2009 Certificate of Excellence Program Recipients

(Based on the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending in 2008) The Certificate of Excellence (COE) in Financial Reporting, sponsored by VALIC, recognizes school systems for excellence in the preparation and issuance of their Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.

The following school systems received ASBO International's prestigious COE for their fiscal year ending 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. Congratulations!

* Denotes 1st time participant in the COE program.

ALASKA

Anchorage School District
Bering Strait School District
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

ARIZONA

Agua Fria Union High School District No. 216
Alhambra Elementary School District No. 68
Altar Valley Elementary School District No. 51
Amphitheater Unified School District No.10
Apache Junction Unified School District No. 43
Avondale Elementary School District No.44
Balsz Elementary School District No. 31
Benson Unified School District No. 9
Buckeye Union High School District No. 201
Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83
Casa Grande Elementary School District No. 4
Catalina Foothills Unified School District No. 16
Cave Creek Unified School District
Coolidge Unified School District No. 16
Crane Elementary School District No. 13
Creighton Elementary School District No. 14
Deer Valley Unified School District No. 97
Douglas Unified School District No. 27
Dysart Unified School District No.89
East Valley Institute of Technology School District No. 401
Flagstaff Unified School District No. 1
Flowing Wells Unified School District No. 8
Fountain Hills Unified School District No. 98
Gadsden Elementary School District No. 32
Gilbert Unified School District No. 41
Glendale Elementary School District No. 40
Glendale Union High School District No. 205
Heber Overgaard Unified School District No. 6 *
Higley Unified School District No. 60
Humboldt Unified School District No. 22 *
Joseph City Unified School District No. 2
Lake Havasu Unified School District No. 1
Liberty Elementary School District No.25
Madison Elementary School District No. 38
Mammoth-San Manuel Unified School District No. 8
Maricopa Unified School District No. 20
Mesa Unified School District No. 4
Mingus Union High School District No. 4 *
Murphy Unified School District No. 21
Nogales Unified School District No. 1
Page Unified School District No. 8
Paradise Valley Unified School District No. 69
Payson Unified School District No. 10
Pendergast Elementary School District No. 92
Peoria Unified School District No. 11
Phoenix Elementary School District No. 1
Phoenix Union High School District No. 210
Pima County Joint Technological Education District No. 11 *
Pima County School Reserve Fund
Prescott Unified School District No. 1
Queen Creek Unified School District No. 95
Safford Unified School District No. 1
Sahuarita Unified School District No. 30
Sanders Unified School District No. 18
Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35
Scottsdale Unified School District No. 48
Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District No.9
Sierra Vista Unified School District No.68
Snowflake Unified School District No. 5
Somerton Elementary School District No. 11
Stanfield Elementary School District No. 24
Sunnyside Unified School District No. 12
Tanque Verde Unified School District No. 13
Tempe Elementary School District No. 3
Tempe Union High School District No. 213
Tolleson Elementary School District No. 17
Tombstone Unified School District No. 1
Tucson Unified School District No. 1
Vail Unified School District No. 20
Washington Elementary SD No. 6
Western Maricopa Education Center No. 402
Wilson Elementary School District No. 7
Yuma Elementary School District No. 1
Yuma Union High School District No. 70

CALIFORNIA

Los Altos School District

COLORADO

Academy School District Twenty
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Adams County School District No. 14
Adams County School District No. 50
Cherry Creek School District No. 5
Colorado Springs School District No. 11
El Paso County School District Two-Harrison
Mapleton Public Schools
Poudre School District
School District 1 in the City and County of Denver,CO
St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
Thompson School District R2-J
Weld County School District No. 6

FLORDIA

District School Board of Escambia County *
District School Board of Martin County, Florida
District School Board of Pasco County, Florida
District School Board of Seminole County
District School Board of Volusia County
Duval County Public Schools
Orange County Public Schools
School Board of Brevard County
The School Board of Broward County
School Board of Indian River County, Florida
School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida
School Board of Sarasota County
School District of Manatee County, Florida
School District of Palm Beach County
The School District of Lee County

GEORGIA

Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah & County of Chatham, GA
Clayton County Public Schools
Cobb County School District
Fulton County *
Griffin-Spalding County School System
Gwinnett County Board of Education
Muscogee County School District

IOWA

Cedar Rapids Community School Dsitrict
Davenport Community School District
Des Moines Independent Community School District
Iowa City Community School District
Johnston Community School District
Linn-Mar Community School District
Mt. Pleasant Community Schools
Nevada Community School District
North Scott Community School District
Sioux City Community School District
Southeast Polk Community School District
Waterloo Community School District
Waukee Community School District
West Des Moines Community School District

IDAHO

Blaine County School District No. 61
Jerome Jt. School District No. 261
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District No. 25

