{"id":104,"date":"2017-01-11T16:57:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T16:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k12transparency.isolon.org\/?p=104"},"modified":"2018-09-09T19:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T19:05:36","slug":"correspondence-j-h-sniders-public-testimony-msde-board-education-jan-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12transparency.isolon.org\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"Public Information Act Correspondence with the Maryland State Board of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

From:<\/strong>\u00a0‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
\nSent:<\/strong> Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:04 PM
\nTo:<\/strong>\u00a0‘J.H. Snider’
\nSubject:<\/strong> Re: Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

Good Afternoon Mr. Snider-<\/p>\n

You recently emailed MSDE with a second follow-up \u00a0set of questions posed under the Maryland Public Information Act, in search of additional information regarding its annual salary report.<\/p>\n

The following answers to your questions are responsive to your request.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. MSDE defines the standard work week as 40 hours, but some school districts have a standard work week for teachers that is less than 40 hours.\u00a0 For example, the contractually negotiated work week in Anne Arundel County for ten-month teachers is 37.5 hours.\u00a0 I request the document MSDE uses that specifies in detail how FTEs are to be calculated for all teachers; for example, that specifies that a 37.5 hour\/week employee can be treated as a 40 hour\/week employee for purposes of calculating FTEs and that specifies that a full-time ten-month and twelve-month teacher will both be treated as a 1.0 FTE.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    No additional documentation is available other than the definition previously provided.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. I request links to the audits MSDE has done, if any, on the salary data LEAs have provided to MSDE from FY2007 through FY2016.\u00a0 If no audits have been done, please respond \u201cnone.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      None<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. To my <\/span>request for \u201ca description of the procedures used to detect and punish local school districts that provide incorrect actual and average salary data,\u201d you replied \u201cno penalties.\u201d\u00a0 Am I correct to infer from this response that MSDE has no such description of procedures independent of an actual audit?\u00a0 If not, I request a copy of the written procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You are correct.\u00a0 Local systems provide us with information they deem to be correct. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. In response to my two Public Information Act requests, you provided me with a clear and simple operational definition of \u201cmid-level salaries,\u201d but I haven\u2019t seen any written documentary definition.\u00a0 Am I correct to infer that MSDE has not provided LEA\u2019s with a definition in the form of a written document?\u00a0 If not, I request documentation to LEAs that specifies how \u201cmid-level salary\u201d is defined.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          No additional documentation other than the definition previously provided.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. In Excel or other machine-readable format, I request all salary data, including any accompanying annotations, submitted to MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS) by the Anne Arundel County LEA from FY2012 to FY2016.\u00a0 It\u2019s my understanding that because this is aggregate data, the files will be tiny.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Data published is as provided by LEAs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            2012<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/2011+-+2012+Staff+Publications.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

            2013<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/2012+-+2013+Staff+Publications.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

            2014<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/2013+-+2014+Staff+Publications.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

            2015<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/2014+-+2015+Staff+Publications.html<\/a><\/p>\n

            2016<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/2015-2016-Staff-Publications.html<\/a><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. In Excel or other machine-readable format, I request all teacher retention data, including any accompanying annotations, submitted to MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS) by the Anne Arundel County LEA from FY2012 to FY2016.\u00a0 It\u2019s my understanding that because this is aggregate data, the files will be tiny.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              No current report exists for this information and would require several days to create.\u00a0 As this request is LEA specific, please make inquiry to Anne Arundel County.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

              Retention and attrition data is currently published here:<\/span><\/p>\n

              https:\/\/wcp.k12lds.memsdc.org\/webcenter\/faces\/oracle\/webcenter\/page\/scopedMD\/s48574f5c_7645_4759_8b6d_76ca2d46b8ac\/Page9.jspx?wc.contextURL=%2Fspaces%2Ftra&_adf.ctrl-state=gz5krgl35_43&scope=tra&visibility=visible&_afrLoop=6667316395065587<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

              Sincerly,<\/p>\n

              William Reinhard
              \nPublic Information Officer<\/p>\n

              \n

              From:<\/strong>\u00a0‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
              \nSent:<\/strong> Wednesday, January 04, 2017 2:01 PM
              \nTo:<\/strong>\u00a0‘J.H. Snider’
              \nSubject:<\/strong> Re: Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

