State educational planning agencies should work to upgrade budgeting and accounting systems in local school districts. States should initiate pilot efforts in local school districts to examine new program oriented systems such as POBAS -- Program Oriented Budgeting and Accounting System. (Author/JH)

State planning is seen as the answer to development of diverse programs that will meet pluralistic student needs. (Author/RK)

These materials from Beaverton Schools, District Number 48 (Oregon) provide an annual program review process within the context of the regular planning and budgeting processes. Information obtained from the review process (an analytic and decision-making process) is intended to serve as a basis for determining what program levels should be…

This annotated model outline provides guidelines for writing a plan for using computers and related learning technologies in schools. It is consistent with the components of the Merrimack Education Center's technology applications planning process, and can be modified to accommodate additional components and special school district requirements.…

This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…