FY24 DCPS

Principal Budget Development Guide

The FY24 Budget Guide Table of Contents is outlined below. There are Budget Guide Section Buttons beneath each dropdown that link directly to the referenced pages. To read about a specific section, click on the button like the one below:

Budget Guide Section

Table of Contents

 
  • Chancellor’s Letter
  • FY24 Budget Guide Updates

Introduction

Building a Budget With Allocations – All Flexibility Levels

This includes Level 1 allocations that required and locked (unable to be changed), Level 2 allocations that are required and rarely flexible, and Level 3 allocations that are fully flexible. 

Level 1 allocations are unable to be changed. This means that even a within program, changes cannot occur. This may be determined by fund source requirements and allowability, such as grants and MOUs, legal requirements, and other core operational considerations.

Level 2 allocations are rarely flexible. Any shift in the allocation will maintain the intended purpose of the original allocation. Principals must demonstrate how they will meet related programmatic requirements.

Level 3 allocations are provided to schools to budget for staff and programming and are fully flexible funds. 

 
  • Special Education (Self-Contained)
  • Library Programs
  • Title I Parental Involvement
  • Title II Professional Development
  • Pool Programming
  • Credit Recovery
  • NAF
  • Ninth Grade Academy (NGA)
  • JROTC
  • International Baccalaureate (IB)
  • Twilight
  • Title I Reading Specialists

Level 1 Flexibility Allocations 

 

  • School Mental Health
  • School Counselors
  • English Learner
  • Special Education (Inclusion)
  • Afterschool Programming
  • Career & Technical Education (CTE)
  • Early Childhood Education (ECE)
  • Dual Language
  • Custodial
  • Global Studies
  • Safe & Positive Schools

Level 2 Flexibility Allocations

 

  • Specialty Payments
  • School Office Support
  • Student-Based Funding
    • Base Weight
    • English Learner Weight
    • Special Education (SPED) Weight
    • At Risk Concentration Weight
    • Education Campus (EC) Weight
    • Early Childhood Education (ECE) Weight
    • Early Learning Center (ELC) Weight
    • Special Education (SPED) Campus Weight
  • NPS Total Allocation – Including Admin Premium And Overtime
  • At-Risk UPSFF (Uniform per Student Funding Formula, including concentration)
  • Title I Schoolwide
  • Stability Funds
    • Stabilization
    • Safety Net Supplement

Level 3 Flexibility Allocations

Building a budget With Discretionary Dollars

This includes requirements and recommendations by program for non-allocated positions and non-personnel. 

  • Core Content
  • LEAP
  • Art & Music
  • World Language
  • Health & Physical Education
  • Athletics
  • Attendance Counselors

Programming with Requirements

  • Technology Purchasing
  • ANET
  • Blended Learning
  • School Partnerships
  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Positions
  • Pathways Programming
  • Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)
  • Flamboyan
  • School Strategy & Logistics
  • Resident Teachers 
  • Guidance on Budgeting NPS – Historical Spending and Reprograming

Additional Programming

additional Information

This includes information that compliments the budgeting process such as the CSP and scheduling guidance as well as the item catalog.

  • Flexibility Chart
  • FY24 Item Catalog
  • WTU Extra Duty Pay And Non-WTU Extra Duty Pay 
  • LSAT Recommendation Departure Form

Additional Information