The Educational Entity Master (EEM) is a directory that contains entity codes and contact information for educational systems in the state of Michigan. Managed by the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), EEM data exist for public schools, nonpublic schools, intermediate schools districts and institutions of higher education.
The EEM application replaced the School Code Master in October 2008 and serves as the repository used for identifying and linking educational entities with many other data collection applications in the state of Michigan. This is the only place that the state of Michigan stores contact information about the districts, public school academies and schools.
Commonly used information includes school/facility name, entity code, grade levels, educational settings, address and contact information. The EEM is the foundation for all of CEPI's data collections and is used by state of Michigan departments to e-mail messages to school administrators and other contacts.
Each district and charter school has at least one authorized user of the EEM. This individual is assigned by the superintendent or school leader of each district. It is the responsibility of the EEM authorized user for each district to update the EEM data for the district's schools, facilities and unique education providers. Both the authorized user and the school superintendent or leader must sign a security agreement. Nonpublic schools are asked to assign authorized users as well. CEPI recommends EEM review and update at least three times a year and more often if changes occur. Accurate data recording in the EEM makes other data submission smoother for your district.
Is your data current in the EEM? To find out, go to www.michigan.gov/eem. In the EEM-Search box, type your district name or district entity code. You will get a list of entities associated in some way with your district. Click on the district name to go to the district record.
If you do not know the name of your authorized user, you may click on the box and send an e-mail message to this individual, asking if all records have been recently updated. The authorized user is not identified in the box, but if his/her user authentication is current in the EEM, the e-mail message should be delivered with no problem.
To identify your district EEM authorized user or to ask questions relative to the EEM or other CEPI data applications, please send an e-mail message to CEPI@michigan.gov or call 517-335-0505 and choose option 3.