The Chancellor of the New York (New York) public schools proposes a 1989/90 budget of $6.405 billion, including a base budget of $5.734 billion and an increase of $671.3 million (11.7 percent) for discretionary programs, school facilities improvement, and mandatory increases. These funds are needed to continue initiatives begun in prior years and…

The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality (The Center) has conducted a study of the costs of high quality Teacher Preparation on behalf of the Regional Education Laboratory at SERVE and at the request of the Alabama State Department of Education. In light of the recommendations issued by Alabama's Task Force to Improve Educator Preparation and the…

This plan for outcome-based budgeting (OBB) is the result of growing demands for increased fiscal accountability, measurable outcomes, strengthened assessment processes, and more meaningful performance indicators as mandated by many State and Federal legislators. OBB focuses on linking funding with outputs and outcomes. Higher education…