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Prepare the 2025–26 SSPDBG Annual Expenditure Report

Prepare the required annual expenditure information for the 2025–26 SSPDBG allocation and submit according to the current CDE reporting notice.

  • Curriculum & Instruction
  • English Learner Programs
  • Human Resources
  • Fiscal & Budget
TimingAnnual CDE reporting cycle; confirm the portal notice for the exact due date
Applies toRecipients of the 2025–26 Student Support and Professional Development Discretionary Block Grant
Authority and scopeState grant reporting condition for the specified allocation; not federal Title IV reporting

Keep annual reporting separate from the two allocation closeouts

For the 2025–26 allocation: spend through June 30, 2029 and report final expenditures by September 30, 2029. For the 2026–27 allocation: spend through June 30, 2032 and report by September 30, 2032. These are separate future closeouts, not this annual report’s deadline. The exact annual reporting date remains pending the applicable CDE notice. Allocation-by-allocation spending and final-report guide.

Targeted conflict review completed October 21, 2026. Earlier source stamps describe the earlier review scope.

In Plain Language: Prepare the required annual expenditure information for the 2025–26 SSPDBG allocation and submit according to the current CDE reporting notice.

Why this matters

The 2025–26 and 2026–27 grants have different authorities and funding records. The same short program name must not merge their reports or balances.

Primary ownership

Professional-learning lead and business services, with HR/program owners

Required distinctions and controls

  • CDE’s January 19, 2026 apportionment letter requires annual expenditure reports for the 2025–26 grant. Its final-report deadline is September 30, 2029.
  • CDE’s newer 2026–27 apportionment has a separate funding record and a September 30, 2032 final-report deadline. Do not assume its annual reporting rules are identical.
  • The exact first annual deadline shown in the county reference was not independently established in the current CDE material reviewed here. Confirm the reporting notice instead of publishing September 30, 2026 as a verified statewide date. An RCOE example plan is optional.

From the SSPDBG ledger to a submitted annual expenditure report: the SDLA ITO workflow

Costs are checked against the grant's permitted purposes and employee-fee conditions before reporting. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the CDE annual-report notice, the allocation-specific ledger, and payroll and contract records become the approved expenditure response, the submission confirmation, and open correction issues.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the CDE annual-report notice, the allocation-specific ledger, and payroll and contract records, through reconciling expenditures, checking allowability, and review, to the approved expenditure response, the submission confirmation, and open correction issues.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers reconciling expenditures, checking allowability, and review; Output covers the approved expenditure response, the submission confirmation, and open correction issues. Submit when directed; confirm the due date in the CDE portal notice.

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Recommended LEA workflow

  1. Identify the allocation, current CDE instructions and reporting period.
  2. Keep separate grant ledgers and reconcile the applicable expenditures to payroll, contracts and program records.
  3. Check costs against the covered grant’s permitted purposes and employee-fee conditions.
  4. Prepare and review the annual expenditure response with fiscal/program owners.
  5. Submit when directed by CDE; preserve the submitted state, receipt and unresolved correction issues.

Evidence to retain

  • Allocation-specific ledger
  • CDE annual-report notice
  • Allowable-cost support
  • Approved expenditure response
  • Submission confirmation

Official guidance and help

Return to the Annual Compliance Calendar

Reviewed October 21, 2026. Confirm the current agency instructions, applicable funding year, recipient scope, local policy and final submitted or approved state before acting. Recommended preparation steps support the named requirement and do not create an additional statewide filing deadline.