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Hodge, Penny – School Business Affairs, 2012
School business officials are best equipped to lead in funding operating and capital needs because they understand the need for a methodical means of funding ongoing costs over time and the benefits of planning for future financial needs rather than letting emergencies dictate spending priorities. A capital-financing plan makes it possible to…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Educational Finance, School Business Officials, Administrators
Ayers, Steven V. – School Business Affairs, 2011
In this article, the author talks about program evaluation, a strategy commonly used by instructional leaders that can help school business officials improve their budget process. As districts struggle to develop budgets in these challenging economic times, school business officials might consider turning to program evaluation for help. Program…
Descriptors: Class Size, Budgeting, Program Evaluation, Models
Smith, Burnell; Quinn, Terrence – School Business Affairs, 1978
Describes a procedure that establishes transportation contract service rates without the time and anguish of long meetings. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Negotiation Agreements, Performance Contracts
Cloyd, Helen M. – School Business Affairs, 1978
A basic look at zero base budgeting and some of the reasons for its use in education. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Gress, Don – School Business Affairs, 1978
A description of Iowa's new accounting procedure that has the capability to accommodate the smallest as well as the largest schools in the state. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Science, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Barkdull, Charles W. – School Business Affairs, 1974
The second of two articles discusses reciprocal services, some history of governmental involvement in indirect costing, and some alternative methods of dealing with the problems at the local school district level. (Author)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Indirect Costs, Program Budgeting
Wolfe, Lee R. – School Business Affairs, 1978
Offers an alternative to zero base budgeting called multi-level based budgeting. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Bliss, Sam W. – School Business Affairs, 1983
A general example of a computerized program budgeting model includes the major elements along with the primary benefits. Names are provided of contact persons at six school districts that have implemented this type of program. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Systems
O'Neil, James M.; Manceri, Paul K. – School Business Affairs, 1977
The latest budget technique requires that the administrator identify all programs under his control, evaluate each in terms of cost, indicate merits and alternate solutions, rank programs according to dollar costs, and finally prioritize his programs according to assessed needs. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Mauceri, Paul; O'Neil, James – School Business Affairs, 1977
Examples of the decision package mentioned in the previous issue in an article "Zero Base Budgeting." (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Frantz, David A.; Bornstein, Irwin – School Business Affairs, 1978
Describes the basic concepts and suggested procedures for introducing zero base budgeting. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Decision Making, Educational Finance