Longer Paper–3 to 4 pages– 11 points
How much budgetary discretion is delegated to principals in your district? Is a decentralized, or top-down, centralized model followed?
What budget calendar does your campus follow? July 1 to June 30? September 1 to August 31? Other?
Read and analyze the current school budget.
Go to TAPR In the TEA webpage, find your campus, click “Link to PEIMS Financial Standard Reports (year), Financial Actual Reports”, for budget information about your own campus. How much money is spent per student? How much money is spent by categories?
What fixed costs are part of the budget? Are they really fixed? Examine each and ask why.
What amount of money, approximately, is left after fixed costs are deducted?
Is capital outlay part of the campus budget or is that function centralized?
Are there ways to increase campus funding? (I.E. Are students coded correctly in PEIMS, could the campus qualify for more federal funds, could the campus get more district technology funds, etc)
Will the district allow any portion of unspent local and/or federal funds to carry over to the next year in any areas?
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