Attendance/Child Accounting Professional Association of Pennsylvania (ACAPA)

Fall Conference Resources - November, 2025

Wednesday, November 5 Sessions and Resources

10:10 AM- 11:00 AM	Breakout Sessions
Reporting Requirements and Resources: A review of the PA HS graduation Requirements, Civics Education, and Personal Finance toolkits and reporting requirements.	Brian Campbell	Garden Terrace East
Building a Graduate Profile: See how one district used research-based data to create a graduate profile for use in meeting Act 158 requirements and how it was adapted for meeting the needs of all students.	Dr. Christopher Caruso Dr. Diane Szader	Garden Terrace West
ABCs of Child Accounting: Overview of the basics of Child Accounting.	Lori Sieber	Castilian
Legal Issues—When is the student ours? Review of definitions and obligations under 1302, 1305, 1306 and PRRI programs.	King Spry Attorneys	Starlight
Student Use and Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol: What are the current trends in student drug and alcohol abuse? What are the effects on students of D&A use and abuse?	Sgt. MichaelBogart	Blue Mountain
Flexibility and Stretching: An overview of flexibility, health benefits, stretching techniques, and routines.	Allen Urich	Tea House

11:10 AM-Noon	Breakout Sessions
Non-CTE Industry Credentials: Reporting Industry-Recognized Credentials (IRCs)/Work-Based Learning (WBL) and Career Readiness for non-CTE Students. Learn how IRCs and WBL/Career experiences related to both the Pathways to Graduation and Future Ready PA Index.	Brian Campbell	Garden Terrace East
What is an Academy School Model?: A look at how a school district implements the academy model to meet the career goals of all students.	Dr. Christopher Caruso Dr. Diane Szader	Garden Terrace West
Identifying Resident and Non-Resident Membership: Keys to identifying the different types of resident and non-resident students including 1302, 1305, and 1306.	Lori Sieber	Castilian
Legal Issues: A review of obligations to private school and home school students.	King Spry Attorneys	Starlight
Narcan Training: Learn about the lifesaving effects of Narcan, how it works, and what happens when it is administered.	Sgt. Michael Bogart	Blue Mountain
Flexibility and Stretching: An overview of flexibility, health benefits, stretching techniques, and routines.	Allen Urich	Tea House

1:30 PM-

2:20 PM

Breakout Sessions

Leading from the Middle:

Know what needs to be done, but believe you lack the power to make it happen? Increase your influence and lead from the middle.

Dr. Robert McGee

Garden Terrace East

Ensuring Data Accuracy-Aligning Special Education and Safe Schools Table 9A Reporting:

Reviewing and validating information to strengthen understanding of the connection between Safe Schools and Table 9A.

Kendra Schockley

Garden Terrace West

Child Accounting Templates:

Template fields and requirements associated with the School Calendar and Student Calendar Fact templates.

Scott Cole

Castilian

Legal Issues: Special Education

King Spry Attorneys

Starlight

Tactical Medicine:

Guidelines for managing a student or teacher injury; review of Go Kit contents.

Sgt. Michael Bogart

Blue

Mountain

2:30 PM-

3:20 PM

Breakout Sessions

Discipline PIMS Reporting-A Comprehensive Overview: Learn about the data needed for the collection, reporting standards, and practical examples to illustrate the process.

Rebecca Daugherty

Garden Terrace East

Streamlining the Process of Outside Cyber Charter School Invoices while Providing Statistics:

The process Shippensburg Area SD implemented to streamline the reconciliation of outside cyber school bills.

Troy Stevens

Garden Terrace West

Child Accounting PIMS Reports:

Review of the reports that accompany the CA collection and tips on what to look for when analyzing the reports.

Lori Sieber

Castilian

Legal Issues: Graduation Requirements

King Spry Attorneys

Starlight

Creating a School Emergency Plan:

Does your school have an emergency plan? What should be included?

Sgt. Michael Bogart

Blue

Mountain

Mindfulness and Stress Management:

Learn how to better handle stress.

Dr. Rebecca A. Weiler-Timmins

Tea House

Thursday, November 6 Sessions and Resources

9:10 AM- 10:00 AM	Breakout Sessions
Enrollment: Explore the ins and outs of the minimum required documentation as described in the BEC.	Fianne van Schiaak	Garden Terrace East
Summary of Child Accounting Membership Report: See the results of the PIMS CA collection and how a school district’s average daily membership (ADM) is calculated.	Lori Sieber	Garden Terrace West
Introducing Act 1 of 2022 and the Act 1 Graduation Plan Toolkit--A Framework for Timely Graduation: In this session, participants will be introduced to Act 1 of 2022, also known as “Assisting Students Experiencing Education Instability,” and a practical Act 1 Graduation Plan Toolkit, developed to streamline credit assessment, support decision-making, and empower students with experience in foster care, homelessness, and juvenile justice.	Matthew Butensky	Castilian
Special Education Overview: An overview of Special Education reporting and updates for 2025-26, including December 1, Act 16 and exiting.	Dan Ficca Jodi Rissinger	Starlight
Barricade vs. Evacuation: What information is considered when making the split second decision to shelter in place vs. evacuate.	Sgt. Michael Bogart	Blue Mountain
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K-12 Education: Transforming Learning and Operational Eﬃciency: Explore the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on K-12 education, from enhancing personalized learning to streamlining school operations.	Mohamed Hassan	Tea House

