Cuts in state funding for elementary and secondary education in recent years have taken a toll in many vital areas, including teaching jobs and student services. State budget cuts have also affected a less visible target--state education agencies (SEAs), which are responsible for supervising elementary and secondary education in each state and…

By late 2008, the United States was in the midst of its most severe economic recession since the 1930s, brought on by a collapse in real estate prices and exacerbated by the failure of many large banks and financial institutions. Heeding calls from economists, Congress and the Obama administration passed a historic law in early 2009 to stimulate…

This report summarizes the roundtable "Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Yesterday's Choices, Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's Options" conducted by the Urban Institute, with support from the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, on March 30, 2009. The roundtable's focus grew out of the widely perceived mismatch between sharply limited…

This paper reviews some of the weaknesses in the present account classification system for public schools (the minimum function-object account classification system) and suggests a three-dimensional expenditure classification system to replace it. These three dimensions are: (1) The "type-of-school" dimension which considers such information as…

Although the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), in operation for 5 years, has made rapid progress in reducing the number of children in the United States without health insurance coverage, pending reductions in federal funding, the expected reversion of SCHIP funds back to the U.S. Treasury, and growing state budget crises will…

Excerpts from "Budgeting for State and Local Government Services, reprinted from "ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, September, 1968

This book offers an independent analysis of the New York City education budget for 1981 by the Educational Priorities Panel (EPP). It represents an alternative to the mayor's budget, which calls for $89 million in cuts, and the board of education budget. The first two chapters contain background information on the EPP and an explanation of the…

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federally funded nutrition assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Responding to Congressional requests for information regarding program costs, this report provides information on: (1) funding…

Reports congressional action on the projected FY 1977 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, the background and need for a federal science education policy, and probable emphasis in future NSF projects based upon the current proposed appropriations. (SL)

The After-School Alliance assessed the impact of a $400 million cut to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program proposed by President George W. Bush for fiscal year 2004. The assessment determined the effect the proposed cut would have on the availability of after-school programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.…

New Jersey state and national educational program budget cutbacks for the 1982 and 1983 fiscal years are surveyed. Elementary and secondary school funds are discussed with regard to Title I; vocational, adult, handicapped, and bilingual education; library funds; and Title VI desegregation funds. Governor Kean's proposals are compared. (CM)

THE APPLICATION OF PROGRAM BUDGETING TO EDUCATION IS RECOMMENDED. A NATIONAL-LEVEL PROGRAM BUDGET EXAMPLE IS PRESENTED, WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR OBTAINING MORE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION. FINANCING OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY MORE THAN 40 AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 50 STATE GOVERNMENTS, AND MORE THAN…

This document consists of examples of budget forms to assist school district superintendents in North Carolina in administering funds for programs for low-income students under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. General information is supplied on the following topics: (1) budgets; (2) amendments; (3) substitute teacher…

This report proposes amendments to H.R. 4421, a bill that authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1987 to 1990 to carry out the following programs: (1) Head Start, for disadvantaged preschoolers; (2) Follow Through, for disadvantaged elementary school students; (3) State Grants for Dependent Care, for child care programs; (4) Community Services…