With the introduction of zero-base budgeting (ZBB), the district took a major step toward providing more and better information on which to base allocation decisions. This manual provides an overview of the complete process to be used in formulating the budget for the second fiscal year during which ZBB is to be used. The formulation of decision…

The knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for an administrator, who is an evaluation layman, to design an educational evaluation system are presented. Five aspects of an evaluation project are investigated: (1) the need for sound, clearly articulated, and current research to serve as a framework for evaluation; (2) the essential features of a…

As Proposition 13 necessitated more drastic curtailment of expenditures than had been anticipated when the modified zero-based operational plan for 1978-79 was devised, the budget development procedure was revised for 1979-80. The process is divided into three phases: educational programs, district fiscal plan, and the operational plan. This…