Goal Driven Budget

      A goal driven budget is a guideline based on the intentions of all stakeholders to meet the goals and vision of the district for student success.  Dr. Arterbury implied the board, district, and campus goals should be a “version of the vision” and this is the foundation for the budget process.  A goal driven budget is complex and receives the attention of all employees in district and the community. This is accomplished from the various committees’ and different people throughout the district.

       WISD district improvement plans states the district goals and the resources for funding by each strategy. The various types of funding is identified as  local, state, federal, special education, state compensatory, title, rural and low income, and Title II D Technology. The amount of the funding available is not presented in the improvement plan, but is included in the budget planning process.

        WISD district goal of student achievement is the area where the complexity of funding is evident. The funding resources are received from the different identities based on student enrollment in PEIMS and ADA. The funding for target student population is evident by utilizing state compensatory, special education, and rural and low income for achieving these needs of the district.

      Goal 4 of WISD states: “Operations: WISD will keep budgeted expenditures aligned with revenue projections to achieve a balanced budget. Staffing levels and student enrollment will be closely monitored to ensure payroll mirrors ADA.”  The objective to monitor financial projections is funded by local, Title, rural and low income, title, special education, and state compensatory. The majority of the resources for the objectives and strategies for this goal is local funding. This goal is a strong message that WISD will operate with a strong and balanced budget according the ADA. The district uses reliable revenue projections and the superintendent communicates this with the district and holds public meetings to keep the community abreast the current state funding.

            WISD has a total of six district goals and the funding resources are evident in the plan.  The campuses improvement plans includes the same goals listing their strategies and funding to achieve the goal. Therefore, a goal driven budget is developed by committee’s of several stakeholders at different levels within the district. According to Dr. Arterbury conversation, WISD process is a reflection of “a goal driven budget”.