The LWV of Beloit supports:

• a budget formed equitably through open and free communication and responsive to the needs of teachers and students.
• citizen participation in the budget process.
• maintaining provisions within the budget which would allow the average person to more readily understand the budget, such as:

1. a more extensive description of specific functions as well as a description of each account.
2. a narrative description of the changes in proposed expenditures for each function, being specific, indicating dollar amounts, and reasons for changes.
3. columns in the budget which include: actual last year expenditures and revenues, proposed current year, plus at least six months actual current year, and proposed next year expenditures and revenues as required by state statute.
4. a statement of outstanding dept (in audit report).
5. dividing salaried employees in the fund #30, account #100,000 into more specific account categories for the purpose of separating classroom teachers, principals, consultants, supervisors, and guidance and psychological personnel.

• minimizing the number of central administrators in proportion to the actual teaching staff in the School District of Beloit.
• tight controls of administrative expenditures. (rev.’89)
• efforts to achieve and maintain low teacher/pupil ratios for all students. (rev. ’89)

The LWV of Beloit opposes:

• a three-year contract for the superintendent which is re-negotiated each year.

• (2002 – revised: Boutelle, Henderson, Kades, Schneider)
• (1989 – revised)
• (1977 – Henderson, Hansen, Page)