The purposes of this article are to assess the present status of planning-programming-budgeting systems in education and to offer operational illustrations to those who wish to install certain aspects of PPBS in their school districts. (Author)

This annotated bibliography is composed of 70 citations relevant for Program, Planning, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) and ranging in date from 1962 to 1969 but emphasizing the 1965 to 1968 period. Listings are arranged alphabetically according to author under the general divisions: Overview of PPBS, Systems and Administrative Theory, The Planning…

Discusses the use of program planning budgeting systems in changing or implementing courses or curriculums. (GB)

The problem was a study of the development of a business education model for methods and procedures in Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS). (Author)

Presents a possible process model for education based on a problem solving referent, and suggests some alternatives for identifying and possibly integrating current thrusts toward the systematic and valid improvement of education. (JF)

Project PRIME (Planning Resources in Minnesota Education) was a 1-year research project that had as its prime objective the test implementation of the CAMPUS model for higher education administration and planning in Minnesota. This report outline the 13 specific objectives of the project and describes the research results. In addition, the report:…

The materials in the document report on the development of a program planning budgeting evaluating system in the Dade County, Florida, public schools. Materials cover the development and design of the system from its inception and implementation in the winter and spring of 1971. The project chronology and the program structure and the management…

Authors explain the importance of Program Planning and Budgeting Systems and how occupational program managers can use this technique in education. (Editor)

This document presents a pilot training program which developed, diffused, and evaluated the application of a selected group of research and development (R&D) techniques for planning and initiating change in the public schools. The training model resulted from suggestions of an interdisciplinary development team at the University of Kansas. The…

This report provides a detailed description of an education program cost model designed to accept descriptions of the size and composition of resources used in a particular program and translate them into an estimate of program cost, for convenient comparison of alternatives. The model also translates ("crosswalks") the program budget…

This document details a semiautomated PPB system developed in an ESEA Title III project, Intermediate Unit Planning Study, for use in Pennsylvania (see EA 002 750). Two semiautomated versions were developed, both dependent for calculation on the use of electronic data processing equipment. This is a documentation manual for the first of these…

Planning-Programing-Budgeting systems (PPBS) provide the means for formulating more precise curricular objectives and coordinating curricular-fiscal planning within education. At the core of PPBS is the program budget that reports programs to be accomplished and allocates expenditures in terms of objectives relating to student achievement rather…

This report, a clear statement of how one district developed a planning system, offers both a theoretical and a practical approach to providing the superintendent, his staff, and the board of education with a comprehensive planning system instrument for making policy decisions and allocating resources. Also provided are guidelines for involving…