Budget Webinar Series
January 8 - February 26
Every Wednesday 1:00-3:00pm

EIGHTEEN Hours of Training in nine 2-hour training webinars

$200 for one person
$300 for any/all members of your district
(no partial registrations offered)

Gwyn Andersen and Betty Brumwell will present this budget workshop series beginning with the calculation of ANB and how that drives your general fund budget, all the way through estimating and noticing of the tax impact.  You will learn to calculate the general fund budget using your district’s information and the hand sheets developed by the OPI as well as various other OPI tools.

The recordings include nine - 2 hour segments. The first session is an overview of all funds, their purpose, revenues and appropriate expenditures and each session will build on the previous session with time allowed for questions.  

**All registered attendees will receive emails with all of the recordings**

               Zoom Links & Recordings are Intended For Paid Attendees Only
               Please do NOT share the link/recording unless you've purchased the district option
               If a co-worker could benefit from the recording please register for the district option.

• Registered attendees will receive the zoom link the day before the first webinar
• The same zoom link will be used for all 9 sessions
• Presentation slides will be posted on the MASBO website under the resources tab (log in required)  
• Join us by zoom for any of all of the webinars, or wait for recording.  No registration adjustments needed

Agenda:
Week 1 – January 8
Introduction of Agenda
Overview of All Funds (purpose, revenue, valid expenditures, reserve)

Week 2 – January 15
ANB (Average Number Belonging)
Separate Budget Units
Basic Entitlement and PER-ANB Entitlement

Week 3 – January 22
Additional Funding Components
Quality Educator, Indian Education for All, At-Risk Student, Data for Achievement, and Achievement Gap
Special Education Funding (including Maintenance of Effort)

Week 4 – January 29
Establishing the Base and Maximum General Fund Budget and voting limits

Week 5 – February 5
Funding the General Fund Budget
Non Levy Revenues and Guaranteed Tax Base Aid (GTB)
Operating Reserve and Excess Reserves
Budget Authority and Voter Approval
Distribution of State Aid

Week 6 – February 12
Levies
Calculating General Fund Levies
OPI General Fund Budget Spreadsheet, “The Silver Bullet”
Guest Appearance, Paul Taylor, OPI

Week 7 February 19
Review Preliminary Budget Data Sheets
Expenditure Budgets
Budget Amendments

Week 8 – February 26
More on Other Budgeted Funds and their Respective Levies
Estimating and Noticing of Tax Impact of School District Levies