### Question
How is the "school-based budget system" defined?


### Answer
The term **school-based budget system** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 5895* as follows -

> a system based upon an initial determination, at each school site, of the number of students who shall be served at the site, the needs of those students, the standards which will best meet those needs (including any standards or conditions reflecting local community input and such community's program), the personnel profile necessary to establish such program and the cost (determined on an actual basis) of funding such a program

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 5895*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM > SUBCHAPTER III-STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT**

