Additional Stakeholder Input

Although my superintendent was not available for an interview, I responded according to my previous experiences in working on the budget with the Superintendent.

What types of input could you receive for budget development from each of the following individuals or groups:

* Central Office Administrators and Staff - they offer information on fulfilling the goals generated by the Board of trustees, federal budgets (i.e. special education, Title I, Bilingual/Migrant, etc.), staffing requirements for each department, curricuum and instruction needs, technology requirements, finance information, information on personnel budgets (FTE’s, salary increases, additions or deletions for positions, etc.), benefit requirements;

* Principals - staffing needs, curriculum and instruction needs based on student achievement and demographics;

* Site Based Decision Making Committees – curriculum and instruction needs based on student performance on state developed assessments, needs based on goals established by the committee, funding sources, responsible parties;

* District Improvement Committees - strategies to fulfill the district goals, funding sources to obtain goals, activities to achieve district goals, persons responsible;

* Teacher Organizations - teachers’ curriculum and instruction needs, teachers’ concerns and needs;

* Key Stakeholders - Community concerns, parent concerns;

* Board of Trustees - District goals and objectives, district priorities.