Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Budget Process Timeline

1. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Budget Process Timeline Establish Superintendent’s Goals and Priorities Establish Target $ amount for County budget request Hold Budget Kickoff Meeting November Compute cost for growth, sustaining operations, new schools and salary/benefit increase Identify budget reductions/redirections Department Heads submit budget request, aligned to Strategic Plan to Exec. Staff for review Exec. Staff submits approved departmental budget request to budget staff office Professional Organizations submit budget request December Executive Staff budget work sessions with Budget staff Executive Staff budget work session with COO Budget staff compiles budget reductions/computes “gap” Identify additional budget reductions Departmental budget recommendations, finalized and aligned to Strategic Plan Budget staff compiles budget recommendation Growth estimates confirmed January State Budget estimates verified with Planning Allotment Superintendent finalizes budget recommendation Budget recommendation document printed and presentation finalized Superintendent present budget recommendation to Executive Staff February Formal budget presentation to BOE by Superintendent March

2. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Budget Process Timeline Budget work sessions with BOE Public hearing on budget March BOE budget request approved at BOE meeting Budget staff prepares and prints Budget Request document April BOE budget request delivered to County Manager County Manager reviews BOE budget request County Manager’s budget presented to BOCC Public hearing on county budget BOCC and BOE budget workshop May BOCC approves county budget June County and State budget allocations received Superintendent adjusts budget recommendation based on approved funding Superintendent presents final budget recommendation to BOE BOE adopts budget Adopted budget communicated to all stakeholders Adopted budget document printed July-Sept.