              My apologies, Mr. Snider, I received info for you during the holiday break.\u00a0 You’ll have it this week.<\/p>\n

              Bill Reinhard<\/p>\n

              \n

              On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:53 PM, J.H. Snider wrote:<\/p>\n

              Dear Mr. Reinhard:<\/p>\n

              Thank you again for your reply to my November 15, 2016 Public Information Act request.<\/p>\n

              Please update me on your plans for fulfilling my December 16, 2016 Public Information Act request.\u00a0 Maryland\u2019s Public Information Act specifies a ten-day reply period.<\/p>\n

              Sincerely,<\/p>\n

              J.H. Snider, President
              \niSolon.org<\/p>\n

              \n

              On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:51 PM, J.H. Snider wrote:<\/p>\n

              Dear Mr. Reinhard:<\/p>\n

              Thank you for your timely reply to my November 15, 2016 Public Information Act request regarding LEA staff compensation statistics. Your links to supporting documents have been especially helpful.<\/p>\n

              To help me better understand the nature of the provided information, I am requesting the following clarifying documents under the Maryland Public Information Act, State Government Article (SG) \u00a7\u00a7 10-611, et seq:<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. MSDE defines the standard work week as 40 hours, but some school districts have a standard work week for teachers that is less than 40 hours.\u00a0 For example, the contractually negotiated work week in Anne Arundel County for ten-month teachers is 37.5 hours.\u00a0 I request the document MSDE uses that specifies in detail how FTEs are to be calculated for all teachers; for example, that specifies that a 37.5 hour\/week employee can be treated as a 40 hour\/week employee for purposes of calculating FTEs and that specifies that a full-time ten-month and twelve-month teacher will both be treated as a 1.0 FTE.<\/li>\n
              2. I request links to the audits MSDE has done, if any, on the salary data LEAs have provided to MSDE from FY2007 through FY2016.\u00a0 If no audits have been done, please respond \u201cnone.\u201d<\/li>\n
              3. To my request for \u201ca description of the procedures used to detect and punish local school districts that provide incorrect actual and average salary data,\u201d you replied \u201cno penalties.\u201d\u00a0 Am I correct to infer from this response that MSDE has no such description of procedures independent of an actual audit?\u00a0 If not, I request a copy of the written procedure.<\/li>\n
              4. In response to my two Public Information Act requests, you provided me with a clear and simple operational definition of \u201cmid-level salaries,\u201d but I haven\u2019t seen any written documentary definition.\u00a0 Am I correct to infer that MSDE has not provided LEA\u2019s with a definition in the form of a written document?\u00a0 If not, I request documentation to LEAs that specifies how \u201cmid-level salary\u201d is defined.<\/li>\n
              5. In Excel or other machine-readable format, I request all salary data, including any accompanying annotations, submitted to MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS) by the Anne Arundel County LEA from FY2012 to FY2016.\u00a0 It\u2019s my understanding that because this is aggregate data, the files will be tiny.<\/li>\n
              6. In Excel or other machine-readable format, I request all teacher retention data, including any accompanying annotations, submitted to MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS) by the Anne Arundel County LEA from FY2012 to FY2016.\u00a0 It\u2019s my understanding that because this is aggregate data, the files will be tiny.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                I request that all the information be emailed to me in an electronic format (i.e., no paper copies).\u00a0 I also request that where an electronic document exists in a machine-readable format such as an Excel spreadsheet or Word document, it be provided in that format rather than scanned in an unsearchable format such as a pdf.<\/p>\n

                If fulfilling this Public Information Act request is expected to take more than 2 hours, then starting with 1) and moving down the list for any item above the two-hour free limit, the item should be costed out separately in your response to me.\u00a0 In addition, in the unlikely event that any information cannot be provided to me in an electronic format, it should also be costed out separately (i.e., above the first 50 free copies).<\/p>\n

                If you expect to spend more than two hours fulfilling this Public Information Act request, I request a public interest fee waiver.\u00a0 Approximately 80% of local public school budgets in Maryland is allocated to employee compensation.\u00a0 MSDE statistics about average compensation is routinely published in Maryland newspapers.\u00a0 It is in the best interests of the public that it understands the methodology behind those statistics.\u00a0 I expect to report my findings in one of the Maryland-related newspapers for which I have often written, including the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, or Education Week.<\/p>\n

