Friday, March 29, 2024

ALL SCHOOL USERS:  Munetrix is excited to announce the new Aimsweb Data Dashboard is available in the Student Growth Explorer (SGX).  If you are interested in uploading Aimsweb data for your district, email support@munetrix.com, send us a chat message below, or contact your Customer Success Manager Directly.

Monday, January 22, 2024

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2023 statewide financial FID files have been uploaded. The 2023 Fiscal Scores have been calculated and posted. The Expenditure file includes the Object Code to 2 digits and includes expenditures at the Building Level.

Friday, October 27, 2023

ALL USERS:  Release Notes 10-13-2023 and 10-27-2023

10-27-2023  Version 3.0.26
i-Ready charts available in Webmaster Tools, Student Master Filters Updates

https://solutions.munetrix.com/en/knowledge/school-edition-release-notes-10-27-2023

10-13-2023  Version 3.0.25
31a Programs - Bulk Tag Students, Transparency Audit Updates, Print Button in Tableau Charts, Enrollment 4-Year Projection Chart

https://solutions.munetrix.com/en/knowledge/school-edition-release-notes-10-13-2023

Friday, October 27, 2023

ALL MUNICIPAL USERS:  Release Notes 10-27-2023
CVTRS Wizard and Report Link Updates

https://solutions.munetrix.com/en/knowledge/municipal-edition-release-notes-10-13-2023

Friday, June 16, 2023

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS:  Public Safety Drill placeholders for the 2023-2024 school year will be deployed on Friday, June 30th to all Michigan Schools. Users  may begin entering safety drills for the new school year on July 1st.

Sunday, June 11, 2023

TEXAS SCHOOLS: The 2020 - 2022 Statewide Financial Detail records have been uploaded. The 2022 Fiscal Scores have been calcuated and the Texas Directory has been updated accordingly.

Friday, June 9, 2023

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS: The statewide 2022 financial detail data has been imported. The 2022 Fiscal Scores have been calculated. The Pennsylvania School Directory has been updated and sorted by 2022 Fiscal Scores in descending order.

Thursday, May 18, 2023

WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: The 2022 statewide Annual Financial Report data (AFR) has been uploaded. The 2022 Fiscal Scores have been calculated and the Wisconsin School Directory has been updated.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS & MUNICIPALITIES: The Census Bureau 2021 demographic estimates have been uploaded. For School Districts this will populate your School Improvement Plan analysis charts. For municipalities this will update your Community Demographic charts. An additional metric has been added for the Percent of Population with School Age Children

Saturday, April 22, 2023

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS & MUNICIPALITIES: The Census Bureau 2021 demographic estimates have been uploaded. For School Districts this will populate your School Improvement Plan analysis charts. For municipalities this will update your Community Demographic charts. An additional metric has been added for the Percent of Population with School Age Children

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

KENTUCKY SCHOOLS: The 2022 statewide Annual Financial Report data (AFR) has been uploaded. The 2022 Fiscal Scores have been calculated and the Kentucky School Directory has been updated.

Friday, March 10, 2023
OHIO SCHOOLS: The statewide 2022 Ohio school financial data has been uploaded. The Ohio 2022 Foundation Allowances have been updated and the 2022 fiscal scores have been calculated for all Ohio school districts that reported data.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2022 statewide financial FID files have been uploaded. Your 2022 Annual Data record has been set to Historic. If you had previoulsy loaded data for 2022 it has been moved to Scenario "D". You may decide to delete Scenario "D" if it is no longer needed. Statewide Fiscal Scores have been calculated.

Monday, January 16, 2023

WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOLS: The 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 state assessment proficiency scores have been updated.  The state assessment was not administered in 2020 & 2021.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS:  A new transparency header, 98c Learning Loss Plan, has been added to the Budget and Salary Compensation Transparency Reporting Section.   If you are receiving 98c funding, MDE requires that you post your 98c Learning Loss Plan.  To access the header, select Manage Documents, then 98c Learning Loss Plan, and upload your plan.

Monday, January 9, 2023

MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL USERS:  One of our server hosting providers is currently experiencing technical difficulties, which in turn is impacting multiple charts/graphs across our application.  The provider is aware of the issue and working on a resolution.  Some general impacted areas include:

School Users:
- Homepage Multiple Charts/Graphs
- Academic Module - Needs Assessment Charts/Graphs

Municipal Users:
- Homepage Some Charts/Graphs
- Miscellaneous charts in some apps.

We will post updates with resolution information as we receive them from our provider. 

Please contact Munetrix support at 248-499-8355, support@muntrix.com or via Live Chat with any questions/concerns.

