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Leaders’ Challenge 1: Strategic Use of Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Year after year, we just throw money at things, without even knowing how much money we have spent in what areas and what impact all that money has had on which students. With growing student needs and a tighter budget, there is a dire need for a better process and better data to improve leaders’ capacity for making informed budget decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strategic budgeting rests on not only a vision for the future but also timely and accurate analysis of past spending with regard to amount, reach, impact, and efficiency. In most school districts, unfortunately, such information is not readily available for funding priority and budget decisions. Cycle-based Budgeting (CBB) attempts to fill this void by creating an information system through which spending, strategic priorities, and impact are linked and tracked. Analysis of this data provides district leaders with rich information including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n