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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