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Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting

Last updated March 2013

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 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):
    1. 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
    2. 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:
    1. The current collective bargaining agreement for each bargaining unit
    2. 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
    3. 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 on lobbying services

Section 1: Annual Operating Budget and Subsequent Revisions

Fiscal Year 2012-13 Board Approved Budget
Approved by the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education on June 13, 2012.
4.2mb PDF

Section 2a and 2b: Summary of Expenditures - Expressed in Pie Charts

Operational Expenditures
51kb PDF

Personnel Expenditures
85kb PDF

Section 3a, 3b and 3c: Listing of the Collective Bargaining Agreements, Health Care Plans and Audit Report

Collective Bargaining Agreements

Health Care Benefits Plans

Audit Report

Section 4: Salary and Benefit Description of Superintendent and Employees with Salary Exceeding $100,000

2012 Employee Compensation Information (32kb PDF)

Section 5: Annual Amount Spend on Dues Paid to Associations

Association Dues 20011-12 (25kb PDF)

Section 6: Annual Amount Spent on Lobbying or Lobbying Services

There are no qualifying expenses for Lobbying or Lobbying Services for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Section 7: Dashboard
MI School Data Dashboard - The MI School Data Dashboard is a "one-stop shop" for data and information about Michigan’s public schools, districts, and regional education agencies. This dashboard makes it easy for the public to find information about schools , and to compare one school or district to another. To find Ann Arbor Public Schools data, click the blue "Change" button just below "State Education Dashboard" and search for "Ann Arbor Public Schools" to access the district-wide and individual school data for our district.