Talking about the ABC's of ATB's: Iowa Schools Budget Communications Toolkit
Recent announcements to cut the Iowa budget by 10 percent across-the-board within the current fiscal year presents a series of challenges to school administrators.
However, it also affects:
- board members,
- parents,
- faculty,
- non-teaching support staff,
- home owners,
- local business people,
- farmers,
- legislators,
- real estate agents,
- parents of pre-schoolers,
- empty-nesters,
- local government leaders, and
- retirees.
With several stakeholder groups in each school district, there is a terrific need to accurately communicate these issues in a manner that all audiences understand. Continual two-way dialogue is key to keeping individuals engaged with what is happening in a school district.
Iowa’s AEAs have developed a communications toolkit to help school administrators respond and guide community conversations about what implications the governor’s budget cut has for local districts across the state and for education as a whole.
To access the “Iowa Schools Budget Communications Toolkit,” visit the Iowa AEA website at www.iowaaea.org.
