INTRODUCTION
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 it 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:
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
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 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 benefit 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 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 on lobbying services
