Page 291 - Ord 866 Adopting a revised Fiscal Year 17-18 and new proposed Fiscal Year 18-19 budget

The above school district has applied for the Award for Best Practices in School
Budgeting; however, GFOA has not yet completed the review of its application and has
provided this certificate to acknowledge Westlake Academy has made efforts to
implement the new budget process guidelines.

Budget processes are evaluated based on several criteria focusing on alignment of
resources towards student achievement on collaboration, communication and
rigorous development, evaluation, and prioritization of strategies to achieve a districts
goals and objectives. In addition, the criteria includes recommendations for conveying
the results of the budget process through the calendar presentation and utilizing
continuous improvement approaches to monitor the outcomes.

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