Presentations

April 2026, MASBO Technology Series (Series Session 4)

When a cyberattack, staff vacancy, flood, or software failure threatens your district's financial operations, Montana law gives you no grace period: payroll must run, retirement contributions must be submitted, and the penalties for failure are immediate and severe. This session walks Montana school business officials through a practical, no-cost framework for keeping payroll running through any disruption, including a self-audit checklist, a ready-to-use Business Office Continuity Annex, real incident examples from Montana and across the country, and a 90-day action plan you can start the same week.

April 2026, MASBO Technology Series (Series Session 3)

Technology governance is a financial oversight responsibility, not an IT function, and Montana school business officials are now on the front line of managing vendor contracts, SaaS sprawl, software license waste, and the audit risk that comes with getting any of it wrong. This session gives business officials the frameworks, Montana-specific legal requirements, and a practical 90-day action plan to take ownership of technology spending, bring order to vendor and subscription management, and build the governance structures that will hold up when auditors arrive.

April 2026, MASBO Technology Series (Series Session 2)

Technology budgeting is not a technical skill; it is a financial discipline, and this session gives Montana school business officials a practical framework for building a defensible budget from scratch using service durations, the device refresh formula, and the percentage benchmarks that reveal whether a district is adequately funding its technology program. The session also addresses the most overlooked risk in K-12 technology finance: what happens when a 10-year levy under Funds 128 or 228 expires without renewal, and how the resulting depreciation cliff can strand a district with an aging fleet and no dedicated funding to replace it.

April 2026, MASBO Technology Series (Series session 1)

Rural school districts are the preferred targets of cybercriminals because public vendor records, predictable payment cycles, and no dedicated IT staff make them easy marks — and the Butte School District's $1 million loss proves it is already happening in Montana. This webinar gives school business officials a practical, non-technical checklist of free and low-cost steps to protect their districts, anchored by one rule that stops the most common attack: any request to change a vendor's payment information requires a phone call to a number already on file.

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