Middletown Public Schools                                                                                    No. 3010

 

ANNUAL BUDGET AND FORMAT

 

I. INTRODUCTION

The annual operating budget of the Middletown School District is the financial plan for the operation of the School District for a period of one year. It is intended to provide a framework for both expenditures and revenues for that year and to translate into financial terms the programs and activities of the District.

 

The Middletown School District acknowledges its responsibility, pursuant to provision of the Middletown Town Charter to provide the Town Administrator, or his designee, timely budget information consisting of District estimated expenditures and revenues for transmission to the Town Council.

 

II. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The Middletown School Committee seeks to achieve the following goals and objectives in its annual budget:

The Superintendent of Schools and the administrative staff will assume responsibility for the development and preparation of the annual School District budget and for its presentation and review by the School Committee.

 

Submit a proposed budget to the Town Administrator not later than one hundred days prior to the start of the next fiscal year.

 

Estimates of sums expected to become available from federal and state grants for the support of the public schools shall be included in the total requested for school expenditures.

 

The Superintendent will work closely with the Business Manager, principals and staff members in developing this budget and in outlining the long-range and short-term needs of the School District.

 

After a proposed budget has been developed, the Superintendent will, with the assistance of the other staff members, present a recommended budget to the School Committee for review and adoption.

 

This annual budget, as adopted by the School Committee, shall be presented to the Middletown Town Council and Town Meeting in the manner prescribed by Town Charter.

 

The annual operating budget of the Middletown School District will be presented in a manner and format consistent with the laws of the State of Rhode Island and regulations of the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Auditor General.

 

The budget proposal as presented to the School Committee shall be fully itemized and classified in conformance with the chart of accounts of Middletown Public Schools and with state and federal reporting requirements.

 

The budget document, as adopted by the School Committee and presented to the Town Council, shall include the following information:

The proposed annual expenditure within the district chart of accounts. Estimates of revenue sources.

References:

State Statutes and Regulations:  16-2-9    16-2-9.1   16-2-11    16-2-21    16-2-21.2    16-2-21-3    16-2-21.4

General Powers and duties of school committees.

Code of basic management principles and ethical school standards. General powers and duties of superintendent.

 

Pre-budget consultation - Annual reports - Appropriation requests - Budgets -   Three-year budget forecasting process.

  Meetings with city and town councils.

School budgets - Compliance with certain requirements.

Town Charter and Code Provisions:     Sec. 304.      Sec. 812.

 

Enumeration of power and duties.

Budget; school committee to incur no obligation beyond the amount provided by budget.

 

 

1st Reading - April 23, 2009

2nd Reading and Approval - May 21, 2009 Revised and Approved - September 17, 2015

Review - September 18, 2025

3 Year Review Due - September 2028