Monday, January 9, 2023

MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL USERS:  One of our server hosting providers is currently experiencing technical difficulties, which in turn is impacting multiple charts/graphs across our application.  The provider is aware of the issue and working on a resolution.  Some general impacted areas include:

School Users:
- Homepage Multiple Charts/Graphs
- Academic Module - Needs Assessment Charts/Graphs

Municipal Users:
- Homepage Some Charts/Graphs
- Miscellaneous charts in some apps.

We will post updates with resolution information as we receive them from our provider. 

Please contact Munetrix support at 248-499-8355, support@muntrix.com or via Live Chat with any questions/concerns.

Monday, January 9, 2023

MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL USERS:  All issues have been resolved by our server hosting provider.  All charts/graphs in the Munetrix system are operating properly.

Please contact Munetrix Support with any questions or concerns.

Phone: 248-499-8355
Email:  support@munetrix.com
Live Chat (available in the lower right section of the screen)

Thursday, January 5, 2023

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The Census Poverty Percent values have been updated through 2023. These values are used for your Title I, Part A allocations. The values appear along with your Economically Disadvantaged Percents in the Munetrix Census Poverty chart in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) app.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: The 2021 - 2022 Wisconsin State Assessment (Forward) data has been loaded.

Saturday, November 19, 2022

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS: The 2012 - 2021 Revenues, Expenditures and Fund Balance Financial Data has been updated. The State Equalization Revenue per Pupil values have been calculated (Foundation Allowance). Fiscal Scores have been calculated through 2021.

Friday, October 28, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2023 Foundation Allowance and Enrollment have been loaded. These values were pulled from the October State Aid Report. Your 2023 Annual Data record was tagged as hidden because no other information exists yet for the current school year. If you had previously entered a 2023 Budget, the Hidden tag remains as you had it previously set.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

SCHOOL TRANSPARENCY DOCUMENT ISSUES: We are currently experiencing a global issue with the visibility of transparency documents to the public, accessible through the transparency reporting icon on the district website.  Transparency documents can be accessed by users who login to the system.  Our engineering team is working to resolve this issue just as quickly as possible.  We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  We will provide an update as soon as the issue is resolved. 

Please contact support@munetrix.com with any questions or concerns or chat with us live using the chat bubble in the lower right corner of the screen.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

RESOLVED - SCHOOL TRANSPARENCY DOCUMENT ISSUES: 
The issues with the School Transparency Documents not appearing for the public has been resolved.  10/25/2922 12:35pm EST.   We apologize for any inconvenience this may have created.

For additional support please contact support@munetrix.com or click the live chat bubble in the lower right corner of the screen. 

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: the 2021 - 2022 public M-STEP, MI-Access and PSAT data has been loaded and charts refreshed.

Sunday, July 24, 2022

OREGON SCHOOLS: The detailed financial data for 2017-2021 for all Oregon School Districts has been uploaded. Fiscal scores have beecn calculated for 2020 & 2021. In addition, detailed student enrollment by building, by grade and demographic group has been uploaded.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

UTAH SCHOOLS: The 2021 statewide Utah financial data has been uploaded and the 2021 fiscal scores have been calculated.

Monday, June 27, 2022

WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: The 2021 detailed financial data has been loaded for Wisconsin Schools. The 2021 Fiscal Scores have been calculated.

Saturday, May 14, 2022

REMINDER - SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 14th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 14th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Friday, May 6, 2022

ALL SCHOOL USERS:  Munextrix has launched several NEW and UPDATED dashboards available in the Student Growth Explorer Tool (SGX) found in the Academic Achievement Module.  The dashboards contain several new features such as: new enhanced views, new charts, enhanced filters, more demographic sub-group information, pop-out data grids, data-grids which can be filtered, and much more.  The following assessments have NEW or UPDATED dashboards that are currently LIVE in the system.

- Updated NWEA Dashboard
- Updated i-Ready Dashboard
- New STAR Dashboard
- New Fastbridge Benchmark Dashboard
- New DRC Smarter Balanced Benchmark Dashboard
- New DIBELS/Acadience Dashboard
- New DRA Dashboard
- New MI Early Literacy and Math Dashboard
- New Imagine Galileo Dashboard

Please contact your Implementation Manager or support@munetrix.com if you would like to activate any of these dashboards for your district.

Friday, April 8, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2020 Census Demographic data has been uploaded. This will enhance your School Improvement Plans and Comprehensive Needs Assessment Municipal Demographics.

Monday, April 4, 2022

ALL MUNETRIX USERS:  Did you know you can bookmark the Munetrix Secure Login page for quicker, faster and easier login access?

