Public School Academy
New Branches Charter Academy
New Branches Charter Academy is a public school academy in Kent County, Michigan. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $5.6 million in general fund spending, or $16,270 per pupil.
School finances, 2024–25 school year
General fund figures, as published by the Michigan Department of Education.
Pupils
342
full-time equivalent
General fund spending
$5.6M
the main operating fund
Spending per pupil
$16,270
general fund
Average teacher salary
$0
22 teachers (full-time equivalent)
Spending
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Basic instruction | $2,051,323 | $5,997 |
| Added needs instruction | $561,130 | $1,641 |
| Adult education instruction | $0 | |
| Total instruction | $2,612,452 | $7,638 |
| Instructional staff support | $439,444 | $1,285 |
| Administration | $1,167,552 | $3,413 |
| Operations and maintenance | $424,063 | $1,240 |
| Transportation | $265,840 | $777 |
| Total support services | $2,296,899 | $6,715 |
| Current operating spending | $4,909,352 | $14,353 |
| Facilities acquisition | $0 | $0 |
| Total general fund spending | $5,565,146 | $16,270 |
Revenue
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Local | $510,039 | $1,491 |
| State | $4,499,838 | $13,156 |
| Federal | $377,479 | $1,104 |
| Total general fund revenue | $5,630,006 | $16,460 |
Salaries
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional salaries | $0 | $0 |
| Support service salaries | $0 | $0 |
| Teacher salaries, basic instruction | $0 |
Taxable value in the district
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Primary homes (homestead) | $0 | $0 |
| Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) | $0 | $0 |
Every figure, including each per-pupil figure, is the publisher's own. Total instruction is the three instruction lines above it, and current operating spending is total instruction plus total support services. Total support services and total revenue can also include amounts the bulletin does not list separately. Adult education and teacher salaries have no per-pupil figure here, because the bulletin does not divide them by the pupil count. Pupils per teacher: 16.
Source: Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export, Michigan Department of Education, retrieved September 26, 2026.
Transparency checks
What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.
Grade pending
A grade appears once every check below has been read and the site has set its grading scale. Every check counts the same.
Required by law
9 found · 2 not found
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Found: Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
Its transparency report on Munetrix (linked from the homepage) posts the "2024-2025 Audited Financial Statements". Posted on the school's site, which the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27 counts as filed.
MCL 388.1618 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
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Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
The FOIA page (footer link) gives the FOIA policy and procedures and guidelines, and Munetrix lists "FOIA Policy" and "FOIA Procedure", but no written public summary is posted on either.
MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
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Found: Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
"2026-27 Original Budget", with the 2025-2026 original and amended budgets.
MCL 388.1618(2)(a) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
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Found: Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
"2025 Personnel Expenditures" and "2025 Operating Expenditures".
MCL 388.1618(2)(b) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
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Found: Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
States employees are the management company's, so there are no bargaining agreements or medical benefit plan bids and no reimbursed expenses in 2024-2025; posts the 2026-27 health care plans, the 2024-2025 audited financial statements, procurement, purchasing and expense reimbursement policies, and says check registers are in the monthly financial updates it posts.
MCL 388.1618(2)(c) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
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Found: Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
"Employee Compensation 2025".
MCL 388.1618(2)(d) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
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Found: Transparency page: association dues
"2025 District Paid Association Dues".
MCL 388.1618(2)(e) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: association dues
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Found: Transparency page: lobbying spending
States "There were no district paid lobbying costs for 2024-2025".
MCL 388.1618(2)(f) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: lobbying spending
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Found: Transparency page: district credit cards
States "The district does not have district credit cards."
MCL 388.1618(2)(h) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: district credit cards
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Found: Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
"District Paid Out-of-State Travel 2024-2025".
MCL 388.1618(2)(i) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
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Not found: Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
The transparency report posts the 2025 ESP operating and transparency expenditure reports and the ESP agreement, but the site footer names neither the authorizer nor the management company; it has only a link titled "Authorizer and ESP Information". Its charter contract requires the footer to name them (MCL 380.503(6)(q), added by 2024 PA 210): Central Michigan University's contract (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029), as CMU posts it, includes the term.
MCL 380.503c; MCL 380.503 · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
Good practice
0 found · 0 not found · 11 not read yet
11 checks not read yet
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Current budget posted
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Budgets for the past three years posted
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Latest audit posted
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Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file
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Regular meeting schedule for the year posted
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Agendas posted for the past 12 months
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Minutes posted for the past 12 months
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Members' names and a way to contact them posted
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Check register (payments) posted
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Employee pay or salary schedule posted
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Current contracts posted
About
- Type
- Public School Academy
- County
- Kent County
- Website
- newbranches.org
- Notes
- Website from the NCES Common Core of Data district directory (2025-2026), checked on the school's own site 2026-09-27.
Codes
- Michigan CEPI code
- 41901
- Michigan Treasury unit code
- 414901
- NCES district ID
- 2600090
Sources
Where this page's facts come from.
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Educational Entity Master public data set: ISD, LEA and PSA districts and colleges
Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) · 2026-09-24 export
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Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units
Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24
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Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export
Michigan Department of Education · 2024-25 (Last-Modified 2026-08-13)
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Charter school checks (L6, W1, W2, W3), Kent County
Open Government Project · read 2026-09-27