height:17px;display:inline" target="_blank">www.brunswicksd.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:0px;border-spacing:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right:10px"><p style="margin:0.04px"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/Brunswick-School-Department-896342617067005/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0px;line-height:0px" target="_blank"><img height="24" width="24" alt="facebook" border="0" src="https://img1.gimm.io/assets/social/96/2d77ff/4/facebook.png" style="max-width: 100%;"></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM Lisa Harkin <<a href="mailto:lharkin@kitteryschools.com" target="_blank">lharkin@kitteryschools.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><div>Yes, just like other grants. Create your new fund code and post all your reimbursable expenses to that fund, especially since you will have to send them a Trial Balance quarterly.</div><div><br></div><div>We do not include any of these reimbursable expenses in our General Fund Budget.</div><div><br></div><div>We are part of Cohort 1, so let me know if you have any other questions, hopefully I can help!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM Kathi Kilcollins <<a href="mailto:kkilcollins@msad20.org" target="_blank">kkilcollins@msad20.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>I am curious what other districts are doing in regards to ESCE funding and the school budget. </div><div><br></div><div>We will not be hiring additional staff for the few 3 and 4 year olds that we will be getting under Cohort 3, but will be reimbursed for the time staff spend with those students.</div><div><br></div><div>I am wondering if we should take a percentage of the staff that will be responsible for these children out of the budget, since we will be reimbursed for a percentage of their salary? </div><div><br></div><div>Is this what other districts are doing, treating this like other grants such as title 1 and creating a budget under the new fund code? </div><div><br></div><div>Any information would be greatly appreciated. <br><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><font face="georgia, serif" color="#76a5af">Thank you + Have a Great Day,</font></b></div><div><b><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><font size="4" color="#c27ba0">Kathi L. 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