Smarter School Spending lays out a multistep process for districts to develop and implement a strategic finance plan over 9–18 months, on their own or with support from a technical assistance provider.

• District may also choose to focus on a specific step and set of resources most relevant to them.
• Each step provides districts with a variety of resources from meeting materials to analytic tools that will guide districts through each activity.
• The Smarter School Spending online resource library provides a wide selection of resources developed by leaders in education finance.