“Education is about children and as long as our efforts are aligned toward children we are on the right path.”
Deborah L. Hendrix President, Board of Education
District Policy DBD
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DISTRICT POLICY DBD Determination of Budget Priorities Date of revision: November 15, 2012 |
Determination of Budget Priorities
The superintendent shall develop a budget that is related directly to the Board's Results priorities and Operational Expectations goals. The superintendent shall establish the necessary procedures to insure a wide range of participation in the budgeting process.
Each school-level accountability committee shall make recommendations to the principal relative to priorities for expenditures of district funds by the school. A copy of these recommendations shall be sent to the district accountability committee and to the Board. The superintendent shall consider these recommendations when formulating budget requests to be presented to the Board of Education.
The district accountability committee shall make recommendations to the Board relative to priorities for expenditures of district funds. The Board shall consider these priorities when it adopts the annual budget.
The Board of Education will begin the budget priority process annually in July for the ensuing fiscal year. All input to be considered must be submitted annually by December 31 as budget parameters will be finalized by the Board of Education in February.
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