Develop and submit a general operating budget
Question:
Your assignment is to develop and submit a general operating budget given the following information about your school:
Your school is located in primarily a centrally managed district. In a centrally managed district, the following are generally handled at the District level–transportation, food service, utilities, district wide adoption of textbooks or other instructional materials ( schools are usually allocated funds for more minor purchases of instructional materials )maintenance ( custodians or other school based personnel may do some light maintenance ) and salary & benefits for all employees. Note that districts will vary to some degree in carrying out the above responsibilities. There may be school to school variances to a lesser degree in some districts.
The general operating budget is pretty much explained in it”s title–it is for the day to day operation of the school–predominately in the form of consumable supplies for faculty, staff and plant.
You are Principal of an elementary school of 600 students. Your allocation for general operating is $58.00 per unweighted FTE. You have 28 instructional units, 5 custodial staff and 12 clerical staff. You own 2 copy machines that require annual service. Two grade levels take one field trip annually (one each ) to local venues.
You are to develop your operating budget on the form below and submit.
