Budget

Things to Consider Questions
 * "Use it or lose it"- sometimes people have maintained their budget even though they don't need quite all of it because the belief is that once you "lose" some funding, you almost never get it back
 * General Funds will not be carried over during this type of economic situation; these funds will be put back into the district's "big bucket"
 * Start building budgets based on what is mandated by federal or state
 * What are the priorities?
 * What is the direction from the ILT?
 * safe mode: we probably won't see new directions due to current realities and budgets
 * CSAP growth around math, reading, writing
 * AIMS and top tiered goals from the district; what strategies support these; what yearly objectives do we set in support of the strategies and goals

Planning for Budgets (Odus' Perspectives) annual planning process
 * what worked, what didn't
 * what progress are we making on our goals and objectives
 * how has our environment changed over the past year
 * strenghts and weaknesses of the organization
 * score card can be a piece of this
 * determine focus areas (broad category; next, what strategies address those focus areas; then make assignments (who is responsible for that area; leads to goals, initiatives, timelines (action plan); should address a multiyear plan
 * operational plan: 1st year only
 * objective
 * action steps
 * timeline
 * measurements
 * this is where budget lives


 * planning should be strategic
 * long term
 * broad concepts
 * assessing
 * looking at big picture before getting to the detail level
 * looking at big picture before getting to the detail level