Transparency Reporting
Budget & Salary/Compensation
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 with 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, subsequent budget revisions, and a projection of revenues and expenditures for the following year.
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
(b) 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:
(a) The current collective bargaining agreement for each bargaining unit
(b) 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
(c) Medical benefit plan bids
(d) 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
7. Long term debt information
Available Reports
Continuity of Learning Plan:
- Return to In Person and CoL Plan, 23-24 April
- Return to In Person and CoS Plan, 23-24 October
- Return to In Person and CoS Plan, 22-23 April
- Sec. 98b Goal Progress Report 22-23, VCS District
- Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan/98c Learning Loss Plan 2022-2023
- School Goals per Section 98b of Public Act 144 of 2022
- 6-13-2022 VCS Section 98b Goal Progress Reports
- 2-15-2022 VCS Section 98b Mid Year Goal Progress Report
- 9-15-2021 Vicksburg Community Schools Goals and Benchmark Testing 2021/22
- Extended COVID-19 Learning Plan
Budget Reports:
Summary of Expenditures Expressed in Pie Charts:
Collective Bargaining Agreements:
- VEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
- VPA Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Administrative Employees have no Collective Bargaining Agreement
Health Care Plans:
- 2023-2024 Health Benefit Premiums and Subsidies
- Administrative Group Schedule of Dental Benefits
- Administrative LTD Schedule of Benefits
- VEA LTD Schedule of Benefits
- VEA Schedule of Dental Benefits
- VESPA Schedule of Dental Benefits
- VSP-3 G Vision Plan (bargaining employees)
- EYEMED Vision Plan (non-bargaining employees)
- WMHIP HSA Health Plan
- WMHIP Select PPO Health Plan
- WMHIP Versatile PPO Health Plan
- WMHIP ACA Health Plan
Medical Benefit Plan Bids:
District Audit:
- 2016 Audited Financial Report
- 2016 Federal Audit
- 2017 Audited Financial Report
- 2017 Federal Audit
- 2018 Audited Financial Report
- 2018 Federal Audit
- 2019 Audited Financial Report
- 2019 Federal Audit
- 2020 Audited Financial Report
- 2020 Federal Audit
- 2021 Audited Financial Report
- 2021 Federal Audit
- 2022 Audited Financial Report
- 2022 Federal Audit
- 2023 Audited Financial Report
- 2023 Federal Audit
- 2023-2024 Audited Financial Report
- 2023-2024 Federal Audit
Salary and Benefit Description of Superintendent and Employees with Salary Exceeding $100,000:
Annual Amount Spent on Dues paid to Associations:
Annual Amount Spent on Lobbying or Lobbying Services:
- None
Approved Deficit Elimination Plan:
- The district has not incurred a deficit
District Credit Card Information:
District-paid out-of-state travel information:
- The school district did not pay for any out-of-state travel expenses on behalf of administrators during the 2023-2024 school year.
Procurement Policy:
Expense Reimbursement Policy:
Statement of Reimbursed Expenses:
- The District reimbursed $62,520 to its employees and board members in the 2023-2024 year.
Observation/Evaluation Tools:
- Teacher Evaluation Tools: Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching
- Adminstrator Evaluation Tools: MASA’s School Advance Administrator Evaluation Instrument