Student Based Budget
Goals
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To give schools the opportunity to engage
parents and school communities in the
budgeting process
To ensure a understanding of student-based
budgeting within schools and school
communities;
To increase transparency around Principal
autonomy and decision making at the school
level;
To present current budget, student data, and
initiatives
To solicit feedback and answer questions from
parents, community and staff stakeholders
Agenda
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Purpose of SPMT
Review School Data
Introduce FY14 Budget
Student-Based Budgeting
(SBB)
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For Prince George’s County
Public Schools
Means of ensuring that all
students have the opportunity
to attain an excellent education
even during financial downturns.
 SBB is in the second year of
implementation.
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Student-Based Budgeting
(SBB)
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Budget Process Restructuring
Changes school budgeting from
staff-based model to per pupil
model.
 Links dollars to students and
provides school-based flexibility in
decision making process to
improve students achievement.
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Student-Based Budgeting
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Empowerment Theory in Action
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Those closest to the students should
make the key decision about
programs, partners, supports, and
staffing, within a framework of bounded
autonomy.
School funding should be transparent,
equitable, and purposeful.
Schools new framework should
transform central office into organization
focused on guidance, support, and
accountability.
Staffing Considerations When
Building a Budget
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Leadership team – supporting
instruction, the front-office and
student services
Student – Teacher Ratios
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Determined by the Principal/Leadership
team
May add or reduce teaching staff in
each academic area, consistent with
established priorities at the school-level
Classroom support, such as Paraeducators
School Data
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Effect Data: Outcomes or
Results – PMAPP 2
Ice Breaker
What would your priorities be for this school?
Imagine your school has $10,000 to spend next year
in the areas listed below. In what areas would you
spend your money? Talk with your neighbor for two
minutes about what areas are most important to
your school.
•Reading Specialist: $1500
•Computers: $ 1500
•Custodial Supplies: $1200
•Textbooks: $2000
•Instructional Lead
Teacher: $1500
•Instructional Supplies:
$2000
•Asst. Principal: $6000
•Supplemental Math
Instruction: $8000
•Counselor:$ 3000
•Paraprofessional: $2000
Reflection
Let’s talk about the decisions you
made and why?
Just like real life budgets, school
budgets have limitations. The
amount of money a school receives
is based on the number of students
enrolled and only allows for SOME of
the initiatives to be accomplished.
Think about…
Your budget was just cut by 20%, so
now you only have $8,000 to spend.
What of your priorities should get cut
and why?
Student Based Budgeting
FY 2014
Allocation $2,646,869
Priority #1
CLASS SIZE
FY 2013
#Students #Class Size #Teachers
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Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
75
75
75
75
75
75
100
100
100
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Enrollment 750
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4