ILLINOIS

Addison School District No. 4
Aptakisic Tripp Community Consolidated School District No. 102
Arlington Heights School District No. 25
Batavia Community Unit School District No. 101
Chicago Public Schools
Community Consolidated School District No. 47
Community Consolidated School District No. 59
Community Consolidated School District No. 89
Community Consolidated School District No. 93
Community Consolidated School District No. 146
Community Consolidated School District No. 181
Community High School District No. 99
Community High School District No. 128
Community Unit School District No. 201
Community Unit School District No. 300
Darien School District No. 61
Deerfield Public School District No. 109
Evanston Township High School District No. 202
Glen Ellyn School District No. 41
Glencoe School District No. 35
Harlem Consolidated School District No. 122
Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86
Indian Prarie School District No. 204
J. Sterling Morton High School District No. 201
Joliet Junior College, Community College District No. 525
Joliet Public Schools District No. 86
Joliet Township High School District No. 204
LaGrange Elementary School District No. 102
LaGrange Highlands No. 106
Lincoln Land Community College
Macomb Community Unit School District No. 185
Marquardt School District No. 15
Matteson Elementary School District No. 162
Moraine Valley Community College
New Trier Township High School District No. 203
Niles Township High School District No. 219
Northfield Township High School District No. 225*
North Shore School District No. 112
Oak Park and River Forest High School District No. 200
Orland School District No. 135 *
Oswego Community Unit School District No. 308 *
Palos Community Consolidated School District No. 118
Queen Bee School District No. 16
River Forest Public School District No. 90
Rock Island School District No. 41
Schaumburg Community School District No. 54
School District No. 87-Cook County
Skokie School District No. 73.5
South Suburban College Community College District No. 510
Springfield School District No. 186
Summit Hill School District No. 161
Sycamore Community Unit School District No. 427
Township High School District No. 113
Township High School District No. 211
Valley View Public School Community Unit School District No. 365-U
Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60
Wilmette Public School District No. 39
Woodridge School District No. 68
Woodstock Community Unit School District No. 200

KANSAS

Blue Valley School District USD No. 229
Olathe School District, Unified School District No. 233 *
Shawnee Mission Unified School Distrcit No. 512
Unified School District No. 259, Wichita Public Schools

LOUISIANA

Bossier Parish School Board
Caddo Parish School Board
Calcasieu Parish School Board
Desoto Parish School Board
East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Jefferson Parish Public School System
Lafayette Parish School System
LaSalle Parish School Board
Lincoln Parish School Board
Ouachita Parish School System
St. Bernard Parish School Board
St. Charles Parish School Board
St. James Parish School Board
St. John The Baptist Parish School Board
St. Tammany Parish School Board
Tangipahoa Parish School System
Vernon Parish School Board
Washington Parish School System
Webster Parish School Board

MARYLAND

Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Baltimore City Public School System
Baltimore County Public Schools
Cecil County Public Schools
Frederick County Public Schools *
Howard County Public School System
Mongomery County Public Schools

MICHIGAN

Black River Public School
Bloomfield Hills Schools
Detroit Public Schools
Farmington Public School District
Forest Hills Public Schools
Grand Blanc Community Schools
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools
Oakland Schools
Ottawa Area Intermediate School District
Portage Public Schools
Port Huron Area School District
Rockford Public Schools
Saginaw Intermediate School District
School District of the City of Royal Oak
School District of the City of Saginaw
South Lyon Community Schools
Southfield Public Schools
Traverse City Area Public Schools
Troy School District
Walled Lake Consolidated School District
Wayne Westland Community Schools

MISSOURI

Columbia Public School District
Parkway C-2 School District
Rockwood R-VI School District
Special Administrative Board of Transitioanl School District, St. Louis
The School District of Springfield R-XII

MINNESOTA

Anoka-Hennepin Independent School District No. 11
Columbia Heights Public Schools
Eden Prairie Independent School District No. 272
Independent School District No. 199- Inver Grove Heights
Independent School District No. 191 – Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
Independent School District No. 196
Independent School District No. 279, Osseo Area School
Independent School District No. 284
Independent School District No. 624
Independent School District No. 728 *
Minnetonka Independent School District No. 276
Mounds View Public Schools Independent School District No. 621
Owatonna Public District Independent School District No. 761
Robbinsdale Area Schools, Independent School District No. 281
South Washington County Schools
Spring Lake Park Independent School District No. 16
Stillwater Area Public Schools-Independent School District No. 834
Willmar Public Schools Independent School District No. 347

MONTANNA

Billings Public Schools
Helena School District No. 1

NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville City Schools
Brunswick County Schools
Buncombe County Board of Education
Caldwell County Schools
Carteret County Schools
Catawba County Board of Education
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education
Craven County Board of Education
Cumberland County Board of Education
Currituck County Board of Education
Durham Public Schools
Gaston County Board of Education
Guilford County Board of Education
Harnett County Board of Education
Hickory City Board of Education
Lee County Schools
Lincoln County Board of Education
New Hanover County Schools
Newton-Conover City Schools
Onslow County Board of Education
Pitt County Board of Education
Rockingham County Schools
Rutherford County Schools
Wake County Board of Education