Copy and paste this URL into your broswer and then save it as a bookmark.  Click the bookmark for quick and easy login access anytime you wish to login.

URL:  https://secure.munetrix.com/n/login

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2021-2022 Student Count data has been loaded. This will update all your Student Migration charts, Free and Reduced Lunch Charts, Demographic reports and School Improvement Plan reports.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

CENSUS DEMOGRAPHICS: The 2018 and 2019 Census Demographic data have been updated for all Municipalities and School Districts. This will help add more current data for the School Improvement Plans and Municipal Economic Development Reports. The Census Bureau recently relased the 2020 data and that will be added shortly.

Thursday, February 17, 2022

OHIO SCHOOLS: The District-level enrollment has been updated for Ohio School DIstricts through the 2021-2022 school year.

Thursday, February 3, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: Your aggregate 2021 data have been updated for Dashboard and School Board report presentations. Updates include: Benefits as a Percent of Salaries, Headcount, Pupil to Staff Ratios, State Assessment results, etc. The detailed Transportation expenditure data has been updated to the latest 2020 data.

Monday, January 31, 2022

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2020 - 2021 Statewide FID files have been loaded for Revenues, Expenditures and Balance Sheet accounts. The 2021 Fiscal Scores have been calculated.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2021-2022 Blended Enrollment and Foundation Allowance values have been updated. These values were entered from the November 2021 State Aid Report.

Monday, December 6, 2021

USER ROLES and Permissions:  The user roles and permissions have been updated for all users to provided enhanced security measures.  This update should have a minimal to no effect on user access.  If you are experiencing any issues with your account, please contact Munetrix Customer Support by email at support@munetrix.com or by phone at 248-499-8355.

Municipal Users:  All user permissions have been updated.  User roles may be updated and/or reassigned based on new user roles added such as Municipal Management and HR Editor.  User permissions may have been updated based on a particular role.

School Users:  All user roles have been updated or reassigned including new roles such Regional Administrator (for ISD level users), District Administrator, Building Administrator, Academic Editor, and Teacher which replaced the prior Academic Achievement Role.  Additional permissions may have been updated based on a specific user role.

The Building Administrator Role will be limited to seeing only building, teacher and student level data in Student Growth Explorer (SGX), and only students in their building in the Student Master List in Student Reporting and Administration.   The Needs Assessment app is not affected by the roles/permission changes.

The Teacher Role will be limited to seeing only Teacher and Student level reports in the Student Growth Explorer (SGX).  The Teacher role will only have visibility to students who are or have been rostered to the teacher for the current year and/or past years in the Student Reporting and Administration Apps.  

If you are experiencing any issues with your account, please contact Munetrix Customer Support by email at support@munetrix.com or by phone at 248-499-8355.

Monday, April 19, 2021

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATE: Munetrix's Privacy Policy has been updated with additional language regarding personal information and FERPA.

To review our updated Privacy Policy, please go to https://secure.munetrix.com/page/site/static/general/privacy-policy.html

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@munetrix.com.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS NON-RESIDENT DATA: the 2021 Student Non-resident data has been loaded. This will update the Student Migration app charts and analysis. You will now be able to see changes in enrollment from School of Choice, Charter Schools, Shared Time, Home School, etc.

Saturday, March 20, 2021

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS REP DATA: the 2021 Staff REP data has been loaded. You now have Staff Demographics through 2021 for your MICIP/CNA School Improvement Plans. This will also populate your 2021 Pupil to Staff ratio analysis and your "How a District Allocates Its Staff" analysis.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

MICHIGAN 2021 STUDENT COUNT DATA: by Building and Demographic Groups has been released by MDE and loaded into Munetrix. The School Imporvement (CNA) data and charts have been refresehed. The Student Migration and Staff REP data is still not available.

Friday, March 5, 2021

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The statewide 2019-2020 FID data has been loaded for all ISDs, LEAs, and PSAs. This data includes all Fund, Function, Object, Buiding, Grant and Program codes. The 2020 Fiscal Scores have been calculated for the state.

Friday, March 5, 2021

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, March 6, 2021 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 6th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Thursday, March 4, 2021

FLORIDA MUNICIPAL PENSION: The statewide data for Florida municipal pension data has been updated for 2015 - 2019 Actuarial Years.

Thursday, November 19, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following dates & time:

Friday, November 20, 2020 from 3:00 am to 8:00 am (EST)

Sunday, November 22, 2020 from 3:00 am to 8:00 am (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start times.

Please note that during these maintenance windows, website functionality may be intermittent but will resume around the end times on the corresponding dates listed above.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Friday, November 13, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, November 14, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 14th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

TABLEAU CHART ISSUES: Tableau Public is currently experiencing some intermittent performance issues, which may impact Munetrix system charts, tables, graphs, as well as the COVID tracker and COVID Map. We are working closely with Tableau's support team and hope to have these issues resolved as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact support@munetrix.com. 

