ASBO International Meritorious Budget Award (MBA)
The MBA award is given for standards of excellence in budget presentation and reporting.  In order to receive the award, the business official had to satisfy specific guidelines for effective budget presentation and reporting recognized by school business officials throughout North America.  The MBA award is only conferred to school systems that have met or exceeded the MBA program criteria.  The 2006-2007 school year was the fourth time the district applied for and won this award.  Any school entity, including school districts, colleges and universities, and educational service units, is eligible to participate.

In these financially challenging times it is imperative that a school district's annual budget clearly communicate how funds are being allocated to meet the goals and objectives of the district's strategic plan.  The 193-page award document includes relevant information in both graphic and narrative form.  The document is user-friendly for the average taxpayer as well as detail-oriented for an expert to understand the budgeting process used by the school district and detailed information about the various funds and their uses. 

For more information about the ASBO International Meritorious Budget Award go to www.asbointl.org.  The district will be recognized on the ASBO International website for achieving this high standard of excellence.