FY25 A.I. DESE Financial Reporting Update
Informing members of changes to the reporting of rollover encumbrances, and discuss potential adjustments to the EOYR audit agreed upon procedures that might be coming.
Robert O'Donnell
Director of School Finance
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Rob O’Donnell is the Director of School Finance at DESE. The unit that he oversees is responsible for the Chapter 70 program, charter tuition and reimbursement calculations, school choice, the End of Year Report data collection, and the development of related data reports.
Jay Sullivan
Associate Commissioner, School Finance and District Support Center; MASBO Treasurer
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jay Sullivan is the Associate Commissioner for District & School Finance in the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. In this capacity, he directs the Offices of School Finance, School Business and Regional Governance. He also oversees a variety of financial programs, including Special Education Circuit Breaker, School accounting, End of Year Financial Reporting and Auditing, Transportation, as well as federal compliance issues relative to maintenance of effort requirements and the calculation of district’s indirect cost rates. Jay has worked for the Department for over 43 years as an auditor, administrator and business manager.