Friday, October 23, 2020

TABLEAU CHART ISSUES: Tableau Public is currently experiencing some intermittent performance issues, which may impact Munetrix system charts, tables, graphs, as well as the COVID tracker and COVID Map. We are working closely with Tableau's support team and hope to have these issues resolved as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact support@munetrix.com. 

Saturday, October 10, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, October 10, 2020 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 10th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Crime & Crash Data for Michigan Municipalities: The 2019 crime statisitics for cities, townships, villages and counties has been uploaded and now visible in your charts and dashboards. This data was made available through the Michigan State Police. The 2019 traffic crash data has also been uploaded using information from the Traffic Improvement Association.

Friday, August 28, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, August 29, 2020 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 29th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The ten 2021 Public Safety Drill placeholders have been inserted for all Active buildings. The "When Scheduled" field for all drills that were schuled for 2019-2020 and dated after March 12, 2020 have been updated to show "Not Required Mandated Closure". If you have buildings that will be closed for 2021 the "When Scheduled" field can be updated to "Not Required Mandated Closure" as well. In addition, any buiding that is listed as offering childcare and K-12 have had an additional Tornado drill placeholder inserted.

Monday, June 22, 2020

TERMS OF USE UPDATE: Munetrix's Terms of Use have been updated with additional language regarding Trademark Protections. 

To review our updated Terms of Use, please go to https://secure.munetrix.com/page/site/static/general/terms-of-use.html.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@munetrix.com.

Friday, June 5, 2020

ACADEMIC MODULE UPDATE: The CNA App and SGX App will be combined into one app called Academic Achievement starting on Saturday, June 6th. The new app icon will still be located in the "My Apps" section at the bottom of your Munetrix homepage. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@munetrix.com.

Friday, April 24, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 25th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Thursday, February 27, 2020

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 11:00 am on Saturday, February 29th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

WEBSITE UPDATE: Our website is undergoing a new look and feel. We have been unveiling various updated pages, continuing with our School and Municipal home page screens.

The new homepage screen will go live on Saturday, February 1st.

Please note that the functionality of the website will be intermittent starting at 9:00 am on Saturday, February 1st but will resolve around 12:00 am on Saturday, February 1st.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@munetrix.com.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Michigan Schools: the 2019 statewide financial FID data has been loaded for all ISDs, Districts, and PSAs. New this year includes the Building-level datails for Expenditures and Grant Codes. The statewide Munetrix Fiscal Scores have been calcualted for all LEAs and PSAs.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The Statewide Michgan Municipal Taxable Value data for 2019 has been loaded. As you know, this is one year out of sync (early) as it relates to your your tax revenue, which is consistent with the way the MI Treasury implemented the Fiscal Scoring metric back in the day.  This data will also help those who are still finishing up their CVTRS or CIP report.  Feel free to call the Munetrix helpline at 248-499-8355 if you need assistance.  

 

Friday, October 11, 2019

SCHOOL SAFETY DRILLS: We are currently experiencing issues with the school safety drill module and are working on a quick resolution. Thank you for your patience.

Friday, October 11, 2019
SCHOOL SAFETY DRILL: The main issue impacting safety drills has been resolved. We are still working through one minor aesthetic issue that has no impact on functionality. 
 
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

SGX SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE:  We will be performing security updates and other routine maintenance on the Student GrowthXplorer (SGX) app during the following dates & times:

Thursday, October 10th, 2019 at 8:00 am to Friday, October 11th at 11:59 pm (EST)

Please note that during this maintenance window, functionality of the SGX app will be intermittent but will resolve around 12:00 am on Saturday, October 12th.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@munetrix.com. 

Monday, September 9, 2019

WEBSITE UPDATE: Our website is undergoing a new look and feel. We have been unveiling various updated pages, continuing with our CVTRS/CIP Report Wizard.

The updated CVTRS/CIP Report Wizard will go live on Thursday, September 12th.

Some functionality has been enhanced so we wanted to give you a heads up and invite you to join us for a webinar on Thursday, September 12th to take a closer look! Visit munetrix.com/land/webinars for more information. 

If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding these updates, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@munetrix.com. 

Thursday, July 25, 2019

WEBSITE UPDATE: Our website is undergoing a new look and feel. We have been unveiling various updated pages, continuing with our Public Safety Drills App.

The updated Public Safety Drills App will go live the week of July 29th.

There's nothing you have to do as main functionality will remain the same but we just wanted to give you a heads up!

