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Trainer and board members flag red flags in allowable/unallowable expenditures
Summary
Board members discussed allowable spending that ties directly to instruction, and flagged ledger entries that are hard to justify; an example of a breakfast club purchase listing 'cow eyeballs' drew attention to alignment and documentation concerns.
Trainer advised board members to evaluate whether proposed expenditures directly support classroom instruction and student achievement; items that cannot be tied to instruction are often unallowable. "We've had some things like, we've had coffee tables show up in our ledger for SLT," the trainer said, underscoring examples that are difficult to justify.
During the review exercise a board member remarked that a plan listing 'cow eyeballs' for a breakfast club seemed misaligned with the declared academic need. The board used such examples to illustrate why plans must clearly document instructional connections or provide explanations for atypical items.
