This report, a clear statement of how one district developed a planning system, offers both a theoretical and a practical approach to providing the superintendent, his staff, and the board of education with a comprehensive planning system instrument for making policy decisions and allocating resources. Also provided are guidelines for involving…

This volume presents background information on the project and explains the needs and decisions that actuated its implementation. First year activities and some preliminary teaching material on the concept of PPB (planning-programing- budgeting) in education are also described. The major focus is on a description of the proposed system, a…

A planning model incorporating the concepts of Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS) was developed in the Duluth, Minnesota public school system to assist in the consolidation of federally funded programs in the district, especially those under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III. A cost effectiveness model…