Carl Sandburg College Budget
The Annual Budget serves as the financial plan for all funds of the College. It has been developed utilizing a comprehensive, quality-enhancing approach designed to make the budget easily understood. We believe the budget information presents the College's future plans and financial impact and includes information that has been suggested by the Board of Trustees, community members and staff. All interested parties are encouraged to interact with College administration. Interaction among interested groups consistently leads to operational and educational improvements. The current budget may be opened in PDF format with this link: Annual Budget, Educational & Financial Plan.
A Meritorious Budget Award is presented by the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) for excellence in the preparation and issuance of a school's system budget. The budget is judged to conform to the principles and standards of the ASBO International Meritorious Budget Awards Program. Carl Sandburg College District 518 has received this award for the following fiscal years:
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (2010 pending)
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented a
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to Carl Sandburg College District 518 for the Annual Budget beginning July 1, 2008 (fiscal year 2009), the first time the College submitted an application. In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a communications device. We have submitted the current budget for fiscal year
2010.
Carl Sandburg College Financial Report
The College's financial reports are prepared in accordance with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) principles, which establish standards for external financial reporting for public colleges and universities. These standards also require that financial statements be presented on a consolidated basis to focus on the College as a whole. The current Financial Report may be opened in PDF format with this link: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
A Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAEFR) is presented by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada to government units and public employee retirement systems whose comprehensive annual financial reports achieve the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting. Carl Sandburg College District 518 has been a recipient of this award for the following fiscal years: