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The
Budget Advisory Committee met for the second time on
Tuesday, Jan. 26. During this meeting, the committee
learned more about the steps to creating the School
District budget.
The budgeting process is a multi year
approach vs. a one year at a time view. The components
of the budget were described and discussed. There was an
emphasis on State Aid, tax levy vs. tax rate,
equalization rate, reserve funds and debt service. The
committee learned that the GESD depends on 72% State and
Federal funds to operate. Additionally, the non-mandated
budget represents only about 10-12% of the overall
budget.
Some ideas and question generated by the committee
regarding the following topics were as follows:
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Four
day school week
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Block
scheduling vs. traditional scheduling
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High
school courses such as AP and college level
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Transportation consolidation
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Sharing
staff
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Energy
initiatives such as wind power and solar panel grid.
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