Plan of Operation Cycles
Plan of Operation Cycles
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Principals and Teams will work together to create the Plan of Operation for their school. The Plan of Operation includes the school budget and the School Performance Plan. It may take Teams more than one meeting to assist and advise the principal with the plan.
Development process for the Plan of Operation
Development process for the Plan of Operation
Development cycles for the School Performance Plan and the School Budget overlap, but are not quite the same. Both cycles are driven by Nevada law and regulations.
The School Performance Plan is developed in the summer and updated through a series of status checks. The process steps are called "Acts." (For more information see Nevada's School Level Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) and Resources Overview video.)
The steps in developing the school budget are driven by requirements in Nevada Law that determine when schools must be provided with estimated and updated allocations each year.
Major steps for the development of the Plan of Operation
Major steps for the development of the Plan of Operation
Estimated allocations to schools. Schools are provided with estimated allocations based on projected enrollment. This usually takes place on or just before January 15.
Preliminary School Budget Development. Using estimated allocations and their School Performance Plan, principals develop their preliminary budget. The preliminary budget is used to staff and prepare for the upcoming school year.
School Performance Plan Development. At the end of the school year, Continuous Improvement Teams use information from the previous year's school performance plan ("Act 3") to inform the development of the School Performance Plan for the upcoming school year ("Act 1"). The new School Performance Plan is presented to the SOT for approval when school resumes in August.
Adjusted allocations to schools. Schools are provided with adjusted allocations based on the actual enrollment of students in the school. This usually takes place in September.
School Budget Revision. Using adjusted allocations, and the new School Performance Plan, principals revise their budget for the school year.
School Performance Plan Continuous Improvement. Throughout the year, the principal engages in Continuous Improvement activities as part of Nevada's Continuous Improvement Process ("Act 2" and "Act 3").
The diagram below illustrates the 18-month process and how it overlaps each year.
School Plan of Operation Development Process Timeline
Requirements
Requirements
Before the organizational team conducts a vote on approving a plan of operation for the local school precinct, the principal of the local school precinct must present the plan at a public meeting.
There must be notice of the meeting not less than 3 working days before the date on which the meeting will be held.
Members of the public must be allowed to attend any portion of the meeting, except any portion of the meeting during which confidential information is discussed
Each meeting must include a period for public comment.
Before any vote on a proposed plan of operation for the local school precinct, the principal of the local school precinct must make every effort to notify the members of the organizational team for the local school precinct of the date, time and location of the scheduled vote.
The plan of operation must be approved by at least 75 percent of the members of the organizational team who are present at the time of the vote. Then, the principal must submit the plan to the school associate superintendent for approval. After receipt of the plan of operation pursuant to this subsection, the school associate superintendent must approve or deny the plan of operation within 10 days. The plan of operation must be approved unless any provision of the plan violates any federal or state law or policy of the large school district.
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