10:10 AM- 11:00 AM	Breakout Sessions
Enrollment Deep Dive: Discussion of the enrollment process for both resident and non-resident students, including 1302 students.	Fianne van Schaaik	Garden Terrace East
Instructional Time and Calendars: Understanding the calculation of instructional time and the use of calendars.	Lori Sieber	Garden Terrace West
Title I Educational Stability Provisions-Ensuring Educational Stability and Success for Students in Foster Care: This session provides a clear overview of how Title I provisions promote educational stability under the new 2024 guidance. Topics include best interest determinations (BIDs), immediate enrollment, and transportation, as well as the collaboration required between education and child welfare agencies.	Matthew Butensky	Castilian
Special Education Discipline: Discussion of the Special Education Discipline collection with Safe Schools and Table 9A, including data discrepancies between collections.	Dan Ficca Jodi Rissinger	Starlight
The Unlikely Intruder: Discussion of the importance of vigilance, ID badges, open doors, etc.	Sgt. Michael Bogart	Blue Mountain
Cybersecurity, Our Shared Responsibility: Working with IT to ensure continued confidentiality, integrity and access to data at a price we can all afford .	Kevin Kennedy	Tea House

11:10 AM-

Noon

Breakout Sessions

Homeschool and Private Tutoring:

Latest data and trends.

Tom Dubbs

Garden

Terrace East

Tracking Resident Students:

Learn what questions to ask when your student is educated by another entity. Test your knowledge of who reports whom for Child Accounting.

Lori Sieber

Garden Terrace West

Excel Insights for Child Accounting-Summarizing and Analyzing PIMS Data with Pivot Tables:

Hands-on workshop showing how to use Excel Pivot Tables to eﬃciently summarize, analyze, and report data from multiple sources. Bring your laptop!

Jim Coughenour

Castilian

Reporting Outplaced Special Education Students:

Explore how to correctly report your outplaced Special Education Students.

Dan Ficca

Jodi Rissinger

Starlight

Identifying a Threat:

Discussion of the importance of having a safety team to identify a potential threat.

Sgt. Michael

Bogart

Blue

Mountain

Cybersecurity, Our Shared Responsibility:

Working with IT to ensure continued confidentiality, integrity and access to data at a price we can all afford.

Kevin Kennedy

Tea House

1:30 PM- 2:20 PM	Breakout Sessions
FID Days: Latest info on the effectiveness and use of FIDs.	Tom Dubbs	Garden Terrace East
Safe Schools: Reporting-SAP, Safe Schools, and Attendance.	Scott Kuren Joe Loccisano Jay Wasser	Garden Terrace West
Advanced Excel Workshop for Child Accounting-Merging, Searching and Cleaning PIMS Data: Hands-on workshop covering merging data from multiple sources, using XLOOKUP and advanced formula to search, validate, and clean up PIMS data. Bring your laptop!	Jim Coughenour	Castilian
Special Education Fiscal Considerations: Learn how your Special Education data impacts subsidy and your LEA’s bottom line.	Barry Frank Janette Fulton	Starlight
Cybersecurity, Our Shared Responsibility: Working with IT to ensure continued confidentiality, integrity and access to data at a price we can all afford.	Kevin Kennedy	Tea House

Session	Speaker	Location
2:30 PM- 3:20 PM	Breakout Sessions
Ward of State: Learn what goes into making the determination of the student status to be a Ward of State.	Tom Dubbs Fianne van Schaaik	Garden Terrace East
ACS, Deletion Requests, Manual Revisions	Scott Cole Carrie Pase	Garden Terrace West
PIMS, PVAAS and You: Enhancing Student Outcomes through Timely Data Support: Explore the vital relationship between PVAAS and PIMS, including the Teacher-Student Linkage collection.	Yashira Ashby Doug Snyder	Castilian
Making Attendance a Priority: See how schools are leveraging systems and relationships to provide an attendance improvement program.	Eric Forsyth Carissa Johnson Hon. Michael Wilbert	Starlight
Technology Emergency Plan	Mohamed Hassan	Tea House

Friday, November 7 Sessions and Resources

9:10 AM- 10:00 AM	Breakout Sessions
PIMS, Child Accounting and Coordinating Efforts for Data Quality and Reliability: This session will review tools designed to help departments understand their part of the reporting puzzle and offer strategies and tips for training and communication.	Shana Kulp	Garden Terrace East
Child Accounting-Before the Basics: This session will cover the absolute basics of Child Accounting, including those things that no one explicitly told you about CA.	Mitchell Hendricks	Garden Terrace West
Virtual Student Registration-Get Rolling without Reinventing the Wheel: Discussion on virtualizing student registration, while still providing families with personalized support.	Ann Bauer Eric Forsyth Carissa Johnson	Starlight

10:10 AM- 11:00 AM	Breakout Sessions
Enrollment Made Simple: Overview of the BEC and other guidance for working with families for resident and non-resident student enrollment.	Brianna Hulshizer	Garden Terrace East
Connecting the Dots-The Relationship between Child Accounting, Reporting, and Funding: A dive into the CA Residency Codes (Appendix N), the significance of each code and its relationship to funding.	Jessica Gioia- Young	Garden Terrace West
Data Quality and Data Decisions: Not all data is of the same quality and not every data decision is equally as strong. Demystify data and become empowered as an every day consumer of data.	Dr. Robert McGee	Starlight