Financial Services activity calendar is available

Financial Services has released its 2026-2027 activity calendar with requisition approval deadlines so team members can effectively manage their purchases before the fiscal year ends. Purchases are to benefit the current school year students and programs. 

Employees should adhere to the deadlines listed below to help ensure departmental requests are successfully processed. 

Approval deadlines

Take note:

• Purchases should be made as early as possible during the current school year.
• Failure to meet the approval deadlines may result in requisition cancellation.
• The cross-functional budget transfer deadline is April 30, 2027.
• At the end of each fiscal year, open encumbrances are carried forward to the same line codes in the next fiscal year. Additional budget for those encumbrances is not guaranteed, particularly in the general fund.
• Purchase requisitions and check requisitions must be in Procurement’s approval queue by the deadline date.
• Internal requisitions must be in an approved status by the deadline date. 
• Exceptions to the approval deadlines must be obtained via emailed request to Deputy Superintendent Eduardo Ramos.
• Exceptions may be made to the established deadlines for specific departments (i.e. School Nutrition, Maintenance & Facility Services, Information Technology, and Bond) with ongoing projects that started prior to May 1 and are needed for the upcoming school year preparations.
• Purchase Requisitions must be submitted timely and in accordance with this calendar to ensure that:
  • Procurement can submit purchase orders in time for suppliers to deliver goods/services by June 30, 2027.
  • By July 8, 2027, the campus/department can appropriately enter an Oracle receiver confirming the June 30, 2027, receipt. The campus/department must be sure to backdate those Oracle receipts to the June 2027 period.

In-process and/or incomplete requisitions will be mass cancelled by quarter according to the schedule below. 

Finance DivisionContacts

• Executive Director Procurement: Candace Yarbough at cyarbough@dallasisd.org
• E-Commerce Supervisor: Victor Hendrix at vihendrix@dallasisd.org   
• Executive Director Budget: Sherry Dodson at sdodson@dallasisd.org  
• Special Revenue Exceptions: Sequetta Marks at smarks@dallasisd.org   
• General Operating Exceptions: Eduardo Ramos at eduarramos@dallasisd.org 
• Activity Fund Exceptions: Kim Merkson at umerkson@dallasisd.org  
• Gifts/Donations Exceptions: Corby Harbin at charbin@dallasisd.org  
• Software Purchase Exceptions (GO): Sherry Dodson at sdodson@dallasisd.org 
• Software Purchase Exceptions (SRF): Sequetta Marks at smarks@dallasisd.org 
• Software Purchase Exceptions (Bond): Devyn Mountain at dmountain@dallasisd.org