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White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2010
In March of each year, the ministry publishes the Operating Grants Manual showing estimated funding allocations for school districts for the upcoming school year. These estimates are based on enrolment projections. On September 30 of the new school year, enrolment is counted and the grants are recalculated based on actual enrolment. The ministry…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Finance, Grants, Research Reports
Myroon, John L. – 1978
Zero-base budgeting (ZBB), a systematically structured approach to budgeting, has the potential to improve policy attainment, resource reallocation, program review, and information systems. Some 300 businesses, a dozen states, one municipality, and one school district in the United States have operationalized the concept. Many private and public…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Climate, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Mitton, Craig; Donaldson, Cam; Manderville, Pat – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2003
Canadian health regions are required to set priorities and allocate resources within a limited funding envelope. Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) was piloted in continuing care in Claresholm, Alberta, with the aim of improving overall benefit from available resources. A marginal-analysis expert panel was used to assess options for…
Descriptors: Program Budgeting, Indigenous Knowledge, Allied Health Personnel, Foreign Countries
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1976
The purpose of this seminar was to give members of the Canadian Teachers' Federation a better understanding of the educational budgetary process. The proceedings of the seminar included welcoming remarks by Russell D. Mosher followed by two addresses--"The Political Context of Budgeting" by Dr. Peter Atherton and "Resource…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making
Association of Canadian Community Colleges. – 2000
In this report, the Canadian Community College Association (CCCA) offers its rationale for urging the government of Canada to increase transfer payments to the provinces in support of postsecondary education by $2 billion per annum, as well as making an additional increase in transfer payments that would contribute to the future expansion of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Economics of Education, Educational Finance
Coombs, Philip H.; Hallak, Jacques – 1972
This document is the third in a series of three documents, which together contain 27 case studies on the uses of cost analysis in educational planning. The case studies have been presented to help planners and administrators see how cost analysis can be used to improve the efficiency of their educational systems, and to get the best value from…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness