Bring Receipts to your community

• Huntington Beach City School DistrictLive · 13 decisions tracked · 3 goals metSee it in action

• Show what's working

  Decisions that met their goals get a public "Goal met" stamp with the district's own sources, so good work gets noticed.

• One link for "how did that turn out?"

  When families, staff, or reporters ask about a past decision, there's one page with the goal, the result, and every document.

• Board-ready yearly summaries

  A printable "Goals and results" page for each school year, made for study sessions and board self-evaluation.

• Independent, so it's trusted

  Results come from an independent reviewer using public documents and written rules, and the district always gets a say on the page.

• Fewer gaps in public reports

  Receipts points out where one extra detail would show a result, and the four-line agenda template keeps new gaps from forming.

• Nothing for staff to build

  No software, logins, or hosting. Receipts reads the public records and keeps every page up to date, built to work on phones and with screen readers.

Receipts covers the Huntington Beach City School District today, and coverage for other districts is coming later. If you'd like it for yours, help your community ask or, if you work for a district, get in touch. You can start right now, for free, with the four-line agenda template.

What's included

• A page for every money decision with a measurable goal: the goal in the district's words, a review date, and a result with every source.
• A yearly "Goals and results" summary for each school year, printable for a board study session or self-evaluation. See 2025-26.
• A list of data gaps: the small changes to public reports that would let the community see more results. See the 6 open gaps.
• Board meeting coverage: the next meeting, a calendar file, how to take part, and a record of every meeting checked.
• A built-in way to respond. The district reviews new results before they're published and can add its perspective in its own words.
• Shareable decision cards and citations for newsletters, websites, and board packets.
• Open data that anyone can download and check.
• No student data, ever. Receipts uses only board agendas, minutes, and budget reports. It never asks for, receives, or stores information about students.

What a district is asked to do

• Review records before a new stamp is published (10 business days), and point out any document that was missed.
• Answer data-gap requests when a short follow-up would settle a result.
• Point to the right report when a result will appear somewhere new.

That's it. The district doesn't have to build, host, or maintain anything.

What happens after a district says yes

1. A kickoff conversation: which school years to cover, and who at the district receives previews.
2. Research: Receipts reads the district's public agendas, minutes, and budget reports back to the agreed year and builds each record with the published rules.
3. Preview: the district sees each result 10 business days before it's published and can point to any document that was missed.
4. Launch: the district's decisions, yearly summary, and board meeting page go live.
5. Every month after: each new agenda is read, briefs go up before votes, and a new yearly summary follows each fall's year-end report.

Staff time: the kickoff conversation, then reviewing previews as they arrive and answering an occasional data-gap question. No software, logins, or data uploads.

Print the one-page overview for a cabinet meeting or board packet.

How a new district gets started

1. Someone asks. A district official can get in touch directly. Parents, teachers, students, and neighbors can use the drafting toolto ask their board or superintendent.
2. A conversation about the setup, such as how far back records go and how often new meetings are covered.
3. Receipts reads the district's public records: board agendas, approved minutes, and budget reports.
4. Records are built with the same published rules used for every district, explained on How we stamp.
5. The district reviews every new result before it's published and can share its perspective on the page.

Start free: four lines in each agenda item

The simplest step needs no sign-up at all. When a staff report for an action item includes these four lines, its result can be checked later from the district's own public reports:stated goal, how we'll measure it, which public report will show it, and review date. Get the printable template.

Independence and funding

• No one can buy, edit, or veto a stamp, including a district. The evidence and the published rules decide, and a district's perspective is shown beside the stamp in its own words.
• How Receipts is funded: Receipts doesn't charge any district. Coverage of the Huntington Beach City School District is free, and coverage for other districts is coming later. How it will be funded will be explained here before it begins.
• Only public documents are used. Every quote and number links to the district's own records.
• No endorsement is implied. A district appearing on Receipts doesn't mean it has endorsed or partnered with Receipts, and Receipts doesn't use any district's logo.

Superintendents, business officials, board members, and district staff can reach Receipts' founder, Ethan Bell, directly: to ask about a record, share a document, or set up a call. To confirm you're with the district, replies go to your district email address.

Prefer email? Write to ethangbell1@gmail.com.