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District 54 receives its 12th Meritorious Budget Award

For the 12th year in a row, School District 54 has received a Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International. This month, District 54 officials learned that they received the Meritorious Budget Award for the 2009-10 budget.

ASBO International designed the Meritorious Budget Awards Program to enable school business administrators to achieve a standard of excellence in budget presentation. The program helps school systems build a solid foundation in the skills of developing, analyzing and presenting a budget.

The Meritorious Budget Award is conferred only to school systems that have met or exceeded the Meritorious Budget Award Program criteria. No other organization or award program is specifically designed to enhance school budgeting and honor a school system for a job well done.

Since its inception, the program has gained the distinction of being a prestigious national 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, which provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth and the effective use of educational resources.