Deadlines

• Checks are cut on the day prior to the paycheck date, usually the 5th and 20th of each month unless it follows on a holiday or weekend.
• P-Card transaction envelopes are due weekly. P-Card cycles end on the 27th of each month.

Check Requests

• Check request forms must be received by the Business Services Office by the due date at 4 p.m. in order to receive your checks.
• Please remember to include backup documentation for all check requests. If the back-up documentation that you are providing needs to be sent along with the check, please provide a second photo copy to keep on file for auditing purposes.
• All check requests must have a budget code and be signed by a supervisor/principal.

Check request form

Expense Transfers

• Use the expense transfer form to make a request to transfer funds from one account to another.

expense transfer form

Purchase Orders

• If at all possible, purchase orders should be used when placing orders.
• All purchase orders will indicate a ship to and bill to address and must be signed in order to be valid.
• If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 952-681-6424.

Tax Exempt

• For security purposes, the district cannot post our tax exempt certificate online.
• Please contact us at 952-681-6421 to request a tax exempt certificate.

W-9 Forms

• Independent contractors and other people who work for themselves need to report their social security number or business tax ID number to the district by filling out a W-9 form.
• The district is required by law to submit 1099 forms to report self-employment income.
• W-9s are requested from all new vendors to determine whether or not 1099 forms will need to be provided to the IRS.

W-9 form

The Business Services Office oversees the Business Office, Buildings and Grounds, Food Services, and Transportation departments. The controller, accountant, revenue accountant, accounts payable, and payroll,  are all part of the Business Services Office and are located in the Educational Services Center Room 505, 1350 W. 106th St., Bloomington.

Athletic Form

Payments for referees and athletic officials for middle and high school games and meets are processed by the Business Office each week.

Athletic payment form

Elections

• School Board elections are held every two years with either three or four members up for re-election on alternating years. Terms are four years.
• Contact Deputy Elections Clerk Jennifer Hazel at 952-681-6421 or jhazel@isd271.org for information about filing for office.

Expense Reports and Mileage Reimbursement

• Effective July 1, 2022, the mileage reimbursement is 62.5 cents per mile per IRS guidelines.
• Effective January 1, 2023, the mileage reimbursement is 65.5 cents per mile per IRS guidelines. 
• Employee expense reports and mileage reports are paid twice per month.
• You will be reimbursed by direct deposit into your bank account.
• Please make sure your reports are signed by your supervisor and include a budget code.
• We can only accept original receipts and cannot reimburse for sales tax.

Employee Expense Report 

Mileage Report

Gifts and Donations

• The district acknowledges monetary gifts and donations of materials and supplies to schools and programs. The gifts and donations are reported to the school board and a summary is scrolled at the end of each school board meeting.

Gifts and donations form

Petty Cash

• Petty cash and change funds are available on a limited basis to programs which have the frequent need for small expenditures.
• There are restrictions on these funds and guidelines for use.

Property Claims

• If a student or visitor is injured at a school location, or if school property is damaged, please contact the Business Office for assistance reporting and filing an insurance claim and for more information regarding the parameters of the claims process.

Returned Checks

• Advantage Collections processes all returned checks for the school district.
• Staff may direct parents or writers of bad checks to Advantage Collections at 1-877-479-1500.
• Schools may not accept a replacement check for a returned check, the writer of the check(s) must work directly with Advantage Collections.

Direct Deposit

• Pay dates are the 5th and 20th of each month. If the 5th or 20th falls on a weekend, staff are paid the Friday before.
• Paychecks are directly deposited at the financial institution of your choice. Please use the payroll direct deposit request form (Forms A-Z) to designate where you want your paycheck deposited.
• New employees’ first check will be a live check. Payroll will send an access key and directions for myView with the first check. With any changes to your direct deposit, you will have a live check for the next pay period. 

Direct Deposit Request Form

W-4s

• Use the W-4 Form IRS form to make changes to your payroll withholding.

IRS W-4 Form       MN W-4 Form

Time Sheets

• Time sheets submitted the 1st through the 15th will be paid on the 5th of the following month.
• Time sheets submitted the 16th through the 31st will be paid on the 20th of the following month.
• Please note that, if you download a timesheet, you still need your supervisor's signature.

Time Sheet

Time Sheet - Community Education