                I look forward to your response within the ten days required by law.<\/p>\n

                Sincerely,<\/p>\n

                J.H. Snider, President
                \niSolon.org<\/p>\n

                \n

                From:<\/strong>\u00a0‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
                \nSent:<\/strong> Thursday, December 08, 2016 5:45 PM
                \nTo:<\/strong>\u00a0‘J.H. Snider’
                \nSubject:<\/strong> Re: Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

                Good Afternoon Mr. Snider:<\/p>\n

                You followed up your original Public Information Act request with a second request.\u00a0 The following is an attempt to answer each question you have asked.<\/p>\n

                Much of what you are requesting is not available at MSDE.\u00a0 For that information you will have to contact local school system.<\/p>\n

                The original request referenced page 13 of the\u00a0<\/span>Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>). These salaries are self-reported by LEAs. Salary scales for teachers are uploaded in a text file. The submission window closes on or around September 15th<\/sup> of each year.\u00a0 These salaries are not calculated or manipulated in any way by MSDE. Salaries are compiled and reported in the\u00a0Professional Salary Schedules<\/em>\u00a0publication.<\/span><\/p>\n

                The second request referenced page 12 of the<\/span>\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>). The salaries that are used to calculate the average salaries are reported by LEAs to MSDE.\u00a0 The submission window closes on or around November 15th<\/sup> of each year.\u00a0 The average salaries on the table referenced on page 12 are calculated and based on the salary and FTE information as provided by each LEA.\u00a0 Teachers as identified on page 12 of the Fact Book include classroom and other teachers, therapists, librarians, guidance counselors, and school psychologists.\u00a0Additional information reported in the\u00a0Analysis of Professional Salaries<\/em>\u00a0publication.<\/span><\/p>\n

                1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology\u00a0MSDE\u00a0used to calculate the \u201cMid-Level Salaries\u201d as you have defined it in your response to 1) in my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request.<\/p>\n

                Mid-Level Salaries on page 13 are not calculated. See step 11 on pages 9 and 11 in\u00a0the Professional Salary Schedules<\/em>\u00a0publication.\u00a0 Mid-Level Salaries are determined and managed by each LEA.<\/span><\/p>\n

                http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/doc\/20152016Staff\/2016_Salary_Schedules_20151106.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

                2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology\u00a0MSDE\u00a0used to calculate the \u201cAverage Salaries for Instructional Positions in Public schools: 2014-2015 (page 12 of the\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>).\u00a0 This should clarify whether \u201caverage salary\u201d and \u201cmid-level salary\u201d are defined as synonyms.<\/p>\n

                See the introduction page in the\u00a0Analysis of Professional Salaries<\/em>\u00a0publication, referenced above.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Introduction:\u00a0 \u00a0The tables in this report were prepared from the data submitted by the 24 Maryland public school systems in the fall of 2015. Salaries include annual pay for 10, 11, and 12 month full-time and part-time employees in the positions shown. All data reported reflect the conversion of part-time employees to full-time equivalents.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Calculations:\u00a0\u00a0 The average (mean) salaries are computed by dividing the sum of the individuals\u2019 salaries by the sum of the full-time-equivalent positions. The value of the means may be distorted by extremely high or low salaries in the distribution and so may not provide an accurate estimate of population averages. Therefore, medians (middle values) are also provided as estimates of typical salaries. The median represents the salary that divides the group in half. The first and third quartiles are provided as an estimation of the distribution of salaries across groups. Quartiles represent a division point similar to the median. The first quartile indicates the salary below which twenty-five percent of salaries fall while the third quartile represents the point above which twenty-five percent of salaries fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Link<\/span> http:\/\/archives.marylandpublicschools.org\/MSDE\/divisions\/planningresultstest\/doc\/20152016Staff\/2016_AnalysProSal.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

                3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology\u00a0MSDE\u00a0provided to local public schools to generate the data described in 2) above.\u00a0 For example, it should clarify whether National Board Certification is included in the average salary statistic; it should include deadlines for the submission of data (vital information not included in the manual provided in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request); and it should include guidance, if any exists, regarding how to calculate negotiated salary schedules that change mid-year or at any time other than the start of a given fiscal year.<\/p>\n

