The deadline to submit the management certification form for approval to use the federal substitute system of time and effort is September 30, 2016. School districts and open-enrollment charter school districts will be covered for the entire 2016-17 school year, if your district submits the signed and completed management certification by September 30, 2016. TEA encourages use of this method for eligible employees due to the reduced administrative effort involved compared to the detailed monthly time and effort method.
The substitute system makes time-and-effort reporting easier for employees who meet the following conditions:
- Work on more than one federal grant award (that is, the employees are supported by more than one cost objective),
- Work on a set schedule, and
- Work on only one activity at a time.
For more information see the TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED letter on this topic dated September 8, 2016 at http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/News_and_Multimedia/Correspondence/TAA_Letters/Substitute_System_of_Federal_Time-and-Effort_Reporting_for_School_Year_2016%E2%80%932017/