Lebra Compass
Make smarter financial decisions with confidence.
Lebra Compass helps superintendents and finance leaders transform complex district finances into clear insights, actionable scenarios, and compelling community communication.
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At the current pace, the general fund ends FY26 at $18.4M. That is $1.2M less than last year and 21.3% of this year's spending, above the board's 15% minimum.
If nothing changes, the balance falls below that minimum in FY29. The biggest reason is benefits, after September's health premium renewal.
Board of Education, November 18
- On pace to end FY26 at $18.4M
- 21.3% of spending, above the 15% policy minimum
- Projected below the minimum in FY29 without changes
Example data, Riverbend School District, a fictional district
Make smarter financial decisions with confidence.
Turn complex district finances into clear insights, actionable scenarios and board communications.
AI-powered financial intelligence for school districts. Clarity, confident decisions, and board-ready communication.
Your board needs the story, not the formula.
School finance is more complex than ever: funding formulas, grants, tax levies, enrollment shifts, legislative changes. Compass helps superintendents, CFOs and business managers make sense of it all, then explain it at the level boards and communities understand.
Start from what you already have.
Start from the budget book and ERP exports you already have.
- Compass does
- Reads your ledger and keeps the picture current as each month closes.
- You decide
- Which files Compass works from.
See where you stand.
See how you compare with districts like yours.
- Compass does
- Explains the forecast in plain language and compares your spending per student with peer districts.
- You decide
- Which districts count as your peers, and what the comparison means for yours.
Model the decision before you commit.
Model salaries, enrollment, and funding shifts before you commit.
- Compass does
- Runs the scenario, such as a raise for teachers, and shows its effect on the next five years.
- You decide
- Whether to go ahead, with the tradeoffs in front of you.
Explain it to the board.
Executive summaries, board reports and community updates, written from your numbers.
- Compass does
- Drafts the board report from your own ledger.
- You decide
- What to change, and when it goes in the board packet.
Clarity. Decisions. Communication.
Leaders don’t need more spreadsheets. Compass delivers the three things school leadership runs on.
Operating expense per student
Example data Clarity
District finances, funding formulas and financial reports translated into plain language: a clear picture of where money comes from, where it goes, and how you compare.
See where you standWhat-if: 5% teacher raise
Example data AI decision support
Ask questions, model scenarios and weigh tradeoffs with AI guidance, like an experienced school finance advisor you can ask whenever you need one.
Run a scenario- Board summary (excerpt)FY 2026
Our district remains in a strong financial position with a projected fund balance of $98.4M. Strategic investments in people and programs can be made while maintaining fiscal stability.
- Fund balance: 12.8% of expenses
- Operating expense per student: $16,215
- On track to meet reserve policy targets
Example data Action and communication
Executive summaries, board reports and community updates drafted from your numbers, explaining decisions in language everyone understands.
See a board summary
Why Lebra Compass
Most financial tools stop at the dashboard.
Compass is built for superintendents and school business officials, not as another analysis tool for the back office. It carries you through the whole leadership workflow, so the story flows from your office to the board, not the other way around.
Understand
Simplify complex financial information into a picture you can act on.
Decide
AI guidance and scenario planning for the calls only you can make.
Communicate
Board-ready reports and messaging that build confidence and alignment.
Because financial leadership isn’t just about managing the numbers. It’s about helping every dollar advance your district’s mission.
Who uses Compass.
Built for superintendents, CFOs and business managers.
Superintendents
Walk into the board meeting able to explain the numbers in plain words.
Business office
Keep the forecast current each month and start the board report from a draft.
Your district’s data stays yours.
You answer to your board and your community for this data. Here is how we handle it.
Visit our Trust Center- SOC 2 Type IIAudited by an independent firm.
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0The framework our security program is built on.
- Hosted in the United StatesWith providers certified to SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
- Your district’s data is not used to train AI modelsIt is there to answer your questions and draft your documents.
Ready to lead your district with clarity?
Join the design partner cohort and help shape the financial intelligence platform built for superintendents and school business officials.
Schedule a demoSee Lebra on your district's own work.
Thirty minutes with someone from the Lebra team. Bring an evaluation framework, a board report or a policy question you're stuck on. We'll show you what Lebra does with it.
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