In 2008, the Illinois Dept. of State Police paid 3,520 employees a total of $266,671,219 in wages, which is fourth highest among all departments. What is more interesting is that 730 employees made over $100,000, which is 20.7% of its employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean wage for state police and [...]
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School Districts: A Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder to all school districts in Illinois: HB2235 passed in August last year, giving all school districts in Illinois until July 1, 2010 to “report the base salary and benefits of the school superintendent, all administrators and teachers by July 1, starting in 2010. The information, including vacation and sick days, bonuses and [...]
Almost $3,000 for Hot Sauce?
And, how much for those Soy Crayons? Or cooler rental? $280 for the soy crayons. Almost $5,000 for the cooler rental. What do you think about Illinois state spending or want to know more about it? Check out more state spending details at www.illinoisopengov.org!
Government Spending Database Just for You, Taxpayer.
IllinoisOpenGov.org has launched!
School Districts: Transparency Required.
The public may start seeing more transparency from school districts soon, according to the Sun-Times. One new piece of legislation (SB2270), introduced by Senators Dan Cronin, Kirk W. Dillard, Chris Lauzen and John J. Millner states “every school district must post on its Internet site a compensation report for every employee who holds an administrative [...]
Want to know how much your local school superintendent makes?
Check this page out: http://www.cdobs.com/archive/tank/top-100-school-administrator-salaries,056/ Of this list of 100 superintendents from 2007, it’s notable that 8 make over $300,000. The question is this: Of your tax dollars, how much is going to pay superintendents and other school administrators hefty sums? You can either send in a FOIA request, or review your school district’s website to [...]
How much do Chicago Public Schools employees make?
Ever been curious to see how much YOU pay CPS employees in salary and benefits? Well, here’s a place where you can satiate your curiosity: http://www.cps-humanresources.org/Employee/salschedules.htm This isn’t true salary transparency–it’s lacking names and positions–but it is a step in the right direction. (Hat tip: Jesse at FortheGoodofIllinois.org.)