Have you ever thought about running for the MSBO Board of Directors? Serving on the MSBO Board provides you the opportunity to help set the policies and direction of your organization.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enacted the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RR&P) Rule in April 2008.

Just in time for your new budget and negotiation season!

MSBO introduced Dynamic Budget Projections© to Michigan districts to great reviews.

Thank you to those who attended the 95th ASBO Annual Meeting last month and for representing our Michigan membership in Chicago.  A special thank you to the sponsors of the fifth annual Michigan Reception:

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Hungerford, Aldrin Nichols & Carter, PC

MSBO has created awards to help school districts celebrate successes and to recognize the extraordinary contribution of individuals to their school district and MSBO.

I’m sure you have all heard this phrase before. In fact, it is so common a phrase, that we even learned it in my high school French class–plus de choses changent, plus qu'ils restent les mêmes. But is there any truth to this phrase?

I would imagine by now that most school districts in Michigan have a compliant 403b plan document despite the 11th hour reprieve from full compliance by January 1, 2009. If you haven’t adopted a plan document by now you must do so by December 31, 2009 and it must be retroactively compliant back to January 1, 2009.

The education community is frustrated, but I know that as business officials, you are especially frustrated and weary, performing triage in the trenches as we all fight the School Aid funding battle for Michigan’s children.

The Annual MDE/MSBO Workshop, slated for Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at the Eagle Eye Conference in East Lansing, provides you the opportunity to get the most up-to-date information on state aid, ARRA, and MPSERs, as well as the information you need to make those tough decisions in your district.

With tight budgets and lots of uncertainty surrounding state and national health care issues, many Michigan schools and local governments may be looking to purchase new health care and life insurance policies for their employees.