Section:3000 Business
Policy Name:Concept and Roles in Business
Policy Number:3000
Date Approved:10/10/1989
Last Revised:10/12/2004


Concept and Roles in Business

The Board of Education recognizes that finances and financial management are critical to the support of the whole school program. To make that support as effective as possible, the Board of Education shall:

1. encourage advance planning through the best possible budget procedures.
2. explore all practical sources of financial support.
3. guide the expenditure of funds so as to extract the greatest educational returns.
4. establish top quality accounting and reporting procedures.
5. maintain the level of unit expenditure needed to provide high quality education within the ability of the community to pay.

Non-Instructional Operations

The operation and maintenance of school plant and equipment shall set high standards of safety; to promote the health of students and staff, to reflect prudent management of available resources and to support environmentally the efforts of the staff to provide a good education.