If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding these updates, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@munetrix.com. 

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com during the following date & time:

Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 12:00 pm on Saturday, June 15th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

WEBSITE UPDATE: Our website is undergoing a new look and feel and we have begun unveiling various updated pages, continuing with our Debt Manager and Capital Improvement Manager Apps.

The updated Debt Manager & Capital Improvement Manager Apps go live on Friday, April 26th.

There's nothing you have to do as functionality will remain the same but we just wanted to give you a heads up!

If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding these updates, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@munetrix.com. 

Thursday, February 28, 2019

WEBSITE UPDATE: Our website is undergoing a new look and feel and we will begin unveiling various updated pages over the next few months, starting with our user login page!

The new login page will go live on Saturday, March 2nd at 10:00 am EST

There's nothing you have to do as functionality will remain the same but we just wanted to give you a heads up! 

If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding these updates, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@munetrix.com.

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2019 Blended Enrollment count and 2019 Foundation Allowances have been loaded from the 1/22/2019 State Aid Report. You might consider registering for our 2018 Year-in-Review webinar on January 31 where we will be analyzing the 2019 numbers as well as the statewide 2018 FID data.

Monday, January 7, 2019

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2018 statewide FID files have been loaded. We have saved any 2018 records you may have entered. These records will be found in 2018 Scenario "D".

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com on Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this 5-hour maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 2:30 pm on Saturday, November 10th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Friday, August 24, 2018

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: We have updated the data for the percent of student graduates who have achieved 24 college credits (in 12, 16, 24 & 36 months). We added the most recent year (2015-2016) and updated the values for the others (2013, 2014 & 2015). You can view the analysis in your Peer Group Academic Achievement reports.

Monday, May 14, 2018

Upload Functionality Under Maintenance: The system's upload capability for documents and signatures is currently under maintenance. Functionality should return by 5/15/18. 

Thursday, May 10, 2018

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE - May 10-13, 2018: We are making some server upgrades to improve system performance and security. To do this we need to put our system into read-only mode from Thursday, May 10th at 6:00 pm through Sunday, May 13th. During this time you will still have the ability to view data and reports. Edit capabilities will be restored by Monday, May 14th. Thank you for your patience as we continue to improve our product.

Thursday, April 5, 2018

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2017 - 2018 Nonresident Student Migration data has been loaded for Michigan Schools. You can study the results in your "Student Migration" app.

Thursday, March 22, 2018

WEBSITE MAINTENCE - MARCH 22-23, 2018: We are running some stress testing on the system in an active (workday) environment in order to get real time feedback on system performance and to allow us to test the security updates that have recently been incorporated. We normally do this type of work at night or over the weekend, but the need to do it with active users was critical. We apologize for any inconvenience, and "bugginess" you might experience. The end result will be stronger code that addresses the continuing threat of security breaches, especially with the addition of student data. If you are having any issues with a function, please call us at 248-499-8355 or email support@munetrix.com. Thank you for your patience while we improve the product even more.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

ALABAMA SCHOOLS: The district-wide Student Enrollment counts and Free & Reduced Lunch counts have been loaded through 2018.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: 2017 FID files for every District, PSA, and ISD in Michigan have been loaded to Munetrix. The 2017 School Fiscal Indicator Scores have also been calculated for the entire state.

Please contact support@munetrix.com or use the floating help button to submit any questions or concerns regarding your 2017 FID data.

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: In order to improve your experience with Munetrix, we will be performing routine maintenance on Munetrix.com on Sunday, November 5, 2017 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (EST).

If you will be adding or editing data in Munetrix, please complete your work and log out prior to the above start time.

Please note that during this 6-hour maintenance window, website functionality will be intermittent but will resume around 4:00 pm on Sunday, November 5th. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve your Munetrix experience!

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: We have loaded the statewide crime data for 2016. This will populate your Crimes against Persons, Property, Society and Other.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: In anticipation of the Dec. 1 Revenue Sharing deadline, Munetrix will be scheduling several webinars on using specific apps and features related to the compliance requirements. Email invitations will be sent to registered users. Webinars will also be listed in Resources and the webinar landing page: munetrix.com/land/webinars/. All recordings and slides will also be posted in resources. If you would like to schedule one-on-one training, please contact amanda@munetrix.com. 

