...Teo 1 Charles Teo 29 March 2012 Budget Cuts In Education of United States On February 14, 2011, Jackie Calmes reports that President Obama proposed to reduce spending with added revenue to recover $1.1 trillion or 10% of the deficits within 10 years timeframe (1). The new budget cut has certainly impacted the entire nation in all kinds of ways. “Out of the 47 States with newly enacted budgets, 38 or more states are making deep, identifiable cuts in K-12 education, higher education, health care or other key areas in the budget for fiscal year 2012” (Williams, Leachman, and Johnson 1). Over the years, more and more children are enrolled in public schools, and more students have furthered their education in universities. Even so, Williams, Leachman, and Johnson identify that many universities in most states have no choice but to cut down their budget and spend less on their services in 2012 than before (1). In Louisiana, what the budget cut has done is that, due to severe budget cuts, Louisiana’s governor Bobby Jindal plans to slash approximately 10 percent from budget of higher education, not forgetting that the proposed cut comes atop the $350 million that was already slashed from the higher education budget over the last two years (Hall 1). Such a decision will not only affect the universities but also increase the burden of the students and their families. As all should know, education is important to everyone now because it gives not only essential knowledge but also a promised...
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... and scholars acknowledge the importance of universal education. Both public and private gains to investment in education are high: economic growth, individual earning potential, and health indicators are all positively correlated with education. Multiple forums, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, have recognized primary education as a human right. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Education for All movement set a goal of universal primary and secondary education by 2015, a target simultaneously established in the Millennium Development Goals. Public financing of education has been a priority for governments in developing countries for several decades. This is because education is perceived in modern societies as an important pillar of socioeconomic development. However, in recent years, the education sector has faced stronger competition from other sectors also seeking financial government support. In the budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 the government has proposed Tk 19,873 crore for education sector with Tk 10,850 crore for the Education ministry The proposed volume is Tk 1725 crore more than that of the allocation of Tk 18,148 crore in the fiscal year 2010-2011. In 2010-2011 fiscal year the allocation for the technical and vocational education was 233.64 crore which was 14.98% of total education development program, where the total spending on education development program was 1624.69 crore. 1.2 ...
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...IS THERE REALLY A BUDGET CUT? An Analysis of Government Financing for the University of the Philippines Recent calls made by progressive student organizations, including faculty and administrators of state universities and colleges (SUCs), most notable of which is the University of the Philippines (UP), have made the issue of a budget cut rise again. They assert that the present administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III has continued the tradition of his predecessor in slashing the budget allotted for the education sector, and basic social services in general. Is this true as is there really a budget cut? Or is there merely a blind analysis of the proposed budget? Policy Basis for Financing The rationale on how the government makes its budget for SUCs stems from a number of recommendations and laws. One of the most integrative recommendations of recent years was the report of the Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM). The EDCOM provided for the overall assessment of POLICY GUIDELINE SALIENT FEATURES the education system Congressional Commission on Adopt a formula for determining shares and proposed of the tertiary education in the over-all administrative actions Education Report (1991) available and anticipated resources. on how to improve Republic Act No. 7722 or Higher education managed under education. Higher Education Act (1994) deregulated nature under Commission The EDCOM report on Higher Education. proposed that a SUCs can retain their incomes derived formula...
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...Title of Assignment: The Operating Budget Name of Student: Michael Kesselly Name of Professor: Dr. Joseph Kelleh Course Title: PAD 505 Budgeting and Finance Date : July 27, 2014 Introduction Formerly known as the State Education Office (SEO), the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) serves as the District of Columbia’s State Education Agency (SEA) which aims at enhancing educational services and opportunities to meet the life-long learning needs of all District residents by ensuring equitable distribution and availability of administrative, financial, and nutrition resources. The mission of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is to remove barriers and create pathways for District residents to receive a great education and prepare them for success in college, careers, and life. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) plays many roles in the lives of children, teens, and adults seeking an education in the District of Columbia. The agency sets statewide policies, provides resources and support, and exercises accountability for all public education in DC. DC children and families are guaranteed to receive annual access to well-balanced meals by providing federal reimbursements, training and nutrition education to program participants. Special needs for transportation to school by District children is also provided...
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...West Bengal Budget 2012-13 Allocation & Expenditure Name Class Expenditure by Main Sectors (Value & Percentage Expenditure (INR Crore) Education Health & Family Welfare Water Supply, Sanitation Transport Expenditure % Education Health & Family Welfare Water Supply, Sanitation Transport Total Expenditure (INR Crore) Expenditure % Education 16,872 65% Health & Family Welfare 3,762 15% Water Supply, Sanitation 4,138 16% Transport 1,076 4% Total 25,848 Budget Allocation & Expenditure by Main Sectors 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 Allocation (INR Cr) Spend (INR Cr) 6,000 4,000 2,000 Education Health & Water Transport Family Supply, Welfare Sanitation Allocation (INR Cr) Spend (INR Cr) Education Health & Family Welfare Water Supply, Sanitation Transport Total 16,176 3,860 4,664 1,114 25,814 16,872 3,762 4,138 1,076 25,848 Education Budget by sub-categories Education Budget INR Crore EDUCATION,SPORTS,ART and CULTURE General Education Technical Education Sports and Youth Services Art and Culture Budget INR Crore EDUCATION,SPORTS,ART and CULTURE General Education Technical Education Sports and Youth Services Art and Culture Total 15,339 460 297 80 16,176 Healthcare & Family Welfare Budget by sub-categories Healthcare & Family Welfare Budget (INR Crore) Medical and Public Health Family Welfare HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE Medical and Public Health Family Welfare Total 3,358 502 3,860 3,327 435 3,762 Water Supply, Housing...
