cmERDC Business Conference 2025

cmERDC Business Conference 2025

The Annual Business Conference is a great opportunity to meet and share ideas with your fellow Payroll, Finance, and Business Manager professionals. Registration Closes March 24th at 4:00 p.m.

April 02, 2025  ·  The Park Event Center

Doors will open at 7:45 for registration and a buffet breakfast.  Then all participants will have the opportunity to choose four one hour sessions from the sixteen sessions throughout the day.  We will come back together for a lunch buffet in between the second and third session.  MNBOSA has approved 4 hours of continuing education for this event. 

See the agenda for topics and speakers.

Agenda

Wednesday, April 2
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
Event Start
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Registration will open at 7:45 and Breakfast will be in the Grand Canyon.
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Welcome & Brief Announcements
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Break
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Federal FMLA
Finance - SMART Systems
SMART Finance-See new features, reminders and tips to make you more efficient. Bring your questions or ideas...
Special Education Updates
The presentation will review general special education updates, including Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and the State Special Education aid formula.
TRA
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
MEGS
Emphasis will be on MEGS roles, Central Data Collection tile (Program Assurances), CEIS grant application process, the IDEA Part B, C & Discretionary Grant tiles, SEDRA budgets, reimbursement requests, closeout reports, MEGS reports & important deadlines.
Payroll - SMART Systems
SMART HR -See new features, reminders and tips to make you more efficient. Bring your questions or ideas...
Read Act
STAR
Updates and changes to STAR, most common issues, and best practices if there are issues/errors
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM
Break
Find a table with some friends or make new friends
11:25 AM - 12:15 PM
11:25 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch
Lunch Buffet
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Long Term Facility Maintenance
LTFM Updates, Annual Calendar Reporting, and Deadlines
Payroll Audit
SMART eR - SMART Systems
UFARS Hot Topics
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Break
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Ed-Fi Student Reporting
Bring your laptops and your questions. Kari will be going over some new topics and answering all your questions.
MN Paid Family Leave
Property Tax Truth & Taxation
This training focuses on the components of property tax from the prospective of the school and synopsis of preparing and presenting Truth & Taxation and also explain the Bonded Indebtedness Form.
Requisitions - SMART Systems
Ordering and Reimbursements– New & Improved See how SMART eR can help reduce paperwork sent in. Overview, common problems and answers, review of new changes recently released or coming soon.
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Collaboration, Questions, and Door Prizes
Please join us for a Farmers Market and Dessert Bar with Door Prizes (Must be present to win).
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Event End

Hotels

Location

Location: The Park Event Center, 500 Division St, Waite Park, MN 56387