Resource Allocation Formula Overview

The per-pupil unit allocations for the 2017-2018 school year are as follows:

SMALL-SCHOOL SUBSIDY

The per-unit allocation for the Small School Subsidy is based on the additional units needed to provide students with the classes required to meet the requirements for a 21st Century Diploma.

A program established within a school incurs no additional overhead costs, and is not eligible for small school subsidy.

Specialty schools, due to their non-traditional characteristics and/or atypical size, get a subsidy based on programs offered to meet the needs of students.

OTHER ALLOCATIONS

Although these dollars are not included in the strategic budget workbook, they must be considered in developing a comprehensive plan aligning all resources to improving instruction and increasing achievement. These include, but are not limited to:

Title III, Zoom, Victory, Career and Technical Education, English Language Learner, special education programs, Prime 6, athletics, off-ratio staffing (such as strings or ROTC).

OTHER SCHOOL-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING REQUIREMENTS

School-staffing configurations will be determined at the school level, with the weighted per-pupil allocation, and with no restriction on teacher/student ratio, except those required by State law.

All salaries will be assessed based on average salaries and benefits.

Unused resource allocations funds will carry over at the end of each year.

Should there be deficits in school budgets, schools are required to carry over 100 percent of prior-year deficits as an offset to the current year’s allocation.

All schools will be required to submit a balanced budget.

Final budget will be calculated using Fall HR Staffing Day enrollment.