                Each LEA manages salary information for staff.\u00a0 MSDE requests the information as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

                Report annual salaries for the 2015-2016 school year, including bonuses, stipends, etc.\u00a0 Report the portion of the annual salary for each part of the position to the nearest dollar.\u00a0 For staff who have multiple records (one Type I and one or more Type II records), the parts of the salary must add up to the total salary.\u00a0 (Not for staff who resigned or left the school system on or after October 16, 2014.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                Note:\u00a0 MSDE does not provide clarification or guidance in regards to specific bonuses or stipends to include in the salary information provided to MSDE.\u00a0 Each LEA manages salary information and MSDE reports as provided by the LEAs.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any explanation why some teachers and pay codes\/categories are not included in the data described in 2) and 3) above (e.g., why non-ten-month teachers and\u00a0FTEs less than 1.0 aren\u2019t normalized for statistical purposes as ten-month teachers).\u00a0 For example, when I have normalized less than 1.0\u00a0FTE\u00a0\u201cteachers\u201d (defined as employees covered by the teachers\u2019 contract), I have gotten results (e.g., normalized salaries over $200,000\/year) that are well outside the minimum and maximum range of\u00a0any\u00a0<\/em>Maryland public school system salary scale.<\/p>\n

                Information reported by MSDE is based on information as provided by the LEAs as noted.\u00a0 See the introduction page in the\u00a0Analysis of Professional Salaries<\/em>\u00a0publication and Response to Question 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

                5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A list of all the database fields relating to\u00a0average<\/em>\u00a0teacher compensation that\u00a0MSDE\u00a0gathers from local public school districts.\u00a0 Any abbreviations for field names should be accompanied by a description of the field in standard written English (e.g., without inscrutable abbreviations).\u00a0 The manual that was provided to me (p. 3) only includes the following instructions regarding the reporting of \u201cactual salary\u201d: \u201cPlease do not include fringe benefits, bonuses, etc.\u201d\u00a0 I presume (perhaps incorrectly) that \u201cactual salaries\u201d for ten-month teachers are used to calculate their \u201caverage salary.\u201d\u00a0 But if the \u201cmid-level\u201d method described above is used, that would be an incorrect presumption.<\/p>\n

                The information used to calculate average teacher compensation is as provided by the LEAs. The two fields that are used are:<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Salary<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Data definition provided to LEAs:\u00a0 Report annual salaries for the 2015-2016 school year, including bonuses, stipends, etc.\u00a0 Report the portion of the annual salary for each part of the position to the nearest dollar.\u00a0 For staff who have multiple records the parts of the salary must add up to the total salary. \u00a0(Not for staff who resigned or left the school system on or after October 16, 2014.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Full-Time Equivalency<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Data definition provided to LEAs:\u00a0 The four-digit FTE code (expressed to three decimal points) computed on the basis of a standard work week (40 hours).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                    Example:<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Full-Time (40 hours\/week – all assignments together) \u00a0 Report FTE as 1000<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Half-Time (20 hours\/week – all assignments together) \u00a0 Report FTE as 0500<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00bc Time (10 hours\/week – all assignments together) \u00a0 Report FTE as 0250<\/span><\/p>\n

                    As noted in the introduction page in the\u00a0Analysis of Professional Salaries<\/em>\u00a0publication, all data reported reflect the conversion of part-time employees to full-time equivalents.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The precise\u00a0formulas\u00a0MSDE\u00a0uses to calculate average salary from salary-related fields (e.g., from specific pay codes\/categories,\u00a0FTEs, and leave accumulations that can be converted into salary).<\/p>\n

                    The information used to calculate average teacher compensation is as provided by the LEAs.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    See the introduction page in the\u00a0Analysis of Professional Salaries<\/em>\u00a0publication and Response to Question 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The description provided to local school districts of the average compensation related data accessible to at least one local public school district officer but behind MSDE\u2019s firewall (i.e., that requires a user to\u00a0login\u00a0to access the information).<\/p>\n

                    Information is submitted electronically by\u00a0LEAs\u00a0in MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS).\u00a0 Each LEA has access to view the information as submitted to MSDE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                    8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A description of the procedures used to detect and penalize local school districts that provide incorrect actual and average salary data.<\/p>\n

