Failing to have a plan to communicate with stakeholders during the budget process is a plan to fail. Without community support, getting budget approval can be difficult. Thus, school business officials must have a plan to ensure the appropriate budget message is conveyed throughout all communication channels. In fact, a communication plan is the best companion one's budget process can have. That plan should guide school business officials in what to say, to whom, when, and how. In this article, the author describes a multi-step process of developing a communication plan.