INTRODUCTION
Section 18 (2) of the Public Act 94 of 1979, The State
School Aid Act, has been amended, which requires each
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 to our community on how we
utilize the resources that are provided to us.
The following information is
required to be posted on our Web site:
1. The annual operating
budget and subsequent budget revisions.
2. 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, expressed in
the following two (2) pie charts which were provided for
the general fund of the district or intermediate
district by the Center for Educational Performance and
Information (CEPI):
(a) 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 benefits costs
(4) All other personnel costs
(b) A chart of all
district expenditures, broken into the following
subcategories:
(1) Instruction
(2) Support Services
(3) Business and Administration
(4) Operations and Maintenance
3. Links to all of the
following:
(a) The current collective bargaining agreement for
each bargaining unit
(b) 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
(c) The audit report of the audit conducted for the
most recent fiscal year for which it is available.
4. 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
5. The annual amount spent
on dues paid to associations
6. The annual amount spent
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