Priority Five - Resource Optimization

In the fifth priority of our Strategic Plan, we are focused on making sure our resources go as far as they can.

Resource Allocation Committee Focus Areas

• Continue to examine allocation methods and develop recommendations. ​​

• Collect baseline school budget data.​

• ​Share draft recommendations with stakeholders to gather feedback.

• Provide final recommendations to the Superintendent.​

• Incorporate fiscal impacts of any new school budget allocation strategies accepted by the Superintendent in the 2024-2025 budget development process.​

• Collect data regarding effectiveness of the newly implemented school budget allocations from principals.

Targets and Measures

• Short Term Targets:

  1. Beginning in August 2022, 100% of D20 schools will receive building rental dollars. (Target met August 2022)

  2. Beginning in Spring 2024, new school discretionary budget allocation strategies that factor in differences across schools will be considered during the budget planning process.

  3. In October 2023, baseline data will be collected from principals regarding their perception of effectiveness of current discretionary budget allocations in terms of meeting student needs. (Target met October 2023)

• Long Term Targets:

  1. On an annual basis, 100% of D20 schools will receive building rental dollars. (Target met as of August 2023)

  2. On an annual basis, new school discretionary budget allocation strategies that factor in differences across schools will be considered during the budget planning process.

  3. By February 2027, following the implementation of new budget allocation strategies that factor in differences across schools, greater than 85% of principals will report that they strongly agree or agree that new discretionary budget allocations effectively meet the needs of students.

• Measures:

  1. A financial schedule showing the final building rental dollars allocated to each D20 school based upon prior fiscal year activity (financial schedule prepared and funds distributed August / September).

  2. The D20 budget planning spreadsheet utilized in the Spring includes the school budget allocation strategies accepted by the Superintendent that factor in differences across schools (implementation dependent upon funding).

  3. Feedback collection tool using a Likert scale for principals to gauge effectiveness of school discretionary budget allocation strategies. Effectiveness of current allocation strategies are evaluated in October 2023, and effectiveness of newly implemented allocation strategies are evaluated in 2025 through 2027.