Payroll Information

The Payroll Department oversees all functions related to employee compensation, including processing payments for both certificated and classified staff on scheduled pay dates and issuing W-2 forms. Our team is committed to delivering outstanding customer service, ensuring timely and accurate wage payments, maintaining precise attendance records, and providing accurate reports to external agencies such as LACOE, IRS, Social Security Administration, EDD, CalSTRS, and CalPERS. Through close collaboration with our school sites and departments, we aim to effectively support our valued employees.

PAYROLL QUESTIONS? Please contact either Alejandra or Katy as follows for your site/dept.:

KATY x5937 / [email protected]	ALEJANDRA x5936 / [email protected]
Preschool	Grand View
Pennekamp	Meadows
Robinson	Pacific
MCHS	MBMS
District Office	Food & Nutrition Services
Maintenance & Operations	Subs w/ Last Names = N - Z (classified & cert)
Subs w/ Last Names = A - M (classified & cert)

Paystubs

PAY STUBS-Available online only: District employees who have Direct Deposit may view and print their pay stubs online. To access pay stubs issued after February 15, 2024, please:

Go to https://bestportal.lacoe.edu
Click “Log in to Production” - this opens up a Microsoft Sign In window
Enter the username sent in the email from [email protected] (this is NOT your @mbusd.org email address). This is the username/email address that ends in @bestlogin.net that was sent in the system-generated email to your @mbusd.org email)
Enter the password sent in the system-generated email. Please do not use the quotation marks around the password. Your password is made up of the characters within the quotation marks
Click through until you enter the BEST system and see the Employee Self-Service (ESS) tile on your screen
Click the ESS tile on the screen and you are in ESS
View/print pay stubs from the Compensation tab
Please see this reference for more information on how to read the new version of your pay stub: HCM/ESS Pay Stub Guide. (Note - pg 1 is a certificated pay stub and pg 2 is a classified pay stub.)

Prior Paystubs (before February 2024)

To access pay stubs issued before February 15, 2024, please:

Go to https://districtbusinessportal.lacoe.edu/
Agree to access the District Application Portal
Select Azure Active Directory and use your @mbusd.org email address to log on. You will be asked to create a password.
Once logged on select the myDocuments image to access your pay stubs from the dashboard
Please refer to this reference to learn what is included and what the various codes stand for on this old version of your pay stub: Pay Stub Field Explanations.

Important: Pay stubs issued before February 15, 2024, will only be available on the Azure Active Directory for two (2) additional years. Please download/print your pay stubs if you are interested in keeping them beyond early 2026.

Timesheets

Timesheet Due Dates

2025-26 Classified Work Days Paid by Month

Classified Additional Hours/Overtime Timesheet

Certificated Additional Hours/Overtime Timesheet

Certificated Substitute Timesheet

Classified Substitute Timesheet

Home Hospital Instruction Timesheet

Home Hospital Instruction Attendance Record

Absences

Time Certification Form

Certificate of Absence

Vacation Payout Form

Substitute Certificate of Absence

Withholdings

2025 Tax & Withholding Rates

Federal (W-4) and State Withholding Forms

How To Guides

How to Guides

Benefits and Voluntary Deductions