FY 2005-2006 budget documents

The following documents are available for the 2005-2006 fiscal year:

• Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
• Approved - final budget document approved by the Anchorage School Board and the Anchorage Assembly
• Budget Basics - a guide to the 2005-2006 proposed financial plan
• Proposed - approved by the Anchorage School Board, submitted to Anchorage Assembly
• Preliminary - superintendent's recommendation to the board
• Planning documents

Approved Financial Plan

The Proposed Financial Plan was forwarded to the Anchorage Assembly who then gave their final approval on March 16, 2004 with revisions approved on June 22, 2004. The end result is the Approved Financial Plan:

2005-2006 Approved Financial Plan Summary (3.8M)

• Section I: Anchorage School District Overview (1M)
• Section II: Financial Planning & Budget Development Calendar (161k)
• Section III: Summary of Major Budget Considerations (206k)
• Section IV: Guide to Using the Budget Document (343k)
• Section V: Summary, Historical, and Comparative Information (2.1M)

Proposed Financial Plan

The School Board holds several public hearings on the Preliminary Budget, after which the Board can make changes and/or additions to the budget. Following School Board approval, the document becomes the Proposed Financial Plan and is forwarded to the Anchorage Assembly. The Assembly has final approval on the upper limit of the total budget.

• Anchorage Assembly ordinance AO 2005-20 and associated memorandum

The first reading of the FY 2005-2006 Proposed Financial Plan was January 27, 2005. The second reading of the FY 2005-2006 Proposed Financial Plan was February 2, 2005.

• ASD Memorandum #162: FY 2005-2006 Proposed Financial Plan (Second Reading)

• ASD Memorandum #162: FY 2005-2006 Proposed Financial Plan (First Reading)

• FY 2005-2006 Budget Overview
  Due to the size of this document - 1.2M - you may either download it in its entirety above or by section:
  • ASD Overview (615K)
  • Financial Planning & Budget Development Calendar (135K)
  • Summary of Major Budget Considerations (186K)
  • Guide to Using the Budget Document (322K)

• FY 2005-2006 Budget Summary
  Due to the size of this document - 1.7M - you may either download it in its entirety above or by section:
  • Districtwide Revenues and Expenditures (156K)
  • General Fund Revenues (145K)
  • General Fund Expenditures (797K)
  • General Fund Staffing and Salaries (380K)
  • Multiple Year Historical Information (253K)

Preliminary Budget

The first stage of budget development is the Preliminary Budget. Each school and department develops a budget after analyzing expenditures and programs in previous and current fiscal years. During this stage, school principals and program supervisors receive input from parents, employees, and community members. After receiving appropriate division approval, these individual budgets are forwarded to the Superintendent, who determines the final expenditures and revenues to be included in the Preliminary Budget. The Superintendent submits the Preliminary Budget to the School Board for approval.

Superintendent Carol Comeau presented this plan to the Anchorage School Board January 18 and 20, 2005.

• ASD Memorandum #161: FY 2005-2006 Preliminary Financial Plan

Planning documents

• ASD Memorandum #95: FY 2005-2006 Financial Planning, November 15, 2004

• Anchorage School Board preliminary financial planning work session, November 8, 2004