Thursday, June 15, 2017

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2017 - 2018 Public Safety Drill placeholders have been inserted for all buildings. Also, the additional Tornado placeholder drill has been inserted for all buildings identified as having Child Care in a K-12 building. A new report has been added to audit the compliance of your 2018 drills. The 2017 audit report is still available as well.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

FLORIDA MUNICIPALITIES: The 2015 detailed Revenues and Expenditures have been batch loaded for all Cities, Towns, Villages and Counties in Florida. The data has been provided by the Florida Department of Treasury.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2017 REP data has been loaded. This will provide the staffing trends through 2017 and the Staffing Projections chart for 2017.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: Loaded the 2017 school enrollment by building by grade. The Enrollment Projection algorithm and chart can now project enrollments beginning in 2018. The 2022 Kindergarten projection requires the 2016 county birth rate that has yet to be released. Therefore the 2022 Kindergarten projection will be listed as N/A.

Friday, February 10, 2017

MICHIGAN: The 2016 statewide school financial detail FID files have been uploaded for every District, PSA, and ISD in Michigan. The 2016 Fiscal Scores have also been calculated. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your 2016 data, please contact us. 

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: Reminder - School Transparency Reporting Compliance is due by December 1. If you have any questions or would like assitance, please contact us at 248-499-8355.

Friday, October 21, 2016

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The new stated-mandated transparency group header for teacher and administrator evaluation tools has been added to the list of Transparency headers. The header is named  "Educator Evaluation Systems Postings and Assurances".  To upload these documents, go to My Profile > School Documents and click 'Add New'. The Transparency audit report has been updated accordingly.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: Not later than September 15 of each school year, the chief administrator of a school that operates any of grades kindergarten to 12, or his or her designee, shall provide a list of the scheduled drill days for the school buildings operated by the school, school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy to the county emergency management coordinator appointed under section 9 of the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.409.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2016 M-Step data has been loaded into the Academic Achievement DataXplorer. You can access this chart from the "Manage Buildings" app or the "Academic Achievement" link in your Premium Reports.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

We recently updated our Privacy Policy in order to better inform you of how we protect your privacy. We recommend you review the Privacy Policy to familiarize yourself with our policies. Rest assured that we remain committed to protecting your privacy, and will only disclose your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The Public Sector gets too much spam and too many email solicitations already, and we don’t plan on proliferating that!

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

MICHIGAN: 2015 Crime data has been loaded for all municiplaities in Michigan. Totals are loaded for Crimes against People, Property, Socitey & Other.

Friday, March 25, 2016

FLORIDA MUNICIPALITIES: The 2014 statewide fiscal scores have been deployed. The 2014 detailed Revenues, Expenditures and Debt have been loaded from the state's portal. The Fund Balance detail has been pulled from CAFR's.

Friday, March 4, 2016

MICHIGAN: The 2015 statewide school financial detail FID files have been uploaded. The 2015 Fiscal Scores have also been calculated.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: Several Munetrix training webinars have been scheduled over the next few months. Please visit the 'Upcoming Webinars' section on the Resources page to see the full listing and to register.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: Several Munetrix training webinars have been scheduled over the next few months. Please visit the 'Upcoming Webinars' section on the Resources page to see the full listing and to register.

Monday, November 23, 2015

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: School Transparency Compliance Due December 1. This year, late compliance will cost you money!

Monday, November 23, 2015

MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: Revenue Sharing Compliance Due December 1st.  Please contact us if you have not yet submitted your report and require assistance.

Monday, November 2, 2015

MICHIGAN: The 2015 Taxable Values have been loaded for both Municipalities and School Districts. The values have been made available by the Municipal Advisory Council of Michigan.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: The 2014 Governmental Activities Long-term Debt values have been loaded from the State's Audited Procedures Report (APR). The 2014 Fiscal Scores have been recalculated

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

MICHIGAN: The 2014 crime data from the Michigan State Police has been updated to your records. You can now see crime statistics for 2014 at the local unit level, county level, and region level.

