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Leah Slye, School Board Treasurer, Kristen Hoheisel, Director of Business Services, and Barry Kinsey, School Board Chair accept the 2010 MDE School Finance Award. |
St. Anthony-New Brighton School District Receives MDE’s School Finance Award
St. Anthony-New Brighton School District received the 2010 School Finance Award from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). St. Anthony-New Brighton School District, one of sixty-eight traditional school districts to be awarded, was notified through a congratulatory letter from Alice Seagren, Commissioner of MDE. “This award reflects a compliance with Minnesota Statutes on selected finance issues. It also reflects a proactive stance by the district on positive fund balances, sound fiscal policies and practices, training initiatives and accountability,” commented Commissioner Seagren. St. Anthony-New Brighton School District also received this award in 2008 and 2009. According to the Department of Education’s website, the School Finance award was created to highlight the importance of compliance with the law and provide a method to motivate districts to strive to greater levels of compliance, sound accounting and training. The website states, “It was simply a way to recognize good work and ‘post the model.’”