This guide explains what an endowment is, how and when to create an endowment, how endowments are invested, and how large a donation is required to establish an endowed fund. For community colleges, such contributions ensure long-term funding for critical needs such as student scholarships or instructional equipment to keep up with new…

This publication, presented in pocket guide format, contains data from 2007 vocational education and training (VET) statistics collections. It includes key data on students and courses, apprentices and trainees training activity, graduates, the financial operations of the VET system, and employers' use and views of the VET system. Among the…

Service-learning programs can be funded in several basic ways. Ideally, funds are a line item in the school or district budget, reflecting the fact that service-learning is a part of the mainstream educational delivery system. Many districts choose to fund service-learning as a strategy to accomplish curricular goals, so no additional sources of…

This document provides an overview of key finance data terms and is designed to accompany the "Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems: 2003 Edition" by identifying common reporting requirements and defining frequently used indicators and calculations using data elements from accounting and other data systems. It also…

This document presents regulations regarding the implementation of certain sections of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and governs grants to local educational agencies to plan, establish, or operate teacher centers, and to institutions of higher education to operate teacher centers. The regulation also governs compensation to state…

This handbook for how to publish a newsletter for educational associations is divided into ten short sections. The sections discuss such topics as analyzing the audience, the makeup of the editorial board, what should go into a newsletter, ways to get the news, aids for the editor, writing simply and clearly, planning layout, printing, following…

This manual specifies in detail the new budget and accounting system for California Community Colleges, utilizing an activity-centered approach to expenditure reporting which describes real resource requirements, their costs, and relative use in each of the 37 discrete activities comprising community college operations. The system is designed to…

This manual describes procedures and presents guidelines for using the Dade County (Florida) School System's Average Dollar Base School Budgeting System. The Dade County budgeting system approximates the resource allocation method employed by the state of Florida under the Florida Education Finance Plan and is intended to help shift the…

This paper serves as a companion document to "Ensuring Affordability in Alberta's Advanced Education System". In viewing both funding to providers and funding to support learners through a broad lens, it is clear that neither can be considered in isolation; they are the primary levers to promote access, affordability and quality. This…

The process described in this manual is one of the few systems for planning and budgeting in colleges and universities that is meticulously detailed. It includes the unique concepts of the planning team and the analytical studies team, and promotes a cooperative, integrated, and enthusiastic involvement of faculty, students, and staff from all…

This booklet contains 1977 amendments to the 1976 edition of the "California School Accounting Manual," as adopted by the California State Board of Education. The amendments are designed to 1) clarify the definitions and improve the methods of distributing direct costs and direct support costs to programs, 2) stress the importance of…

This publication is an introductory guide intended to aid and encourage citizen participation in the budgeting process of local school districts. It is based on research involving 47 state departments of education, 234 school districts, and 120 citizen groups throughout the United States. The author acknowledges the wide variation in local school…

This booklet is basically a summary of a law book on the same subject by the same author. Although the 25 chapters of the larger work correspond directly to the chapters of the summary, this publication is not a law book in the usual sense. Rather, it is intended primarily to provide a simplified view of the property tax laws of Texas for tax…

The concept of Zero-Base Budgeting (ZBB) is discussed in terms of its application, advantages, disadvantages, and implementation in an effective planning, management, and evaluation (PME) system. A ZBB system requires administrators to: review all programs and expenditures annually, set clear cut goals, and analyze all possible alternatives for…

Recommendations made for identifying viable Federal funding alternatives for schools include scanning and reviewing printed information with consistent regularity and taking advantage of human resources. Procurement procedures and considerations are suggested for the following areas: (1) need determination; (2) conceptualization/planning; (3)…