POLICY: DBA
CATEGORY: BUDGET SYSTEM:
SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING
POLICY STATEMENT:
The Board believes that
site-based decision-making, planning, and budget development will enhance
student learning.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES:
1. The budget priorities and practices at
each site must support excellence in teaching and learning, and enhancement of
student performance and must be consistent with law, departmental regulations,
Board policy, and administrative directives.
2. Each principal shall establish a budget
advisory committee consisting of at least one representative elected from among
the staff, and at least one “non
staff” member of the school council,
if any, or the parent advisory body who are not employees of the Board. The budget committee shall be established
prior to November 30 to ensure that the committee can have an effective role in
the development of the budget to be submitted by the date established annually
by the Superintendent.
3. Following consultation with the budget
advisory committee, each principal must
a. establish a budget that supports the
Three Year Plans of the Board and school.
b. contain expenditures within the budget
allocated.
c. receive prior approval of the Board for
any necessary capital expenditures beyond budget allocations, or to use future
funds to meet current unforeseen obligations.
4. Each year the principal shall provide
to the Board through the Superintendent, the school budget and the following
information from the Three-Year Plan:
a. budget advisory committee’s
recommendations
b. school profile (student numbers, class
numbers, program offerings, etc.)
c. program priorities and changes
d. projected enrollments
e. revenue sources, including fund raising
and donations
f. number (FTE) of certificated and
support staff
g. school organization
h. planned capital purchases
i. the surplus or deficit of the previous
year.
5. The Superintendent shall develop an
appropriate mechanism for allocating
funds to the sites, and shall undertake a review of any school
budget requested by the Board.
6. The Secretary-Treasurer shall monitor
site-based expenditures to ensure conformity to law, departmental regulations,
Board policy, and administrative directives.
Date of Adoption: August 25, 1995
Date of Amendment: April 21, 2004
Review Date: April 2007
Legal Reference: Section 15, 44, and 159, School
Act
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