STUREC© License (Support) for 2011-2012 Robert Campsmith, President, MicroData Systems, Ltd.

Well folks, it has happened again. First a few observations...

• Our Legislators took another salary increase
• The price of gasoline continues to rise even though it came down a little
• Real and Personal Property tax has risen another 5%
• Local assessors just keep raising property values arbitrarily
• Unemployment is the highest it has been in years
• S&P 500 isn't going up much
• Dow Jones is down to steady
• NASDAQ is down to steady
• Your FTE Funding has not increased, maybe decreased
• Interest on savings is even lower than last year 
• College tuition is up another 5% - 15%
• Communication costs have risen a little
• The Single Record Student Data (SRSD) is now MSDS
• CEPI has added the new Teacher Student Data Link (TSDL)
• The Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) is stagnant
• STUREC© Annual License will remain the same for the eighth year in a row!

***  There will be a surcharge this year of $180 for the new TSDL. If you have already been charged for this and paid it, you will not be charged again.

Facts of life happen. We want to continue to provide you with the best Pupil Accounting Software and continue to provide you with help and support that you need. In light of the continually downward trend in your real funding, we have decided to hold the line on our license fee again this year. As always, we are ready to help you with STUREC© questions as part of your license fee. We will be happy to help you with non STUREC© questions, but you may be charged for help that could be provided by your district.. 

We will be happy to create your MSDS or TSDL submission files for you, however, 
we will charge you a minimum of one hour for off-line data processing.

Here are our rates for the 2011-2012 school year. Begins August 1st.

As in the past, we will invoice your district the first time in a school year that someone from your district downloads an update or accesses our help-desk for 2011-2012 school year. If your district requires that you have a Purchase Order before you purchase a product or service, please bear this in mind. We would certainly appreciate it if our invoices for services or products you receive can be paid in a timely manner. Thanks.

MAERS Batch Transfer Service is no longer available.

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