MASE Finance Academy 2025-26

The MASE Finance Academy is geared to current and new Directors of Special Education!

Our all-day in-person sessions will provide an overview and deep dive into special education finance. It will include timely reporting, state and federal aid, tuition billing, third party billing, and much, much more. Participants will dive deep into state reports and interactive budgeting and staffing models. These workshops will include information on how to maximize your revenue to navigate budget cuts.

Our virtual sessions will consist of "just in time" information. In October, the session will focus on setting up time and effort, aligning it to codes in SEDRA, and ensuring you maximize your tuition billing based on coding. In December, we will go over the SEDRA requirements for the January run as well as navigating MOE in light of budgeting and/or budget cuts. In March, we will help you structure a working budget and ensure you are maximizing your Third-Party Billing.

In-Person Events: 

Join us for one of four all-day in-person trainings. The sessions are strategically organized in regions to support statewide participation. The agenda for each in-person session is the same. Each session provides an overview and deep dive into special education finance. A light lunch is included in the registration fee of $149/person for MASE members and $199/person for non-members.

• November 10 | 9 am-4 pm | Bemidji Area Schools Board Room, Bemidji

• January 20 | 9 am-4 pm | MASE Headquarters, Minneapolis

• February 23 | 9 am-4 pm | Sourcewell, Staples

• April 27 | 9 am-4 pm | South Central Service Cooperative, North Mankato

Virtual Events: 

Our virtual one-hour sessions will consist of “just-in-time” information. Register for just one session or for all three; if you attend all three virtual sessions, you will receive BOSA credit. The registration fee is $20/person for MASE members and $30/person for non-members for individual sessions—or $55/person for MASE members and $85/person for non-members for the 3-session bundle.

• October 28 | Noon-1 pm | Time & Effort, Tuition Billing, and Coding

• December 9 | Noon-1 pm | ​SEDRA Update, MOE, and Budget Cuts

• March 10 | Noon-1 pm | ​Third-Party Billing

• Bundle of 3, includes Oct. 28, Dec. 9, and March 10

​Our instructors for the in-person and virtual events are Robert Dehnert, Marcy Doud, and Cherie Johnson.