Do you have a comprehensive budget planning process? Are you ready for the new requirements from HB3 and the changes that COVID-19 has added? Is it tied to your strategic plan? TASA, TASB, and TASBO have joined together to offer budget development training for school district teams.
The 2020-2021 Texas District Leaders Budget Cohort program includes 31 hours of training. The school year will begin with virtual training but may move to in-person at TASA, TASB, or TASBO events. All training is led by subject matter experts identified by TASA/TASB/TASBO. The cohort model is based upon the superintendent, chief financial officer, chief curriculum, and human resources officers attending the trainings together.
2020-2021 TASA/TASB/TASBO Texas District Leaders Budget Cohort Topics
*All VIRTUAL until further notice
**Note: Session topics may change based upon speaker availability and the need to clarify understanding of the components of HB3 and the upcoming 2021 Legislative Session.
Session 1 | August 2020
The Intersection of Budget and Average Daily Attendance, ESSER and other sources of funding for COVID.
Session 2 | September 2020
Preparing for the October PEIMS Snapshot, Setting Your Tax Rate / Tax Rate Election Requirements, Update on the Texas Economy and Its Projected Impact on Long Term Budgets, and Maximizing Staffing to Best Respond to the Challenges Presented by COVID.
Session 3 | October 2020
What Types of Information do School Boards Need to Make Sound Financial Decisions? Monitoring the Budget All Year Long by Analyzing Trends and Building a Long-Term Relationship with Chief Appraiser to Better Project State and Local Revenue.
Session 4 | November 2020
What Happened to my Interest Earnings? Investing District Funds Responsibly and It’s the 3rd Six Weeks, Now What? Update on State Funding.
Session 5 | December 2020
Looking forward to the 87th Session and Communicating with the Public Effectively in a Transparent World.
Session 6 | January 2021
Budget Implications of Chapter 21 Contracts, Chapter 21 Contract Process / Maximizing Staffing, Collaboration Across Departments to Reach Consensus on Difficult Challenges, Understanding Program Funding Spending Requirements and Meeting MOE, etc. for Federal Funding including ESSER and other COVID funding.
Session 7 | February 2021
Updates on State Funding, Understanding the Components of the District Tax Rate, Strategic Staffing and Compensation, Managing the relationship between the business office and HR, Staffing for cost-savings (re-purposing existing staff to provide needed support), TASB Salary Survey data availability and how you can use it, Re-inventing the Master Schedule to Meet Projections and District Needs and Timing of Master Schedule Development. Don’t wait until summer.
Session 8 | March 2021
Best Practices in Auxiliary Departments, Campus Budget Allocations, Legislative Update, HR Hot Topics.
Session 9 | April 2021
Analyzing ADA, Property Values and Projecting State Funding, Tax Rate Adoption / Planning for a TRE, Analyzing Your District’s Cash Flow, Legislative Update and HR Hot Topics.
Session 10 | May 2021
Developing FY22 Budget Estimates, Legislative Update and Impact on Proposed School Funding for the FY22 Budget.
TO REGISTER: Please select "Register Myself" to begin. Then select "ADD" next to your registration type.
FEE: $3,000 - Up to Five (5) Virtual Attendees
*Additional fee for in-person meetings: $50/person for each district attendee over three (3) to cover costs.
PREREQUISITE: None
CEU/CPE Hours: 31