Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Five Most Important Dates in the Budget Process


November - District Improvement Plan is presented to the Board – This plan should be goal and data driven and should be developed using stakeholders from different aspects of the community.

March - Budgets due from campus principals, directors and coordinators – These budgets should be developed using the campus improvement plan as well as speaking with the personnel at your campus.

May - Budget Retreat – This is the meeting where we are given the final projections using previous year’s data on how much money we will have to spend next year.  After that is done, the admin team, consisting of principals and directors, use the money the best they can to attain those campus goals.  These meetings are useful because it allows for other administrators to see your budget and how you are planning to attain the district goals.

June - Budgets are presented to the Board by the principals, directors and coordinators – Each person responsible for a budget must present to the board and be prepared to answer questions if needed.

August - Budget is approved by the Board – The most important part of approving a budget is that fact that it is not a deficit budget.  Boards are happy to approve a budget that is balanced.

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