Several weeks in advance, a survey should be distributed to parents and/or community members asking for information regarding typical household expenses. Click the download button to see a sample survey.

Students set up spreadsheet and enter formulas to calculate data.

SPREADSHEET DATA:
Salary: Student obtains data from www.texaswages.com using the entry wage figure under the statistics tab, and converting figure to monthly rate.

Electricity/Gas: Student selects his/her own electric company at www.powertochoose.org and inputs the cost-per-month figure provided.

There are no entries at this point for: Other Income, Housing, Auto Loan, & Misc. Expenses.

Remaining expenses are collectively determined using survey responses.

Click the download button to see the budget spreadsheet.