ELP 626 - Optimizing Financial Resources to Support District Level Achievement Credits: 3

Project-driven course focuses on the changing perception of finance in the American public schools (K-12). Assists in creating a platform of beliefs about school finance, budgeting, and the role of the superintendent by helping them understand key issues from both an historical perspective and current thinking on what it should become. Emphasis on approaches to developing, evaluating, and articulating financial planning strategies to staff, the public, and the school board that inform decisions about student achievement. Also discusses the relationship between school boards and superintendents specific to budget development and strategies for enhancing that relationship.