                    No penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The manual\u00a0MSDE\u00a0data operators use to manage the local public school average compensation data provided by local Maryland public school districts.\u00a0 I\u2019m presuming that such a manual exists (or other written materials) because the manual provided in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request lacked instructions relating to average salaries.<\/p>\n

                    Each LEA manages the local public school compensation information.\u00a0 Each LEA calculates Salary and FTE and reports to MSDE.\u00a0 The average compensation data is based on the salary and FTE record as provided by each LEA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                    We hope this has clarified for you how these publications are put together.<\/p>\n

                    Sincerely,<\/p>\n

                    Bill Reinhard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
                    <\/td>\nBill Reinhard
                    \nDirector of Communications
                    \nMaryland State Dept. of Education
                    \n200 W. Baltimore Street
                    \nBaltimore, Maryland 21201
                    \nwilliam.reinhard@maryland.gov<\/a>
                    \n<\/a>                    410-767-0486<\/a> (office)
                    \n                    410-241-7108<\/a> (cell)
                    \nFollow MSDE on Twitter @MdPublicSchools and join us on Facebook at MdPublicSchools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
                    \n

                    From:<\/strong>\u00a0‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
                    \nSent:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:45 PM
                    \nTo:<\/strong>\u00a0‘J.H. Snider’
                    \nSubject:<\/strong> Re: Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

                    It is in process, Mr. Snider.<\/p>\n

                    Bill Reinhard<\/p>\n

                    \n

                    On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:28 PM, ‘J.H. Snider’ wrote:<\/p>\n

                    Dear Mr. Reinhard:<\/p>\n

                    Thank you again for your timely reply to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request.<\/p>\n

                    Please update me on your plans for fulfilling my November 15, 2016 Public Information Act request.\u00a0 Maryland\u2019s Public Information Act specifies a ten-day reply period.<\/p>\n

                    Sincerely,<\/p>\n

                    J.H. Snider, President
                    \niSolon.org<\/p>\n

                    \n

                    From:<\/strong> \u2018J.H. Snider\u2019
                    \nSent:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 15, 2016 3:34 PM
                    \nTo:<\/strong> ‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
                    \nSubject:<\/strong> Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

                    Dear Mr. Reinhard:<\/p>\n

                    Thank you for your prompt reply to my November 3, 2016 Maryland Public Information Act request.<\/p>\n

                    I have questions regarding some of your responses:<\/p>\n

                    1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology MSDE used to calculate the \u201cSalary Range for Ten-Month Teachers in Public School: 2014-2015 (page 13 of the\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>);<\/p>\n

                    Reinhard:<\/strong> MSDE does not calculate the salaries for this report. LEAs self-report salary scales for ten-month teachers. \u201cBeginning\u201d salaries are the salaries on Step 1 of the Bachelor\u2019s salary scale (User Manual, page 5), \u201cMid-level\u201d salaries are the salaries on Step 11 of the Master\u2019s salary scale (User Manual, page 5), \u201cMaximum\u201d is the maximum Doctorate salary (User Manual, page 3).<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Snider:<\/strong> \u00a0Beginning and Maximum Salaries:<\/em>\u00a0 If I understand you correctly, the statistics for \u201cbeginning salaries\u201d and \u201cmaximum salaries\u201d do not include all pay codes related to salary, just the pay code relating to a 1.0 FTE position on the salary grid for ten-month teachers.\u00a0 For example, in my Maryland county that would mean that only one of 70+ pay codes would be included in the definition of \u201cbeginning salary\u201d or \u201cmaximum salary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Mid-Level Salaries:<\/em>\u00a0 Are you saying that \u201caverage salary\u201d as defined, say, on page 12 of the of the\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>, actually means \u201cmid-level salary\u201d as you have defined it above?\u00a0 Also, there was no definition of \u201cmid-level\u201d salary on page 5 of the attached manual.\u00a0 Please send me the document that is the source of the information to which you refer in your reply.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Maximum Salaries:<\/em>\u00a0 There is no explanation in the manual why maximum teacher salary is defined as the top position on the salary schedule but other maximum salaries (p. 3) appear to be defined based on actual salary.\u00a0 There is also no definition for \u201cactual salary\u201d except for the following cryptic note that appears to me to provide virtually no useful information regarding the 70+ pay codes that some districts use to calculate pay: \u201cPlease do not include fringe benefits, bonuses, etc.\u201d\u00a0 If such written information exists, please provide a) a precise definition of \u201cactual salary,\u201d and b) a justification for using two fundamentally different methods (one based on actual salary and the other a salary schedule) for calculating maximum salary.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology MSDE provided to local public schools to generate the data described in 1) above;<\/p>\n