Sunday, July 12, 2015
MICHIGAN MUNICIPALITIES: The 2014 traffic crash data has been updated and you can include these items in your Dashboard under the Public Safety header. The three values updated are Traffic Crashes with Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Only. Crash data has been updated at the local unit level as well as by County and Regional Councils of Governments
Friday, July 10, 2015
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The new stated-mandated transparency group headers have been added with the Required flag set to Yes (Procurement Policy and Expense Reimbursement Policy). The Check Register header has been renamed to "Accounts Payable Check Register". The Transparency audit report has been updated accordingly.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2016 Public Safety Drill placeholders have been inserted for the 10 required drills for each building. The Analysis report has been automatically advanced to check for 2015 - 2016 compliance.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2015 staffing REP report data has been uploaded. Your Pupil to Staff Reports, Staffing Trend Charts, and Staffing Projection Analysis Reports can now be run for the 2014 - 2015 school year.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: We have loaded the 2014 FID files for every District, PSA, and ISD in Michigan. We also reloaded the 2014 Foundation allowances. The 2014 Fiscal Indicator Scores have been calculated for the entire state and is available in the Munetrix DIRECTORY.
Monday, November 24, 2014
ALABAMA SCHOOLS: The 2015 enrollment as well as Free and Reduced Lunch counts have been batch loaded for all Alabama Schools.
Friday, November 7, 2014
MICHIGAN TAXABLE VALUES: The 2014 Michigan Taxable Values have been uploaded for all Municipalities and School Districts. The data source is through our reciprocal relationship with the Municipal Advisory Council of Michigan. Your Taxable Values will relate directly to the Direct and Overlapping Debt Report that you can generate from your Munetrix home page.
Monday, August 18, 2014
MICHIGAN: The census population estimates for 2011, 2012 & 2013 have been updated for all municipalities in Michigan.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
MICHIGAN SCHOOL EDITION: We have loaded the 2014 REP report data. This will populate your reports for staffing trends and projections.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
SCHOOL EDITION: We have added a feature for your narratives. Any narrative you have created for "General Fund" and "All Years" will now appear on your home page as well as the footer of approproiate reports. A good example can be found on the home of the Marquette Area Public Schools.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS: The 2013 Fall MEAP scores have been batch loaded for all schools. You will now have MEAP scores for 2008 - 2014 for your dynamic dashboards.
Friday, March 21, 2014
SCHOOL EDITION: The 2013 FID files have been uploaded for all School Districts, ISD's, and Public School Academies in Michigan. The 2013 FIscal Scores have been calculated and posted.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
TAXABLE VALUES - have been updated for Schools as well as Municipalities. The values are now synchronized with the Municipal Advisory Council of Michigan (MAC). When you run your report titled "Direct, Indirect and Overlapping Debt" report the taxable values will agree with the values you see on your Munetrix home page. This is made available by our partneship with the MAC.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
SCHOOL EDITION: You can now point your MI School Data link in Transparency Reporting directly to your filtered data on the State's website rather than leave your citizens to their own devices for navigating the State's complex site. Here is a short video that explains how: https://vimeo.com/85037260
Monday, January 13, 2014
SCHOOL EDITION: You can now print a 3-year, year-to-year comparison of Revenues, Expenditure and Fund Balance. This will be particularly useful for transparency reporting. The report is available at the bottom of any Annual Data page.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
DEBT DETAIL: The Long-term Debt Detail reports will begin with the fiscal year that is the most recent year with a status of Actual, Unaudited, Audited, or Historic. Previously the year had to have a status of Historic.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
SCHOOL EDITION: When uploading FID files, you no longer need to have all three files. You can upload just Revenues, Expenditures or Statement of Position files separately. Keep in mind the upload will first delete whatever is stored for the year. Also, the Fiscal Score algorithm will be run automatically at the completion of the FID upload. You can now upload ZIP files as part of your Budget & Transparency compliance.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
DEBT DETAIL: Due to a request from the Department of Treasury, we have added "Internal Service Funds" and "Water Revenue" to the pick list of repayment sources. When adding or editing debt obligations you can now select from these new options when identifying the repayment source.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
MUNICIPAL EDITION: We recently learned that Microsoft's IE v8.0 browser has conflicts with the EVIP Category 1 Wizard. The IE8 browser is omitting the first few pages of the compliance package. If you experince this problem we can run the report for you or you can try any other browser. Let us know how we can help.
Monday, September 23, 2013
LOCAL UNIT COMMENTS: What was previously referred to as Local Unit-specific comments have been renamed "Narrative." All your Narratives can now be managed from a sinlge location; the "Narrative" tab in your "My Profile" user's corner.
Friday, September 13, 2013
DEBT DETAIL: The Debt Detail reports now adjust for your local unit's fiscal year and will report by fiscal year. The payment schedule due dates should be entered as the actual date and the Munetrix Debt Detail module will translate the payments into the proper fiscal year.
Friday, August 30, 2013
DEBT DETAIL: For all users who have been entering your Debt Detail records we have made a change to the method of entering dates. We removed the calendar pop up for selecting a date. You now must type dates into the Date Issuance field and Debt Payment Due Date field using the format yyyy-mm-dd.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
