INTRODUCTION
2010  Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Report
Report Date:  07/31/10

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 to 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 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

     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, 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 of lobbying services.