                    Reinhard:<\/strong> See 1 above.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Snider:<\/strong> As noted above, the manual provided in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request was missing the cited information regarding how \u201cmid-level\u201d salaries were calculated.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A list of all the database fields relating to teacher compensation and reimbursements that MSDE gathers from local public school districts.\u00a0 Any abbreviations for field names should be accompanied by a description of the field in standard written English (e.g., without inscrutable abbreviations);<\/p>\n

                    Reinhard:<\/strong> See pages 3 and 4 in the User Manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Snider:<\/strong> If I understand your response correctly, MSDE collects no information relating to what the provided manual describes as \u201cfringe benefits, bonuses, etc.\u201d and what I would describe as all non-salary schedule pay codes plus insurance and pension benefits; that is, all the well-defined forms of compensation negotiated in compensation contracts with school employees except, say, in the case of \u201cteachers,\u201d the relevant teacher salary scale for 1.0 FTE ten-month teachers<\/span>.<\/p>\n

                    * * *<\/p>\n

                    Given the lack of information regarding how MSDE defines \u201caverage salaries\u201d in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request, I am requesting the following documents under the Maryland Public Information Act, State Government Article (SG) \u00a7\u00a7 10-611, et seq:<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. The detailed methodology MSDE used to calculate the \u201cMid-Level Salaries\u201d as you have defined it in your response to 1) in my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request.<\/li>\n
                    2. The detailed methodology MSDE used to calculate the \u201cAverage Salaries for Instructional Positions in Public schools: 2014-2015 (page 12 of the Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>).\u00a0 This should clarify whether \u201caverage salary\u201d and \u201cmid-level salary\u201d are defined as synonyms.<\/li>\n
                    3. The detailed methodology MSDE provided to local public schools to generate the data described in 2) above.\u00a0 For example, it should clarify whether National Board Certification is included in the average salary statistic; it should include deadlines for the submission of data (vital information not included in the manual provided in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request); and it should include guidance, if any exists, regarding how to calculate negotiated salary schedules that change mid-year or at any time other than the start of a given fiscal year.<\/li>\n
                    4. Any explanation why some teachers and pay codes\/categories are not included in the data described in 2) and 3) above (e.g., why non-ten-month teachers and FTEs less than 1.0 aren\u2019t normalized for statistical purposes as ten-month teachers).\u00a0 For example, when I have normalized less than 1.0 FTE \u201cteachers\u201d (defined as employees covered by the teachers\u2019 contract), I have gotten results (e.g., normalized salaries over $200,000\/year) that are well outside the minimum and maximum range of any<\/em> Maryland public school system salary scale.<\/li>\n
                    5. A list of all the database fields relating to average<\/em> teacher compensation that MSDE gathers from local public school districts.\u00a0 Any abbreviations for field names should be accompanied by a description of the field in standard written English (e.g., without inscrutable abbreviations).\u00a0 The manual that was provided to me (p. 3) only includes the following instructions regarding the reporting of \u201cactual salary\u201d: \u201cPlease do not include fringe benefits, bonuses, etc.\u201d\u00a0 I presume (perhaps incorrectly) that \u201cactual salaries\u201d for ten-month teachers are used to calculate their \u201caverage salary.\u201d\u00a0 But if the \u201cmid-level\u201d method described above is used, that would be an incorrect presumption.<\/li>\n
                    6. The precise formulas MSDE uses to calculate average salary from salary-related fields (e.g., from specific pay codes\/categories, FTEs, and leave accumulations that can be converted into salary).<\/li>\n
                    7. The description provided to local school districts of the average compensation related data accessible to at least one local public school district officer but behind MSDE\u2019s firewall (i.e., that requires a user to login to access the information).<\/li>\n
                    8. A description of the procedures used to detect and penalize local school districts that provide incorrect actual and average salary data.<\/li>\n
                    9. The manual MSDE data operators use to manage the local public school average compensation data provided by local Maryland public school districts.\u00a0 I\u2019m presuming that such a manual exists (or other written materials) because the manual provided in response to my November 3, 2016 Public Information Act request lacked instructions relating to average salaries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      There may be some overlap in information for requests 1) through 9).\u00a0 If so, there is no need for duplication in providing your responses.<\/p>\n

