OBO Award
[Download OBO Award Application]Each year at the annual conference, the Mississippi Association of School Business Officials will recognize an outstanding MASBO member who for that year exemplifies professionalism, leadership and innovation in the field of school business management. The award winner will then be recognized by the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials at their annual conference in April. A team of past Association of School Business Officials International Eagle Award Recipients from SASBO will assist the State Association’s Outstanding Business Officials, who are ASBO International Members and are interested, in preparing an application for the ASBO International Eagle or ...
Franklin Scholarship Fund
[Download Franklin Scholarship Fund Application] In 2005, the Mississippi Association of School Business Officials established a scholarship fund in honor of Paul Lamar Franklin Sr. Mr. Franklin, considered as the “father” of MASBO, was the Business Manager of the Meridian Public School District from 1947 to 1982, was a charter member of both MASBO and SASBO, and served as the first president and long time supporter of MASBO. The scholarship recipient(s) shall be selected from applicants who are current MASBO members in good standing, attended the most recent annual conference and work a majority of their work day in a school business ...
MASBO Academy
[Register for 2012 MASBO Academy] (Cvent) [View 2012 MASBO Academy Schedule] (Cvent) [View 2012 MASBO Academy Schedule] (PDF) The Mississippi Association of School Business Officials (MASBO) is pleased to announce the establishment of a comprehensive professional development program for school financial operations to be known as the MASBO Academy. MASBO facilitates these training opportunities. We are excited about these offerings and seek to provide beneficial resources for our state. The MASBO Academy will consist of 10 monthly one-day sessions covering a full range of topics in a defined sequence to provide training during the times of the year when certain functions are performed. Various aspects of ...
EdPool
[Download EdPool Performance Info]The Mississippi EdPool is an investment pool sponsored by the Mississippi Association of School Business Officials (MASBO), the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA), and the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents (MASS). The pool allows school districts to collectively invest surplus funds in statutorily allowed investments. EdPool funds are also allowed to be invested in financial instruments beyond those available to individual school districts. EdPool is managed by Trustmark Wealth Management. EdPool earning rates can also be compared to rates offered by local financial institutions to ensure a school district is receiving the best rate possible. For more information concerning EdPool, ...
March 30, 2012
Dear Fellow MASBO Member:
On behalf of the MASBO Board of Directors, I am writing to express our full support for the pending licensing of School Business Administrators.
This policy change represents the culmination of a three year effort by the Board, to improve the perception and nature of the school business manager position in our state. Building on ground work laid many years ago with the original school business official/administrator policy, the MASBO Board sought the assistance of Mississippi Department of Education Office of School Financial Services personnel. With that technical guidance and support, the Board developed what we think is a policy that will put our position on par with the other administrative professionals in school district around our state.
We understand that there exists concern about some of the provisions of the license. We also understand that the communication of those provisions with the general membership may have been lacking and could have been handled better. However, I invite each of you compare the proposed policy, which is presently open for public comment, to the original policy. We think that if you do so you will discover that the policies are fairly similar, and that in spite of the perceived hardships of the policy and lack of communication of the potential policy effects, that the Board has acted in the best interest of the members who would be directly affected by pushing this potential policy change forward.
We urge you if you have not done so to consider the importance of this policy to all MASBO member school districts and to throw your full and unwavering support behind the policy.
As president, I stand ready to receive and respond to any comments about the board’s position and will make every effort to improve communications with the general membership in the future.
I am looking forward to your response.
Best regards,
Earl P. Burke
MASBO President
