SUPERINTENDENT’S PROPOSED BUDGET
This document contains the Superintendent’s annual budget message to the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, the district’s organizational chart, the Budget Overview document, district financial statements, summary school budget information, including school-by-school allocation and performance information, as well as summaries of all central department and central account budgets.   A narrative summary and table of MPS Categorical Programs is included in this document as is a narrative and tables summarizing the Extension Fund, Construction Fund, Annual Capital Improvements Plan and the district’s 5-Year Capital Plan.

Published annually

SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET - BUDGET OVERVIEW
The overview is a separate document published in conjunction with the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget. It contains a narrative overview of the Proposed Budget highlighting annual strategic budget issues and summarizing appropriations and revenues by purpose.

Published annually

SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET - BUDGET NARRATIVE
The budget narrative contains district financial statements, school allocation methodology, summary budget information, including school-by-school allocation and performance information, as well as summaries of all central department and central account budgets. A narrative summary and table of MPS Categorical Programs is included in this document as is a narrative and tables summarizing the Extension Fund, Construction Fund, Annual Capital Improvements Plan and the district’s 5-Year Capital Plan.

Financial Statements
Schools
Departments
Other Accounts
Categorical
Appendix

SUPERINTENDENT’S PROPOSED BUDGET – LINE ITEM REFERENCE
The official Milwaukee Public Schools line-item budget. It includes a listing of all appropriations accounts by department, including a summary of appropriations by school level and type. An overview to the line item budget contains MPS chart of account definitions.

Schools Line Item
Departments Line Item
Categorical Line Item

Published annually. An Adopted Line Item Reference, revised to reflect amendments to the Proposed Budget, is published in June and an Amended Adopted Line Item Reference Budget is published after the Board adopts the amended budget in October.

SUPERINTENDENT’S PROPOSED BUDGET – PRESENTATION
The presentation contains high level summary information regarding the Superintendent's FY13 Proposed Budget. This tool is new in FY13 and was designed to assist school leaders in communicating information with their School Governance Councils regarding the proposed budget

Presentation

Budget Companion

MBSD Strategic Planning and Budget Meeting Questions and Responses - May 2012