“Many community members ask questions about school budgets, and this is a way to allow taxpayers to review transactions by month for the fiscal year, to see which fund is used, and the function for that transaction,” said Superintendent Allison.
The District Checkbook shows every item the district purchases and what the purchases were for including instruction, support and bond construction. The items are reported by the categories defined by the State of Kansas and the categories are consistent throughout Kansas’ school districts.
“The Wichita Public Schools has long been a leader in this state on sharing budget information,” Superintendent Allison added. “For example, the district created the Budget At A Glance booklet which later became a template for the entire state so all districts could produce similar information.”
The District Checkbook is available at www.finance.usd259.org.