                      I request that all the information be emailed to me in an electronic format (i.e., no paper copies).\u00a0 I also request that where an electronic document exists in a machine-readable format such as an Excel spreadsheet or Word document, it be provided in that format rather than scanned in an unsearchable format such as a pdf.<\/p>\n

                      If fulfilling this Public Information Act request is expected to take more than 2 hours, then starting with 1) and moving down the list for any item above the two-hour free limit, the item should be costed out separately in your response to me.\u00a0 In addition, in the unlikely event that any information cannot be provided to me in an electronic format, it should also be costed out separately (i.e., above the first 50 free copies).<\/p>\n

                      If you expect to spend more than two hours fulfilling this Public Information Act request, I request a public interest fee waiver.\u00a0 Approximately 80% of local public school budgets in Maryland is allocated to employee compensation.\u00a0 MSDE statistics about average<\/em> compensation is routinely published in Maryland newspapers.\u00a0 It is in the best interests of the public that it understands the methodology behind those statistics.\u00a0 I expect to report my findings in one of the Maryland-related newspapers for which I have often written, including the Washington Post<\/em>, Baltimore Sun<\/em>, or Education Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

                      I look forward to your response within the ten days required by law.<\/p>\n

                      Sincerely,<\/p>\n

                      J.H. Snider, President
                      \niSolon.org<\/p>\n

                      \n

                      From:<\/strong>\u00a0‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
                      \nSent:<\/strong> Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:34 PM
                      \nTo:<\/strong> \u2018J.H. Snider\u2019
                      \nSubject:<\/strong> Follow-up<\/p>\n

                      Dear Mr. Snider-<\/p>\n

                      You recently emailed MSDE under the Maryland Public Information Act in search of a variety of information regarding its annual salary report.<\/p>\n

                      The following, and the attached, are responsive to your request.<\/p>\n

                      1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology MSDE used to calculate the \u201cSalary Range for Ten-Month Teachers in Public School: 2014-2015 (page 13 of the\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>);<\/p>\n

                      MSDE does not calculate the salaries for this report. LEAs self-report salary scales for ten-month teachers. \u201cBeginning\u201d salaries are the salaries on Step 1 of the Bachelor\u2019s salary scale (User Manual, page 5), \u201cMid-level\u201d salaries are the salaries on Step 11 of the Master\u2019s salary scale (User Manual, page 5), \u201cMaximum\u201d is the maximum Doctorate salary (User Manual, page 3).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The detailed methodology MSDE provided to local public schools to generate the data described in 1) above;<\/p>\n

                      See 1 above.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any written explanation of why some teachers and pay codes\/categories are not included in the data described in 1) and 2) above (e.g., why non ten-month teachers aren\u2019t normalized for statistical purposes as ten-month teachers).<\/p>\n

                      MSDE does not calculate the salaries for this report. These are salary scales for ten-month teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A list of all the database fields relating to teacher compensation and reimbursements that MSDE gathers from local public school districts.\u00a0 Any abbreviations for field names should be accompanied by a description of the field in standard written English (e.g., without inscrutable abbreviations);<\/p>\n

                      See pages 3 and 4 in the User Manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The precise formulas MSDE uses to calculate some fields (e.g., total salary) from other compensation-related fields (e.g., specific pay codes\/categories, FTE, and leave accumulations);<\/p>\n

                      MSDE does not perform any calculations for this report.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A description of the compensation and reimbursement related data accessible to at least one local public school district officer but behind MSDE\u2019s firewall (i.e., that requires a user to login to access the information); and<\/p>\n

                      Salaries are submitted electronically by LEAs in MSDE\u2019s Web Data Collection System (WDCS). See page 1 in the User Manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The manual MSDE data operators use to manage the local public school compensation and reimbursement data provided by local Maryland public school districts.<\/p>\n

