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Illinois Community College Board, 2023
The mission and vision of adult education is to provide every individual in Illinois access to Adult Education and Literacy services. In Illinois, more than 1.15 million adults have less than 12 grades of formal education, approximately 2.8 million Illinois residents speak a language other than English in their home, and more than 350,944…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Legislation, Planning
Illinois Community College Board, 2021
The mission and vision of adult education is to provide every individual in Illinois access to Adult Education and Literacy services. In Illinois, more than 1.15 million adults have less than 12 grades of formal education, approximately 2.8 million Illinois residents speak a language other than English in their home, and more than 350,944…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Legislation, Planning
Illinois Community College Board, 2018
The mission and vision of adult education is to provide every individual in Illinois access to Adult Education and Literacy services. In Illinois, more than 1.15 million adults have less than 12 grades of formal education, approximately 2.8 million Illinois residents speak a language other than English in their home, and more than 350,944…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Legislation, Planning
Merisotis, Jamie P.; Gilleland, Diane S. – 2000
This report offers an array of steering mechanisms to help advance South Africa's higher education goals (equity and redress, efficiency, development, and accountability). Building on the experiences of other nations, the paper proposes both base formulas and non-base funding mechanisms that, combined, suggest that such policy-driven steering…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Financial Support, Foreign Countries

Cooper, John M. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
State-level funding formulas should be changed from enrollment-based to fixed cost-based, using standards such as those of the Association of Research Libraries. Funding linked with programmatic changes encourages quality of the institution and rewards effective library management. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administration, College Programs, Educational Quality
Fonte, Richard – 1985
Formula funding in Illinois reflects decisions on value choices which can be grouped in the categories of enrollment linkage, mission and diversity recognition, equity and fair share, and quality and program improvement. The enrollment linkage of the Illinois formula ties credit hour grants and categorical programs directly to full-time equivalent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Financial Policy

Marcus, Laurence – Planning for Higher Education, 1995
The potential for reconciling state formula funding of higher education with institutional planning needs is discussed. It is proposed that states invent a financing mechanism that funds a fair share of the strategic aims of each public college and university, yet allows the state to invest in a few priorities. New Jersey's experiment with such an…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Financial Support
Seattle Public Schools, WA. – 1997
Projections in this document form the basis of the site-based budget planning process for schools in the Seattle (Washington) School District. These projections are based on the Weighted Student Formula approved by the School Board in February 1997. The Weighted Student Formula is based on three principles: (1) resources follow the student; (2)…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Planning

Hartman, William T. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
This paper offers a conceptual and technical framework for examining alternative approaches for funding special education. The paper discusses fundamental policy questions that guide the selection of an appropriate funding approach, presents criteria for evaluating funding formulas, and analyzes alternative approaches for their fiscal and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hartman, William T. – School Business Affairs, 1991
The magnitude of special education funding requirements has placed strains on both state and local budgets. Funding formulas for special education can be grouped as resource based, child based, or cost based. A table provides a summary of the incentives and disincentives associated with each type of funding. (13 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Special Education Branch. – 1997
This guide explains Alberta's Program Unit Funding, a means to provide individual programs to supplement support for young children (ages 2.5 to 6 years) with severe disabilities. This program requires development of an Individualized Program Plan for each child and an individual budget plan submitted each school year. After an overview, sections…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Eligibility, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
O'Reilly, Fran – 1993
This report which describes state systems for financing special education programs for school-age children with disabilities, is based on a is based on a national survey of state directors of special education during the 1992-93 school year. Emphasis is on determining state funding formulas, recognizing that many states are currently in various…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Economics
Roahrig, Paul L. – 1993
This paper presents a fiscal impact analysis of special education funding of inclusion at one of Indiana's pilot test school sites. Preliminary information includes a brief history of education for children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. Indiana's weighted formula for special education funding is then explained and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Change
Hashway, Robert M.; Cain, Karen Sue – 1993
This document describes a procedural alternative to current practice predicated on a critical analysis of the literature concerning the funding of public institutions of higher education. The document is partitioned into five sections. The first section describes the development of the formula concept. The next section describes how funding…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computation, Cost Estimates, Departments
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1996
This document contains the definitions and elements of institutional cost and funding formulas recommended for Texas public universities, health science centers (nursing faculty salaries only), and public two-year institutions in fiscal years 1998 and 1999. Texas public institutions of higher education will use these formulas to make their…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
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