Transparency Reporting

Section 18(2) of the Public Act 94 of 1979. The State School Aid Act, has been amended, which requires each school district and intermediate school district to post certain information on its website within 30 days after a board adopts its annual operating budget or any subsequent revision to that budget. The Annual Budget & Transparency Reporting is an opportunity to communicate with our community on how we utilize the resources that are provided to us.
 
The following information is required to be posted on our website and can be accessed by the submenu on this page:

Section 1: The annual operating budget and subsequent budget revisions.

Section 2: Using data that has already been collected and submitted to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), a summary of district or intermediate district personnel expenditures for the most recent fiscal year for which they are available. A chart of personnel expenditures broken down into the following subcategories: 1.Salaries and Wages. 2. Employee benefit costs, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and long term care benefits. 3. Retirement benefit costs. 4. All other personnel costs.

Section 3: Using data that has already been collected and submitted to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), a summary of district or intermediate district expenditures for the most recent fiscal year for which they are available.  A chart of all district expenditures, broken into the following subcategories: 1. Instruction. 2. Support Services. 3. Business and administration. 4. Operations and Maintenance.

Section 4: Links to all of the following: The current collective bargaining agreement for each bargaining unit. Each health care benefits plan, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, disability, long-term care, or any other type of benefits that would constitute health care services offered to any bargaining unit or employee in the district.

Section 5: Audited Financial Statements. The audit report of the audit conducted for the most recent fiscal year for which it is available.

Section 6: Medical Benefit Plan Bids.  Insurance bids required under section 5 of public employee health benefits act, 2007 PA106, MC 124.75.

Section 7: Procurement Policy.

Section 8: Expense Reimbursement Policy.

Section 9: Statement of Reimbursed Expenses.

Section 10: The total salary and a description and cost of each fringe benefit included in the compensation package for the superintendent of the district or intermediate district and for each employee of the district whose salary exceeds $100,000.

Section 11: The annual amount spent on dues paid to associations.

Section 12: The annual amount spent on lobbying services.

Section 13:  Any deficit elimination plan or enhanced deficit elimination plan the district was required to submit under this article.

Section 14:  Identification of all credit cards maintained by the district as district credit cards, the identity of all individuals authorized to use each of those credit cards, the credit limit on each credit card, and the dollar limit, if any, for each individual’s authorized use of the credit card.

Section 15:  Costs incurred for each instance of out-of-state travel by the school administrator of the district that is fully or partially paid for by the district and the details of each of those instances of out-of-state travel, including at least the identification of each individual on the trip, destination, and purpose.

 

 

 

 

Section 19: Extended COVID-19 Learning Plan & Training Report