School Business Conference
WACO, TEXAS—Education Service Center (ESC) Region 12 is hosting Staying out of the Doghouse, a two-day school business conference to be held May 13-14. The conference will include sessions presented by school business professionals who will address the hot issue of accountability with current state and federal laws. The session, addressing topics ranging from managing service records to financial benchmarking, also includes a legislative update on the second day. For more information, visit our BUS Stop web site.
Diane Roepke, coordinator of business services for ESC Region 12, said “Increased accountability requires school business personnel to stay informed of ever-changing state and federal laws. The conference was created to provide current information in these areas for Texas school districts.”
Charla Rudd, ESC Region 12 Director of Teaching & Learning General Education, will deliver the motivational keynote.
Other presenters include:
Gary Barker, ESC 12
Financial Benchmarking
Dr. Joseph Mezher, TEA
Service Records
Margie Horton, TRS
TRAQS
Gwen Ryan, ESC12
Stress Management
Barbara Agee, ESC 12
Federal Grants
Cindy Clegg, TASB HR
Fair Labor Standards Act
Sarah Jacobsen, TX Schools & Libraries
Record Retention
Karen Hall, ESC 12
Basics of Microsoft Excel
Randy Hendricks, ESC 12
State Funding Spreadsheet
About ESC Region 12
One of 20 regional education service centers statewide, the Education Service Center Region 12 (ESC Region12) is dedicated to serving school districts, charter schools and area private/parochial schools in improving student performance. ESC Region 12 partners with school districts to deliver services and solutions to educators so they may help all children be successful. Based in Waco, with satellite offices in Corsicana, Hamilton, Nolanville, and Teague, the ESC Region 12’s service area includes Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Mills and Navarro counties.
