The impact of the Great Recession and its aftermath has been devastating in Nevada, especially for public education. This article discusses the budget shortfalls and the impact of the economic crisis in Nevada using case study methodology. It provides a review of documents, including Governor Gibbon's proposals for the public K-12 education system…

The Idaho Math Initiative has been developed to help raise student achievement in mathematics across all K-12 grades, focusing on three main areas: teacher education, student achievement, and public awareness. This report describes the initial phase of the Math Initiative, including: (1) Assessment; (2) Intervention; (3) Standards; (4) Curriculum;…

In outline form, this document presents basic information on the school district, the reasons the district considered zero-base budgeting (ZBB), the formation and membership of the advisory School Cost Analysis Team, the district's investigation of the ZBB concept, an overview of the ways the district used the ZBB process, the identification of…

Relates the experience of the Bettendorf (Iowa) school system in seeking widespread community involvement in planning for drastic budget cuts. The participants' ranking of school programs is included. (WD)

The "Local Technology Plan Guidelines" serve as the basis for the Department's annual technology data collection. This report takes a look at the data submitted by 344 school districts, examining the progress Massachusetts school districts are making in meeting the recommended guidelines. In doing so, it will gauge the degree to which…

This Legislative Review reports that: (1) HB 1348, a bill to permit concealed weapons at public events and places, including North Dakota University System (NDUS) campuses, was heard in the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee Friday, January 30. The State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) opposes this bill unless it is amended to…

Explores the effects of school budget cuts on music education in Oak Grove, California. When most public school music classes were eliminated, community members and parents organized a nonprofit association to teach music at cost. Teachers criticized themselves for failing to communicate the value of music education to school administrators. (AM)

Implementation of a systematic approach to allocation of limited resources for the accomplishment of priority objectives for the St. Louis Park Public Schools (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) was established in 1986, in an effort to provide enhanced, understandable financial reporting and to demonstrate that school district resources are being used to…

This booklet outlines the conversion of the Western Wayne (Indiana) Schools from a traditional school accounting and budgeting system to a program accounting and budgeting system. The Western Wayne Schools became the first district to adopt Indiana's new program accounting and budgeting system in 1975. The Indiana approach to program accounting is…

The Kansas Internship Plan (KIP) allows beginning teachers opportunities to share plans and experiences with other interns, an element essentially intrinsic to support groups. Also, they have an opportunity to solve classroom problems while continuing to have the guidance and support of senior teachers and teacher education faculty. The program…

This report describes the APL (Accountable unit, Program, and line item) budget system, a computerized three-dimensional program budget system that has been implemented in the Cambridge (Massachusetts) School Department. Various chapters discuss the differences between traditional budgeting and program budgeting, present an overview of te APL…

The budget planning and review process of the Bedford Public Schools' Budget Planning and Review Committee is outlined. The objective is to develop the next year's budget and project future years' financial impact, while optimizing the quality and quantity of the programs and services of the school district. The outline is divided into two areas.…

This report analyzes the New York City Board of Education's planned expenditures for the 1977-1978 fiscal year. The report is designed to give the public a brief yet understandable overview of the Board of Education's annual budget. Allocations for eight functional areas (direct instructional programs, indirect instructional programs, ancillary…

The 20 institutions in Illinois recognized by the NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) were surveyed to determine what programs for teacher induction are presently in place. Thirteen institutions responded with some description of their Teacher Induction Program. These descriptions vary in scope and content. The other…

Provides an overview of the congressional budget appropriation process. Focuses on the problems encountered when eliciting support for the National Endowment for the Arts in order to inform arts educators and administrators of the purposes of the neglected federal support for the arts. (CMK)