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School Budget Analysis Paper

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As the newly promoted director of student achievement for Washington, D.C Public Schools, I am fully committed to the expansion of current program offerings as well as the creation of additional programs. To achieve this, I will make use of the principles learned in my graduate budgeting course to assess the current financial situation, plan the department’s future direction, create and implement the new annual budget, and lastly, evaluate the success of the programs and the budget in preparation of repeating these steps.
The first step will be to analyze the current financial environment. In an attempt to do so, I will identify evaluative criteria to evaluate the success of the budget and its impact on the success of my department’s programs. Once I have recognized the needed changes, I will appeal to the school division budget makers to demonstrate the need for more funding. In doing so, I will be sure to demonstrate the success of current and past programs that my department has funded and how with additional funding the department will be able to improve student achievement on a larger scale.
The second step will be to set goals for the expansion …show more content…

In terms of budget, I will review the accounting system’s record of financial transactions. In terms of the programmatic goals, I will examine the department’s ability to achieve the goals of the expanded and newly created programs. Essentially, I will review the department’s ability to maintain accountability to the beneficiaries of our programs and to the school division budget makers. My assessment will be used to assess the department’s ability to manage our financial and programmatic responsibilities. Likewise, close to the end of the fiscal year, the department will have the school division’s auditor come and inspect our finances and ensure that we did everything

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