CHSL610 Organizational Management: Finance and Resource Allocation (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): CHSL600  
This course focuses on fiscal and human resource management. It includes budget allocation, planning, reporting and policies, and laws governing funding at the state, district and school levels. Students analyze unique qualities in the charter school environment, including funding disparities, UFARS compliance, interagency service agreements, and lease agreements. This course also examines administrative technology applications and funding necessary to provide those resources. Students explore personnel staffing, recruitment, selection, and termination processes.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Describe the historical progress of charter school funding in Minnesota including the overall scope of the current system used to fund schools.
2. Calculate and apply the various revenue formulas and potential sources of funding, including local, state, federal, and private sources.
3. Demonstrate a basic level of competency with Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting System for Minnesota Schools (UFARS) in budget development, monitoring, and auditing.
4. Examine charter school marketing and fundraising options.
5. Evaluate options for allocation of personnel, facility and material resources.
6. Analyze school and district staffing models and options for elementary and secondary schools.
7. Review collective bargaining agreements and their provisions and compare them to non-union agreements.
8. Design effective staff selection and employment practices that accommodate stakeholders, state licensing requirements, building and district needs, and school priorities.
9. Analyze state and federal statutes, laws, provisions and allocation of personnel and material resources for Special Education, Title, ELL, mainstream, and other educational programs.