School Finance for Technology
The class covers key components that need to be taken into consideration, during the four critical phases of the budgeting process.
The four phases of budgeting:
Information Gathering
Building the Budget & Purchasing
Maintaining Your Budget
Evaluating Your Budget
Some of the topic areas covered:
Where and how do grants and donations fit into the process?
Components of your budget
Chart of Accounts
Equipment depreciation / acquisition / replacement plans
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Return on Investment (ROI), Value of Investment (VOI)
Negotiate rates with technology vendors?
E-Rate 2.0 and why you should consider participating.
We discuss these issues and other best practices that allow you to be the master of your budget.