Michigan State Education Network

“The board of directors reviews and formally approves the annual audited financial statements and the form 990 as an action item in a regular board meeeting.”

“The board annually attests to its adherence with its conflict of interest policy.”

“All organization governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statement are available to the publice to review at the organization's office of record.”

“The corporation is organized exclusively for the purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law (the "code"). The primary goal of the corporation is to facilitate the creation of a statewide educational network to assist in the delivery of online assessments and foster the sharing of educational services across the state. The objective of the corporation shall include, but not necessarily be limited to the following: a. To coordinate and lead the formation of a sustainable statewide educational network, b. To have the statewide educational network connect all intermediate school districts, local districts, and public school academies in an intranet that can efficiently deliver online assessments and further enable the sharing of services across the state, c. To create an expanded network that can provide connectively options for other state and local government agencies such that such users will have access to potentially more cost effective options and can therefore share in the costs of the network ensuring sustainability, d. To provide related business and financial operations, human resource administration, resource development, research, marketing, technology coordination, digital library support, training and development, and other support operations for a statewide educational network, e. To support and encourage various collaborative efforts among educational institutions, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to meet the goals of the statewide educational network, f. To support and encourage learning collaboratives, g. To create and operate for educational purposes such programs and services as may be necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in this article, h. To facilitate the continuing professional development of the member entities.”

“The purpose of the data service collaborative fund for the funds used for the statewide collaborative initiative. The purpose of the e-rate fund is to maintain the fund recieved from kent intermediate school district for e-rate reimbursements. The purpose of the misen fund is to connect intermediate school districts and eventually k-12 buildings, including lea's and psa's to a statewide fiber-optic backbone network.”