• Reimbursements from Employees (i.e. PCard Reimbursements, Payroll Overpayments) - submit a check or money order along with the Reimburse the District Form (for PCard Reimbursements). Further instructions are provided on the form. 
• Payroll overpayment reimbursements should be sent to Payroll per the instructions from Payroll. 
• Tuition - ECE - please refer toTuition Tips and FAQ's
• Tuition - Foreign Exchange - please contact the Foreign Exchange Department at foreignexchange@dpsk12.net or 720-423-3493, to start this process.
• Tuition - Emily Griffith Technical College - please contact EGTC directly at 720-423-4700, to make tuition payments.
• PCOPs or other Charter School Payments - can be paid via Check, ACH or via bill.com. Contact your Financial Partner for further support. 
• Donations and other non-grant payments to schools  - please inquire with the school directly for the best method of payment.
• Grant payments - see below.
• Reimbursements from vendors (i.e. overpayments, refunds) - submit the check, along with a completed deposit form, to the Office of the Controller at:

• Denver Public Schools

  Attn: Office of the Controller/Treasury

  1860 Lincoln Street, 11th Floor

  Denver, CO 80203

• Your paystub will be emailed to your DPS email address one day before payday.
• Another copy is available in Employee Self Service (ESS).
• Instructions for Viewing and Printing Paystubs
• Former DPS employees - please contact Payroll at payroll@dpsk12.net 

Updating direct deposit

• Direct deposit is mandatory at DPS. No paper paychecks are issued to any employee

• Direct deposit can be set up by using a savings account or a reloadable debit card that has a routing and account number
• If you don’t have any bank account or reloadable debit card, the Payroll office will set up, enroll and mail a US Bank Focus card to your home address on file
• See above for instructions on updating your account information for direct deposit

• Use this link to update your password: DPS Password Reset
• I tried resetting it on my own, but I’m still unable to log in. Who do I contact? Please call the Department of Technology Services (DoTS) at 720-423-3888

• Contact your school’s Financial Partner/Specialist

• Accounts Payable Department 720-423-1383
• Denver Public Schools - Main # 720-423-3200
• Denver Public Schools - Safety Dispatch 720-423-3911
• Department of Technology Services (DoTS) 720-423-3888
• Emily Griffith Campus - Security Desk 720-423-3344
• Emily Griffith Technical College 720-423-4700
• Foreign Exchange Department 720-423-3493
• Human Resources Department 720-423-3900, opt. 2
• Payroll Department 720-423-3900, opt. 1
• PERA (Public Employees Retirement Assoc) 303-832-9550
• Treasury Department 720-423-3715
• Tuition Billing (ECE Tuition) Department 720-423-3698
• US Bank Focus Card - Customer Service 800-474-0010

• Denver Public Schools is not a 501(c)(3) qualified organization.
• Donations made to Denver Public Schools or an individual school are tax deductible, according to section 170(c) of the IRS code.
• IRS 170(c) letter

• Contact PERA at 303-832-9550 for instructions on updating your bank information. You are no longer paid from DPS. 

• Please contact Emily Griffith Technical College directly at 720-423-4700, to make tuition payments. EGTC handles all of their own finances. 

• If the check was to be deposited by the school via MSB, inquire with the front office of the school, specifically the person who processes the cash & check deposits for the school.
• Inquire with your school’s Financial Partner & Financial Specialist Contact List  A report may be pulled from Oracle to determine if a check is received.
• Inquire with the Treasury department at treasury@dpsk12.net with the check details: the payer, the dollar amount and the check date. 

• If you haven’t already, contact your bank about the issue with your account (if your account was compromised)
• Update your direct deposit information with a new bank account (Updating direct deposit)
• If the next payroll has already been processed, ask if your bank can move the payment to the new account. This is only possible if the new account is at the same bank. Let the bank know the payment is already sent by DPS.
• If the funds are returned to DPS, we will reissue the payment to a valid bank account on file. Update your account information right away to ensure you have a valid account on file to receive your pay.
• If no valid bank information is on file when returned funds are received, DPS will issue, set up for direct deposit and mail a US Bank Focus card for you to receive your pay. 
• There will be times when a bank will not return the funds to DPS. If the funds haven’t been returned in 2 business days from the payday, they most likely will not be returned. Contact your bank about where the funds went. If the bank requires a Trace number for the payment, please email the Payroll Department at payroll@dpsk12.net. 

• Please contact your school/department’s Financial Partner & Financial Specialist Contact List  They can provide the bank details to the funder to set up an ACH payment. 

• Please share the court documents to the Denver Public Schools Foundation, so they can work with the donor’s representatives to receive the funds.

• Donations are funds that: 1) are not restricted on how they can be spent; 2) do not require reporting back to the donor and 3) do not have to be spent in a specific timeframe. 
• If the funds meet these three requirements, they can be deposited into your school’s SAF account through My School Bucks and receipted to your school’s Fund 13 Miscellaneous Donations Revenue account.
• Processing deposits through My School Bucks requires specific training. Please contact the MSB Team if your school does not have someone who is MSB Certified - myschoolbucks@dpsk12.org 
• If the funds have spending requirements, time limits and reporting requirements, it is not a donation and should be considered a Grant. See information above for Grant payments. 

• Please work with your school’s Financial Partner or Financial Specialist when applying for and receiving Grants. These funds have very specific requirements.
• Forward any Grant related documents to the Financial Partner or Specialist as soon as they are received.
• If you have already received a check for the Grant, send the check and copies of any documents received to the Office of the Controller at:

          Denver Public Schools

          Attn: Office of the Controller/Treasury

         1860 Lincoln Street, 11th Floor

         Denver, CO 80203

• Check payments should be sent to the address above.
• If the Grantor asks for bank information to send an ACH payment, please contact your Financial Partner/Specialist.

• Have the school Principal email the Treasury department, treasury@dpsk12.net to receive the safe combination on file. Combinations can only be shared by the Treasury department with the school Principal. 
• Some combinations may not be available because they haven’t been previously shared with the Treasury office by the school.
• Service calls to have the safe serviced, combinations changed or to have a safe drilled open need to be set up and handled through the Treasury. department.
• The school Principal can email the Treasury department to start the process.

• If the check meets the criteria to be deposited via MSB, deposit the check right away before it’s 90 days old.
• If the check must be deposited by the Treasury office, it may need to be personally delivered to 1860 Lincoln, 11th floor, so it can be deposited before it gets voided due to the age.
• If the check is voided due to the age, you will need to request the check be reissued by the funder.

• Checks written over 180 ago are considered stale and should be replaced.
• Contact the Funder/Vendor and request the check be reissued.
• If the check is for the school and can be deposited via MSB, have the reissued check sent to the school.
• If the check is for a grant payment or reimbursement, have the check sent to the Office of the Controller.

• Please contact your school Financial Partner or Specialist for this information

• The US Bank Focus card is a reloadable debit VISA payment card
• It has been set up for you to receive your DPS pay via direct deposit 
• It was set up for you because valid bank information was not set up for direct deposit in time to receive your payment - or - DPS received your pay returned from your bank because the account was closed or otherwise unable to receive funds
• You can update your bank information at any time for direct deposit by following the instructions above, “How do I update my bank information for direct deposit?”

• W2s and 1095s can be received online.
• W2s are made available online or mailed by the last business day of January, by law.
• Instructions to Retrieve W2 and 1095
• Former DPS employees - please contact Payroll at payroll@dpsk12.net