3110P Budget Planning

Colchester Public Schools
                           CABE-SUGGESTED POLICY UPDATE
                                                                                    3110P

                                     BUSINESS AND NON-INSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

                                   BUDGET PLANNING

General
The Board of Education shall prepare an annual operating budget for the school district,
consistent with provisions of state statutes and Board of Finance requirements, governing
preparation, timelines, and available appeal procedures of reductions to the educational
budget.
Establishing Budget Priorities
Before developing and adopting a proposed budget, the Board of Education shall study
school programs in relation to present and future students and community needs and
establish budget priorities for the fiscal year. As a preliminary part of budget
development, the Board of Education shall study the school program in relation to the
present and future needs of the students and the community.
Supplemental Appropriations
State law provides procedures through which, subsequent to approval of the annual
budget, additional appropriations may, if required, be requested by the Board of
Education from the Board of Finance. Prior to requesting supplemental funds, the Board
shall make every reasonable effort to live within the original appropriation and maintain
essential educational programs.
Legal Reference:      Connecticut General Statutes
                      10-51 Fiscal year. Budget. Payments by member towns. (regional
                      districts)
                      10-222 Appropriations and budget. Financial information system.



As a preliminary part of the development of the budget, the Board of Education shall
study the school program in relation to the present and future needs of the students
and the community. In an effort to make the budget a comprehensive reflection of the
financial needs of the school system, steps shall be taken to involve representatives of
the community, students, staff in the budget process.

At the first Board of Education meeting in January, the Superintendent of Schools shall
present an initial budget proposal for the subsequent year. In the preparation of the
tentative budgets, the Superintendent of Schools shall confer with school administrators
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and other appropriate staff personnel to make the budget as nearly as possible an
expression of the interests of all staff members.

The Board of Education shall consider informally these preliminary budgets in a manner
it so
designates.

( cf. 3560 - Capital Outlay)

Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes
       10-222 Appropriations and budget

POLICY ADOPTED:        November 14, 2000
REVISED:               February 11, 2020


COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Colchester, Connecticut




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