saving and preparing school finance data from gems comparing le’s through anb and levies paul...
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Saving and Preparing School Finance Data from GEMS
Comparing LE’s through ANB and Levies
Paul Taylor, OPI School Finance
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http://opi.mt.gov/Index.html
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http://gems.opi.mt.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
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Choose School Budget Reports then School Budget Dashboard
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Use the State/Legal Entity dropdown and pick your LE
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Scroll down to Property taxes right click the chart area (not the data) choose Report Type then Grid.
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Use the dropdown and choose Export to Excel.
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Open Excel and highlight the data to be graphed.
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1. Choose Insert.
2. Stacked Bar Chart.
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1. Right click data, Select Data Source and Switch Row / Columns.
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1. If you want a data table use quick tools or change chart type.
2. Don’t forget to add labels.
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1. On the School Budget Dashboard choose a school / right click on Budget Limitation ANB / Report type / Grid.
2. Use the dropdown and save to Excel. Repeat for additional schools.
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1. Place your data in one Excel spreadsheet assuring columns are lined up correctly.
2. Delete unneeded rows.
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1. Repeat the process for property taxes for all schools needed.
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1. Repeat the process for property taxes for all schools needed.
2. Add rows to the bottom of the spreadsheet with the following formula. =B4/B2 or the ratio of the General Fund Budget to the ANB.
Note: Budget Limitation ANB is not the most appropriate ANB to use for this comparison however, currently it is the ANB type available through GEMS.
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1. Create a graph to relate the schools data to each other.
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Here’s an example for Gallatin County.