GFOA's Smarter School Spending invites you  to join school districts from across the country on a journey to increase student achievement during these times of greater expectations and budget constraints. On this website you can find a process and free tools to help you on your journey.

The framework steps provide a guide to develop a collaborative budget process by: setting expectations of what the process will achieve; thoroughly examining underlying causes of achievement gaps and developing goals and strategies to overcome the gaps; analyzing current spending to allocate resources accordingly; crafting a well developed implementation plan; and finally, measuring performance and adjusting as necessary.