2007-08 Adopted Plan - Wake County Public School System

GlossaryModified Zero-Based BudgetingA technique that enables management to identify and analyze what isgoing to be done, set goals and objectives, make operating decisions,and evaluate work loads and responsibilities during the budgetingprocess. In zero-base budgeting the entire budget request (current andexpansion) can be viewed as a series of supplemental requests to a zerobase. The process starts with consideration of impacts, consequences,and levels of service desired. Priorities are fi xed among programs andactivities.Months of EmploymentA unit of employment corresponding to a calendar month. The state allotsa certain number of months of employment which can be assigned to aposition, or a portion of a position, at the discretion of the LEA. Monthsof employment pertain to all position allotments which include VocationalEducation and School Building Administration. Example: If an LEA isallotted 100 months of employment, that LEA can hire 10 VocationalEducation teachers for 10 months; or 8 teachers for 12 months and 1teacher for 4 months; or any other combination which equals 100 months.Each allotment category must be reviewed for any special restrictions.MSDSMaterial Safety Data SheetsMTACMedia Technology Advisory CommitteeMTEMulti-task EmployeeMultiple Enterprise FundThe enterprise fund accounts for the operations of the Board’s childnutrition services program, tuition programs, and print shop. The intentis that the costs, including depreciation, of providing food services, tuitionprograms, and print shop services to the individual schools be partiallyrecovered by user charges.MYPMiddle Years ProgrammeNASSPNational Association of Secondary School PrincipalsNBPTSNational Board for Professional Teaching StandardsNCAENorth Carolina Association of EducatorsNCCMTNorth Carolina Capital Management TrustNCDCDNorth Carolina Division of Child DevelopmentNCDPINorth Carolina Department of Public InstructionNC EOGNorth Carolina End-of-Grade TestNCHSAANorth Carolina High School Athletic AssociationNo Child Left BehindThe federal government instituted the No Child Left Behind legislation,which was signed into law by President Bush in January 2002. Thelegislation’s primary goal is to insure that ALL students are profi cientin reading, mathematics, and science by 2014. The law holds states,school districts, and schools accountable for the education of all studentsand has a variety of different accountability measures.For StudentsStudent achievement is analyzed by sub-group. There are 10 sub-400