DB-R - BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES

FALL

• Combined School Board/Town Council and/or Subcommittee meeting

November

• School/District Administrators develop Original Request Budgets
• Development of Budget Schedule

December (third week)

• Original Request Budgets submitted to School Business Manager

December - January

• January School Business Manager assemble Original Request Budgets

WINTER

January

• School Board adopts School Board Budget Goals
• Budget updates begin after every meeting, posted on District Budget Page
• Superintendent and School Business Manager meet individually with District and School Administrators to review Original Request Budgets as presented in standardized format:
  • Projected Student Enrollment
  • Staffing Numbers
  • Class sizes: present and projected
  • New program/position evaluation
  • New programs/position request
  • Facilities/Maintenance needs

January

• School Board Workshop
• Original Request Budgets are presented to the School Board by Administrators
• School Board members develop questions based on presentations

January-February

• Original Request Budgets are adjusted based on conversations
• Town Council/School Board Budget Subcommittee meets to present updates on budget development process

February

• Questions are submitted to School Board Finance Chair
• Questions are distributed to School Administrators and Department Heads
• Answers to questions are presented to School Board
• District receives notification (ED279) regarding state subsidy
• School Board Budget Workshop

SPRING

March

• Town Council/School Board Budget Subcommittee meet to present updates on budget development process
• District receives ceiling for health insurance increases/adjustments made in proposed budgets
• Budget conversations continue in Budget Workshops
  • Budget Increases
  • Health insurance increases
  • Explanation of ED279
  • Enrollment and Staffing Analysis

April

• District receives notification of insurance increases, adjustments are made in proposed budget
• School Board approves school budget
• School Board provides Budget Books to Town Council Members
• School Board presents approved school budget to Town Council for approval

June

• Public Referendum

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ADOPTED:

• February 9, 2021