ERIC Number: ED577288
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
Pages: 28
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Cycle-Based Budgeting and Continuous Improvement at Jefferson County Public Schools: Year 1 Report
Yan, Bo
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This report documents the first-year of implementing Cycle-based Budgeting at Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville, KY). To address the limitations of incremental budgeting and zero-based budgeting, a Cycle-based Budgeting model was developed and implemented in JCPS. Specifically, each new program needs to submit an on-line budget request to: 1) explain its alignment with the district's strategic plan; 2) specify measurable target outcomes; and 3) proposed a time-line to achieve the target outcomes so that the program can be reviewed for continued funding support. As a result, the district transformed $22.1 million new spending from entitlements into time-bound conditional commitments. Also included in this report are analysis results of how the $22.1 million new spending is allocated in terms of the district's priorities, shares between central office departments and schools, and equity.
Descriptors: County School Districts, Public Schools, Program Budgeting, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation, Strategic Planning, Expenditures, Investment, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Definitions, Computation, Funding Formulas, Capacity Building, Costs, Resource Allocation, Educational Finance, Models, Alignment (Education), Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Program Proposals
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky (Louisville)
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