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Download full textBattelle, Peter E. – 1973
The most difficult problem in the financial management of a program of Public Service Employment (or subsidized work-training experience) is the over-obligation of funds. Some training slots are never filled, some trainees drop out early from the program, and others complete their training early. All of these factors "free" funds which…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Employment Programs, Financial Problems
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
In 1985, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) reserves had accumulated over $2 billion in reserve surplus, precipitating the program's first refund. Concerned about FEHBP reserve practices, the chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Congress, asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Financial Problems
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
This report on the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) identifies several problems concerning the act and its administration. It has been found that some program funds have been used for general educational rather than desegregation assistance because the administration allowed funding of school districts with planned desegregation efforts which were…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Alternate Learning Project, Providence, RI. – 1974
Several types of funding for alternative schools such as list books on Federal grants, foundations, and other sources of money are described in this paper, along with explanations about some of the ways in which an alternative school budget differs from that of a traditional school. Probably the best option from the point of view of stability is…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Hartman, William T.; And Others – 1984
To investigate school districts' responses to fiscal constraint, this study examined the relationship between districts' expenditures per student and allocations of funds to instructional, support, and administrative costs. Budget allocations, as indicators of the districts' priorities, were compared for 1978-79 and 1981-82 in 46 Oregon school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Financial Problems
Centro Multinacional de Investigacion Educativa, San Jose (Costa Rica). – 1974
Designed for educational administrators, this manual provides suggestions for reducing educational unit costs in Latin America without reducing the quality of the education. Chapter one defines unit cost concepts and compares the costs of the Latin American countries. Chapter two deals with the different policies which could affect the principal…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
PDF pending restorationNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of the Deputy Chancellor. – 1976
This report contains the preliminary findings and recommendations of a study of the New York City Board of Education adult education programs, which was initiated in order to find ways of continuing to provide educational programs for adults in the face of budget cuts. Key objectives in a restructuring of adult education programs are identified…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
