Introduction

The Finance Work Group (FWG) is an entity within the Ed-Fi Governance structure (see Figure 1) and intended to enhance the educational finance community’s engagement in, input into and use of Ed-Fi data and technology standards.  The FWG’s main purpose is to represent the perspectives of the financial community (SEAs, LEAs, vendors and thought leaders) to the Ed-Fi Governance processes with the purpose of making the Ed-Fi data and technology standards more widely adopted and used.  The FWG may make recommendations through the Ed-Fi Governance processes about investment in the Ed-Fi product roadmap and business strategies.  The full charter for the FWG can be viewed here Finance Work Group Charter.  

Membership

Any education organization, vendor, finance organization or standards body (i.e. CEDS or IMS Global) that is in good standing with the Ed-Fi Alliance can have representative members on the FWG.  Members are responsible for:

1.      Identifying the primary contact for the organization

2.      Providing input and feedback on abstracts that are presented for review

3.      Registering and participating in the Ed-Fi polling process

4.      Participating in information sharing on practices and issue resolution

5.      Providing input and feedback on Ed-Fi data and technology standards