As the exhibit shows, the regions administer 64.5 percent of the district's total general operating budget. Develop unit's budget based upon needs assessment. The budget process begins each November with the development of spending priorities, budget initiatives, and program goals centered on specific budget goals and objectives established by the Board of Trustees. The process ends in August with final adoption by the Board of Trustees. Budget compilation is fully automated.
Computer training is provided for all campuses and budget units that request it.
Budget input begins in January and must be completed by mid-February. This reflects costs to be incurred in constructing, renovating, and repairing district facilities during the 1998-99 school year. The first section includes a definition of budgeted funds, a summary of revenues and expenditures by fund, and two graphs one of expenditures by function and the other of expenditures by object. The rest of the document simply compiles all of the campus and unit budgets. The only narrative in the entire document is a definition of budgeted funds at the beginning of the document.