District 54 receives 18th Meritorious Budget Award

For the 18th year in a row, School District 54 has received a Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials International for its 2014-15 annual budget.

ASBO International designed the Meritorious Budget Awards Program to enable school business administrators to achieve a standard of excellence in budget presentation.

The Meritorious Budget Award is conferred only to school systems that have met or exceeded the Meritorious Budget Award Program criteria. Developed by ASBO for school districts, the MBA criteria guide school business officials toward a quality school budget presentation by enhancing the school business officials' skills in developing, analyzing, and presenting a school system budget.

Since its inception, the program has gained the distinction of being a prestigious award recognized by accounting professionals; bond counsel; underwriters; securities analysts; bond rating agencies; educational, teacher and citizen groups; and federal and state agencies.

The Association of School Business Officials International, founded in 1910, is a professional association, of more than 5,000 members that provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth, and the effective use of educational resources.

For more information call Ric King, District 54's assistant superintendent of business operations, at (847) 357-5039.