                      The\u00a0Minimum\/Maximum\/Actual Salaries and Salary Schedules User Manual<\/em>\u00a0is attached.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Attached is a copy of the user’s manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Bill Reinhard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
                      <\/td>\nBill Reinhard
                      \nDirector of Communications
                      \nMaryland State Dept. of Education
                      \n200 W. Baltimore Street
                      \nBaltimore, Maryland 21201
                      \nwilliam.reinhard@maryland.gov<\/a>
                      \n<\/a>                      410-767-0486<\/a> (office)
                      \n                      410-241-7108<\/a> (cell)
                      \nFollow MSDE on Twitter @MdPublicSchools and join us on Facebook at MdPublicSchools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
                      \n


                      \nFrom:<\/strong> \u2018J.H. Snider\u2019
                      \nSent:<\/strong> Thursday, November 03, 2016 3:59 PM
                      \nTo:<\/strong> ‘William Reinhard -MSDE’
                      \nSubject:<\/strong> Maryland Public Information Act request<\/p>\n

                      Dear Mr. Reinhard:<\/p>\n

                      Under the Maryland Public Information Act, State Government Article (SG) \u00a7\u00a7 10-611, et seq., I request that you provide me with the following documents:<\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. The detailed methodology MSDE used to calculate the \u201cSalary Range for Ten-Month Teachers in Public School: 2014-2015 (page 13 of the Maryland State Department of Education Fact Book: 2014-2015<\/a>);<\/li>\n
                      2. The detailed methodology MSDE provided to local public schools to generate the data described in 1) above;<\/li>\n
                      3. Any written explanation of why some teachers and pay codes\/categories are not included in the data described in 1) and 2) above (e.g., why non ten-month teachers aren\u2019t normalized for statistical purposes as ten-month teachers).<\/li>\n
                      4. A list of all the database fields relating to teacher compensation and reimbursements that MSDE gathers from local public school districts.\u00a0 Any abbreviations for field names should be accompanied by a description of the field in standard written English (e.g., without inscrutable abbreviations);<\/li>\n
                      5. The precise formulas MSDE uses to calculate some fields (e.g., total salary) from other compensation-related fields (e.g., specific pay codes\/categories, FTE, and leave accumulations);<\/li>\n
                      6. A description of the compensation and reimbursement related data accessible to at least one local public school district officer but behind MSDE\u2019s firewall (i.e., that requires a user to login to access the information); and<\/li>\n
                      7. The manual MSDE data operators use to manage the local public school compensation and reimbursement data provided by local Maryland public school districts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        There may be some overlap in information for requests 1) through 7).\u00a0 If so, there is no need for duplication in providing your responses.\u00a0 For example, it might be that 7) provides all the data for 1) through 6), in which case providing 7) would be adequate to fulfill this Public Information Act request.\u00a0 Similarly, the detailed methodology described in 1) or 2) might cover the information requested in 3), 4), 5), and 6).<\/p>\n

                        I request that all the information be emailed to me in an electronic format (i.e., no paper copies).\u00a0 I also request that where an electronic document exists in a machine readable format such as an Excel spreadsheet or Word document, it be provided in that format rather than scanned in an unsearchable format such as a pdf.<\/p>\n

                        If fulfilling this Public Information Act request is expected to take more than 2 hours, then starting with 1) and moving down the list for any item above the two-hour free limit, the item should be costed out separately in your response to me.\u00a0 In addition, in the unlikely event that any information cannot be provided to me in an electronic format, it should also be costed out separately (i.e., above the first 50 free copies).<\/p>\n

                        If you expect to spend more than two hours fulfilling this Public Information Act request, I request a public interest fee waiver.\u00a0 Approximately 80% of local public school budgets in Maryland is allocated to employee compensation.\u00a0 MSDE statistics about that compensation is routinely published in Maryland newspapers.\u00a0 It is in the best interests of the public that it understands the methodology behind those statistics.\u00a0 I expect to report my findings in one of the Maryland-related newspapers for which I have often written, including the Washington Post<\/em>, Baltimore Sun<\/em>, or Education Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

                        I look forward to your response within the ten days required by law.<\/p>\n

                        Sincerely,<\/p>\n

                        J.H. Snider, President
                        \niSolon.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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