Academy of Collaborative Education
Minutes
Finance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Committee Members Present
Amy Marcus, Joellen Freeman, Latner McDonald (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Anna Grimmett, Mike Dunn
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Finance
A.
2024/2025 Final Budget
B.
Loan / Grant Updates
The forgivable loan will be put into the budget and paid back as we have available funds to do so.
C.
CSP & ABA Payment
Discussion centered around the one-time contract with North Pointe ABA services for this 2024-2025 school year and the fact that we will submit to the CSP Grant for reimbursement for that contract.
D.
ABA Contract
Discussion centered around determining our total expenditure for the North Pointe ABA contract for this school year in order to look at comparisons and budget for the upcoming school year.
E.
LDOE Stipend
Joellen Freeman has sent another email to LDOE regarding the LDOE stipend for teachers. The email was sent to Beth on March 6th in hopes of receiving clarification on this issue. Joellen will bring in Kara Maggiore on the stipend question to see if she can reconcile it with LDOE.
F.
Budget Accountability
Mike Dunn was absent, so we deferred this item to the April Finance Committee meeting.
III. Other Business
A.
2025/2026 Budget Planning
Mike Dunn was absent, so we deferred this item to the April Finance Committee meeting.
Mike Dunn was absent, so we deferred this item to the April Finance Committee meeting.