Breakdown of 2010-2011 School Year CBE Administration Costs

In response to a question submitted during the public question period at last weeks board meeting:

Question: On page 14 of the 2010-2011 budget document, it states that administration expenses are 3.6% of the total budget.

However, on page 27, it states that Finance and Business Services are 5.3% of the budget, Human Resources are 2.1%, and the Office of the Chief Superintendent is 1.1% which totals 8.5% of the budget. The CBE has also made it clear that the new administration building lease and the Board of Trustees are included in administration expenses.

In the interest of transparency, will you provide a detailed breakdown of everything that is included as Administration expenses and if there are parts of human resources and business and financial services that do not count towards administration, can you please explain which parts are not included and why?

Answer: The Chief Superintendent committed to answering this question and would provide a response on the CBE Website. That response has now been posted.

Also, please refer to an earlier CAPSC blog post that discussed Administrative costs.