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WebinarsFederal Funds Withholding – Updates and How to Support Federal Programs with Existing Flexibility
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This webinar provides updates on federal funds withholdings conducted by the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget across select ESEA programs and AEFLA.
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EDGAR 101
$495.00🗓️ Recording Only
This session is an introduction to the key provisions in EDGAR and the Uniform Guidance on federal grants management.
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The Administrator and Provider’s Guide to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 2014
Price range: $21.95 through $59.95This guide provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which reauthorizes the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The Guide includes the text of the legislation, a section-by-section analysis, an overview of how the AEFLA works with other titles under the WIOA, and the text of relevant regulatory changes from the last year that impact federal grant awards.
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Techniques for Monitoring Federal Subawards, 7th Ed. (2024)
Contributions by Tiffany Kesslar and Steven Spillan
This is the most comprehensive reference book for pass-through entities and subrecipients on your responsibilities throughout the subaward monitoring process. It even includes useful templates such as risk assessment considerations, audit checklists, budget templates, monitoring visit form letters, sample subaward, and contract agreements, and more!
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The Comprehensive Guide to the Federal Role in Career & Technical Education
$49.95This is a comprehensive guide for career and technical education programs covering the intersection between the Perkins V statute and the cross-cutting rules under the Education Department General Administrative Regulations and the Uniform Gudiance (2 CFR Part 200).
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Federal Education Grants Management: What Administrators Need to Know, 6th Ed. (2025)
Written by Tiffany Kesslar and Steven Spillan
With major updates to OMB’s Uniform Guidance and EDGAR, anyone handling federal education funds must stay current on the rules. Avoid costly monitoring findings or audit exceptions by relying on this edition’s clear, accessible explanations of the complex requirements that apply to all Education Department programs.
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Can Title I Pay For This? A Guide to Determining Allowable Costs (Updated 2020)
Written by Tiffany Kesslar
Get the tools and expert guidance you need to determine allowability of any Title I purchase — updated to incorporate ESSA’s new supplement, not supplant rules. A 9-point Allowability Checklist takes you through the steps to determining the allowability of a particular cost, from whether the item is necessary and reasonable to documenting compliance. Plus, from-the-field examples of purchases illustrate how to take an idea and check it for allowability or alter its design so it is compliant.
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ESSA: Moving Toward a Well-Rounded Title I, 2nd Ed. (2020)
Written by Tiffany Kesslar, Julia Martin, Kelly Christiansen, and Kristen Tosh Cowan
This publication explains the requirements of the Title I, Part A program as well as lessons learned from ESSA implementation. Learn how the ESSA supplement, not supplant requirement applies, how to calculate the equitable services set-aside and carryover requirements, flexibilities and waivers provided to the Title I, Part A program under the CARES Act, ensuring transferability requirements are met, and ED developments on equitable services following Supreme Court decisions and the impact on support for private schools.
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The Community Eligibility Provision: Weighing Costs and Benefits of Participation (2016)
Written by Julia Martin
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) can help improve student achievement, eliminate social stigma and reduce administrative burden. But it takes a complicated analysis to determine whether the CEP makes financial sense for your school or district. Introducing the only guide to bottom-line decision-making.
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What Do I Do When… The Answer Book on Fiscal Compliance in Special Education (Updated 2022)
Written by Tiffany Kesslar
This first time Q&A Book on special education fiscal issues explains how IDEA funds must be spent in accordance with the Uniform Guidance and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). This guide includes more than 340 plain-language Q&As that decipher the complex spending rules – and spell out the consequences of non-compliance – so you can ensure all costs are allowable and in line with program requirements.
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IDEA: New Expectations for Schools and Students, 6th Ed. (2018)
Written by Tiffany Kesslar, Emily Fridman, and Monica Munin
Carry out compliant special education programs and services and ensure students receive FAPE with analysis and clear explanations of your IDEA requirements – child find, evaluations, eligibility, IEPs, placement, accountability, assessments, discipline and so much more. Plus this new edition analyzes changes brought by the Supreme Court’s Endrew F. decision and the Every Student Succeeds Act, so you know how your processes and procedures must be adjusted to meet new mandates.
- Webinars
ED Litigation Updates
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This webinar provides updates on recent litigation impacting federal education grantees.
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OCR Updates
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This webinar provides updates on recent Office for Civil Rights policy documents, guidance, and other information on enforcement to help administrators of every level craft policy and assess risk.
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ESEA Waivers (And Other Flexibilities)
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This session provides an overview of the ESEA waiver process and what provisions can be waived by the Secretary of Education.
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Monitoring Under Trump 2.0
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This session covers both federal program monitoring of the States as well as pass-through responsibility to monitor subrecipients.
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Appropriations / Reconciliation / Rescissions
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
In this session, attendees will learn about the regular process for Congressional appropriations, the key players, and the current state of affairs for FY 2026 funding.
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act: What Schools and Colleges Need to Know About the Requirement, Guidance, and the Future of Enforcement
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This webinar will cover the responsibilities and requirements for federal funding recipients under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, including how the new administration plans to employ protections to investigate the allegations of antisemitism and other campus conflicts.
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Risk Assessment / Monitoring
$250.00🗓️ Recording Only
This session will discuss the requirements under the Office of Management and Budget’s Uniform Guidance for recipients and subrecipients to conduct internal risk assessments, as well as subrecipient monitoring requirements.
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The Administrator’s Handbook on EDGAR – 6th Edition
$44.00This publication includes the updated 2 CFR Part 200 (UGG) 2024 final updates and technical updates; 2024 updates to EDGAR parts 75, 76, 77, and 81 and the technical updates; the ED and OMB debarment and suspension regulations; excerpts from the General Education Provisions Act; and updated USED’s Food, Meetings, and Conferences Guidance.
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Annual Full Access Pass
$2,400.00This pass gives your team unlimited access to Bruman’s full recorded webinar library—featuring clear, introductory overviews of every major education program (ESEA, IDEA, CTE, and more) alongside advanced, deep‑dive sessions on the compliance topics that matter most.
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