Indicator 8

The community and the district’s governing body shall ensure an adequate and dependable source of revenue to provide and maintain appropriate school programs, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, technological support, materials, and supplies for student learning.
 

What to Look for:
 

Do the community and the district’s governing body provide adequate and dependable resources and revenue to support all aspects of the educational program?

• the school assesses budget priorities annually
• the school uses data about student learning needs to make budgetary decisions
• yearly budget planning solicits feedback from parents and other community members in the early stages in order to determine school needs and to generate broad-based community support
• the budget planning process attempts to balance the need for adequate program support with that of responsible fiscal restraint
• broad-based communication efforts are made to generate awareness of budget needs, of meetings being held to present the budget, and of the process to be used to vote on the budget
• the school and district administrators and the district’s governing body provide authoritative and proactive leadership in preparing, presenting, and generating support for passage of the budget
• similar leadership and proactive planning are provided in determining the need for and the passage of necessary bond issues
• as the result of the actions above, yearly budgets are generally passed with substantial support of the community