NORTH DAKOTA

Board of Education of the City of Fargo

NEW JERSEY

Bayonne Board of Education
Bergen County Special Services School District
Bergen County Technical and Vocational High School
Chester School District
East Orange Board of Education
Garfield Board of Education
Glen Rock Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools
Manchester Township Board of Education
Marlboro Township Board of Education
Neptune Township Board of Education
Piscataway Township Board of Education
Princeton Regional Schools
River Vale Board of Education
School District of the Chathams
The Newark Public Schools
Union City Board of Education
West-Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District *
Wyckoff Township Public Schools

NEW YORK

City School District of New Rochelle, NY
City School District of White Plains, New York
East Meadow Union Freee School District
Harrison Central School Distric, New York *
Rochester City School District

OHIO

Avon Lake City School District
Beavercreek City School District
Brecksville- Broadview Heights City School District, Ohio
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
Chillicothe City School District
Circleville City School District
Cleveland Heights University Heights City School District
Cleveland Municipal School District
Columbus City School District
Cuyahoga Heights Schools
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Dayton City School District
Dublin City School District
Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow
Fairfield City School District
Findlay City School District
Great Oaks Institute of Career Technology & Development
Greenville City School District
Hamilton City School District
Hudson City School District
Kettering City School District
Lakota Local School District
Little Miami Local School District
Logan-Hocking Local School District
Loveland City School District
Mayfield City School District, Ohio
Mentor Exempt Village School District
Middletown City School District
Monroe Public School District, Butler County Ohio
North Olmsted City Schools
Northwest Local School District
Oakwood City School District
Pike County Joint Vocational School District
Portsmouth City School District
Princeton City School District
Sandusky City School District
Shaker Heights City School District
Southern Hills Joint Vocational School District
Stow-Munroe City School District
Streetsboro City School District
Sycamore Community Schools
Talawanda School District
Toledo City School District
Trotwood- Madison City School District
Waverly City School District
West Clermont Local School District
Western Brown Local School District
Westerville City School District
Winton Woods City School District

OKLAHOMA

Independent School District No. I-1, Tulsa County
Union Public Schools, Independent District I-009

OREGON

Administrative School District No. 1
Beaverton School District
Canby School District No. 86
Gresham-Barlow School District No. 10JT
Jackson County School District No. 549C
Multnomah County School District No. 40
Oregon City School District No. 62
Salem-Keizer School District No. 24J
School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

Bucks County Schools Intermediate Unit No. 22
Columbia Borough School District
Dallastown Area School District *
Great Valley School District
Mount Lebanon School District
Neshaminy School District
Owen J. Roberts School District
School District of Philadelphia
School District of Pittsburgh
Solanco School District
South Western School District
Susquehanna Township School District *

SOUTH CAROLINA

Anderson School District Five
Cherokee County School District One
Fort Mill School District No. 4
Horry County School District
Lexington County School District One
Lexington School District Two
Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five
Richland County School District One
Richland School District Two
Rock Hill School District Three of York County
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties
School Distict of Pickens County
The School District of Georgetown County
The School District of Greenville County
The School District of Newberry County
York School District One

SOUTH DAKOTA

Yankton School District No. 63-3

TEXAS

Alief Independent School District
Arlington Independent School District
Brownsville Independent School District *
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
Clear Creek Independent School District
Conroe Independent School Disrict
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Denton Independent School District
DeSoto Independent School District
Education Service Center Region 10
Fort Bend Indpendent School District
Fort Worth Independent School District
Garland Independent School District
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
Harris County Department of Education
Highland Park Independent School District
Houston Independent School District
Humble Independent School District
Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
Irving Independent School District
Katy Indpendent School District
Keller Independent School District
Killeen Independent School District
Klein Independent School District
Lake Dallas Independent School District
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
Leander Independent School District
Lewisville Independent School District
Northwest Independent School District
Region 4 Education Service Center
Richardson Independent School District
San Angelo Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District
Spring Independent School District
Tomball Independent School District
Tyler Independent School District

UTAH

Alpine School District
Beaver County School District
Emery School District *
Granite School District
Provo City School District
Salt Lake City School District
Sevier School District
Washington County School District

VIRGINIA

Alexandria City Public Schools
City of Portsmouth, Virginia School Board
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fauquier County School Board
Prince William County Public Schools
Roanoke County Public Schools
School Board for the City of Norfolk
School Board of the City of Roanoke, VA
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
The School Board of the City of Richmond, VA
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
York County School Division

WASHINGTON

Auburn School District No. 408
Clover Park School District No. 400
Everet Public Schools
Kent School District No. 415
Renton School District No. 403
Spokane Public Schools
Sumner School District No. 320
Tacoma School District No. 10

WISCONSIN

Gateway Technical College District
Kenosha Unified School District No. 1
School District of Kettle Moraine

WYOMING

Campbell County School District No. 1

* Denotes 1st time participant in the COE program.