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Financial Stewardship in Public Education

A joint workshop of

MASBO, MASS & MSBA

November 25, 2011

Agenda

AM Following the Money• The funding structure• The budgeting process• Board role and functions

PM Making the Money Count• Setting budget priorities• Achieving equity• Ensuring efficiency• Engaging community

As financial stewards, boards must

• safeguard and manage the resources of the division

• in pursuit of its mission and goals

• to serve the interests and the well-being of students and stakeholders

• in all schools across the entire division

Stewardship imperatives

Duty of care

Duty of due diligence

Public accountability

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Following the Money

Facilitators:

Gord Olmstead, Beautiful Plains S.D.

Vince Mariani, River East Transcona

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Making the Money Count

Facilitators:

Mike Borgfjord, MASS

Carolyn Duhamel, MSBA

From what to so what

The challenge facing public schools is…improved outcomes rather than simple

access.

What’s your bottom line?

…Too many boards focus their attention on the actual dollars, rather than on what the budget is intended to accomplish.

Thomas, The School Board Member Handbook, 1994

The Money Myth

…any education problem requires increased spending and reform is impossible without more funding…

Setting budget priorities

How can we use the money we have to achieve our divisional goals for student

learning?

Table conversation #1

• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.

• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.

• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the green worksheet.

Budget ‘buzzwords’

• equality

• equity

• effectiveness

• efficiency

Table conversation #2

• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.

• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.

• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the yellow worksheet.

“We tried door prizes, theme parties, entertainers, and expensive opening acts, but we just can’t stimulate

better attendance at budget meetings.”

Table conversation #3

• Choose one person to facilitate the conversation.

• Choose a recorder of the conversation and a reporter for your group.

• Share and discuss your responses to the questions on the blue worksheet.

The school board’s bottomline

It always comes down to what’s best for kids. That is not always easy to figure out, but it remains the only guideline that justifies the action a

board takes.

Michigan School Board Member

LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SERVICE FOR MANITOBA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS

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