Week 2 Part 2: State Budget Reflections

Reviewing the TASBO Budget Development PowerPoint, TEA finance website, a sample budget development calendar, and the TEA budgetary guidelines have given me a better understanding of the important dates and events that take place in developing and adopting a district budget. This process has allowed me to see a “year at a glance,” so to speak in regards to the timeline of creating and adopting the district budget. The most helpful resource in understanding the events that take place in developing a district budget was the TEA Budgeting Guidelines document. I found it humorous that in section 2.7.2.2 of this document it states, “The easiest technique [to build a district calendar] is to begin with the previous year’s calendar and modify it for use in the current year.”  That sounds easy enough!