DEBT DETAIL: A new module has been added to Munetrix for storing, reporting and analyzing Long-term Debt Detail. This capability has become a compliance requirement for both Municipalities and Schools. For Municipalities it is required for EVIP Category 1 compliance and for Schools it is required for Best Practices compliance. You will find the debt detail data entry grid at the bottom of your local unit's home page in Munetrix. Only licensed users with the role of Fiscal Editor will see the debt detail data grid.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
SCHOOL EDITION: The state-wide data for College Readiness, Dropout Rate and Graduation Rate have been uploaded for 2010 - 2012. These can automatically be added to your dashboards to display the three year trend as required by the best practices compliance requirements.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
MUNICIPAL EDITION: The new fiscal scoring algorithm has been implemented and every municiplaity has been recalculated from 2006 - 2015.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
SCHOOL EDITION: The 2012 FID files for the entire state of Michigan have been loaded for all School Districts, ISD's, and Punlic School Academies. The 2012 data record has been set to Historc and will be read only.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
MUNICIPAL EDITION: Batch loaded from Treasury 2012 F65 detail data and 2012 Auditing Procedures Report for municipalities with fiscal year ends of January - June and 2011 F65 detail data and Auditing Procedures Report data for municipalities with fiscal year ends of July - December.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION: You can now filter data and charts by Fund Code, Function Code and choose charts by Amount or Percent.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION: Users can now upload FID data files using the "My Profile" link. Munetrix will accept either CSV, TXT or XML file formats.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION: The 2012 and 2013 Enrollment (Blended FTE) numbers have been updated.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION: The order of fields on the annual data grid has been changed so the Fund Balance follows the Operating Revenues and Expenses
Saturday, December 1, 2012
MUNICIPAL EDITION: The order of fields on the annual data grid has been changed so the Fund Balance follows the Operating Revenues and Exoenses
Saturday, October 27, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION: A new revenue category has been added titled, Other Financing Sources. The new category includes Report 1022 Lines 590 - 599. The lines have been removed from Incoming Transfers and Other Transactions which now includes Report 1022 Lines 500 - 552.
Friday, September 7, 2012
The statewide crime data from the Michigan State Police has been uploaded into Munetrix. The data is categorized as Crime Offenses against People, Property, Society and Others.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Munetrix is being moved to a new web server this weekend. As a licensed fiscal editor, you may have a brief period of time where you will not be able to edit your municipal or school data.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Munetrix now has a complete online help manual available. Click on the Help link in your User's Corner (top-right corner of the screen)
Monday, May 21, 2012
MUNICIPALITIES: Batch loaded updated Taxable Value amounts for 2010 and 2011 with a file from the Department of Treasury. These values include both Real and Personal Property Tax.
Friday, April 6, 2012
SCHOOL EDITION - The 2011 Department of Education FID data has been batch loaded for all School Districts and Public School Academies..
Monday, December 12, 2011
The 2010 - 2011 school district enrollments have been batch loaded into Munetrix. This means that your municipal dashboards will now compare school district enrollment as: Current Year 2010-2011 versus Prior Year 2009-2010. Due to the current state of school financing, enrollment is a significant factor for the fiscal health of a district.
Monday, November 14, 2011
All training tutorials, recorded webinar & supporting documents have been added to the Resources link for EVIP Phase #2 Compliance
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
We are in the process of enhancing the performance dashboard and would like your input. Click here to give us your feedback.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
It has come to our attention that the State Department of Treasury, after reviewing some EVIP compliance packages, has requested a note on the dashboard of communities that do not have Pension or OPEB programs. The Pension and OPEB notes that are already part of Munetrix are now displayed on the bottom of the dashboard as well as in the footer of the Pension and OPEB charts. We have created a training video that will help you edit these footnotes.
Monday, August 29, 2011
You will notice that a new link titled "Resources" is available in the users corner in the top right. This link will include recorded webinars, support documents and relative news links.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
As a result of feedback from the Munetrix User Group, the Annual Data Status label "Audited" has been changed to "Historic." Your 2006 - 2010 data is now labeled "Historic" and locked as read-only. You can now label your 2011 data, for example, as "Audited" and still be able to edit the data.
Monday, August 15, 2011
The 2010 F65 data has been loaded into Munetrix for 1,806 Michigan municipalities. This load includes Revenues, Expenses, Total Debt and Fund Equity (Undesignated, Designated and Reserved).
Saturday, August 13, 2011
When calculating a Fiscal Distress score for years 2011 and beyond, the algorithm has been modified so that the 2010 population census number is the basis for the Population Growth score as opposed to the 2000 Census population for years 2010 and earlier.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Batch loaded the 2010 US Census population numbers for all municipalities in Michigan
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Batch loaded 7 years of school district enrollment data for the state of Michigan
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Batch loaded the 2009 Fiscal Distress scores for all reported municipalities in Michigan
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Batch loaded 2009 Taxable values for all municipalities in Michigan
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Batch loaded 2009 F65 data for all municipalities in Michigan
Monday, May 10, 2010
Munetrix website goes live to the public