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...perspective Feasibility of implementation of right to education Act Pankaj S Jain, Ravindra H Dholakia This article argues that even an allocation of 6% of the gross domestic product to the education budget would not be sufficient to fund universal school education until the very distant future if the government school system is used as the only instrument. The only way to meet the Right to Education obligation is to rely on low cost private schools as a significant instrument of the government education policy. On the contrary, the proposed rte bill introduces provisions that would oppose low cost private schools. Therefore, the legislation for rte needs to be modified and framed with specific provisions for private-public partnerships. Pankaj S Jain ( pjain2002@yahoo.com) is at Gyan Shala, Ahmedabad and Ravindra H Dholakia (rdholkia@iimahd.ernet.in) is with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 38 T he Directive Principles of Indian Constitution obligates the Indian government to ensure universal school education. In the wake of various official committees and policy pronouncements in this regard, the Indian government has decided to submit a Right to Education (RTE) bill for parliamentary approval, which shall make it a right of each child to receive school education during 6-14-year age. The draft of this bill that implicitly mandates reliance on government type of school system as the major vehicle for RTE implementation...
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...BUDGET MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT When President Obama took office in the White House, the country was in financial turmoil. The housing market was unstable, Wall Street was crumbling beneath our feet, the automobile industry was near collapse and although I hate to mention it, the massive amount of job lost was a major issue as well. The progress that the county has made from the previous year are that of a stabilized housing market by allowing lenders to work with homeowners to keep them in their homes and the government extended financial assistance to banks, financial institutions and the automotive industry. President Obama has also, created the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that invested in the infrastructure of the country. The ARRA provided tax cuts to small businesses, invested in health care, education and infrastructure. The issues that the country faces as we move forward include the revamping of the education, the rising cost of the health care system and figuring out how to support and protect democracy around the world while trying to reduce the overall budget. The national debt is major concern for the President moving forward. The educational system is not preparing our students for future jobs and we rank lower than our counterparts with similar resources. The health care system prices are continuing to rise, therefore millions of Americans will not be able to afford healthcare. The President must chose how to cut the military spending but...
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...Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program as the Trending Issue in the Philippine Education Christelle Jane C. Alto University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna Abstract This research paper discussed the reasons why Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program is seen as an inappropriate implementation in a developing country like the Philippines. The current status of the education in our country is declining. Few noticeable facts about our educational system are broad elementary education, limited secondary schools, and unstable collegiate education. We take pride in the fact that 30% of our annual budget is allocated for education, mainly elementary education. But beyond this level, the national government participation and support is diminishing sharply. The support from the national government is negligible. The main reasons why K+12 program is inappropriate to be implemented in the Philippines are the education budget shortage, poverty, and incompetent teachers. It can be concluded that the national government influences the capability of the Philippines to adapt to the implementation of K+12 program. The government must allocate more educational budget to be able to achieve quality education. Enhanced K+12 basic education system as the trending issue in the Philippine education Despite the necessity of improvement in quality education through implementing...
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...ALLECO R. SILVERIO MANILA — A lawmaker has charged that the Benigno Aquino III administration’s proposed budget allocation for education is so meager that it will drive state schools to implement more commercialization schemes, tuition and other increases, and other income-generating activities. During a recent congressional budget deliberation for the proposed allocation for the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and state universities and colleges (SUCs) Kabataan party-list Raymond Palatino said the Aquino government’s P37.1 billion ($880 million) budget for education is “grossly insufficient.” He said that despite President Benigno Aquino III’s pronouncement that the country’s 110 SUCs will will receive a hefty increase in their budget next year, there are many “cover-ups” and “deceptions” in the proposed budget as put together by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). In his 2013 budget message, Aquino said that his government was not neglecting public schools and universities, or the country’s “iskolar ng bayan” or scholars. Aquino then went on to explain that the DBM increased the allocation for SUCs by almost 44 percent or P11.3 billion, to P37.1 billion ($880 million) from the current P25.8 billion ($619 million). “At first glance, it appears that the government is changing its earlier pronouncement that it will gradually reduce state funding for SUCs to force them to utilize their internal income. Such a move is a direct response to the clamor of students...
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...Leadership and Budgeting in a Higher Education Setting Decision-making, policy, finance and budgeting are all areas that one will encounter as a higher education administrator. There are multi-facets of leading a higher education department and managing that department’s budget. An administrator must be strategic when planning and budgeting. Understanding higher education administration requires knowing how to define the basic objectives of the department, while efficiently and effectively allocating limited resources to accomplishment departmental and institutional goals (June, 2013, par. 40). In other words, one must know the direction in which the department or institution needs to move to fulfill its mission. According to Varlotta (2010), “The responsibility-centered approach engenders a broader understanding of university budgeting since larger numbers of administrators are compelled to recognize and manage all of the costs of doing business” (p. 17). This paper discusses significance in leading, planning, decision making processes, and budgeting in higher education. Additionally, this paper presents a case study, a real world scenario that involves, strategizing due to state budget cuts. A strategic plan must act as a road map for carrying out budgetary tactics and achieving long-term results. Proficient leadership arises by defining how members can support the overall strategy of a budget; therefore, in order to boost directorial and financial performance, faculty...
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...Case Study: Economic Crisis and Higher Education in the United States The 2008–2012 economic failure is considered by many economists and investors to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It results in the risk of total collapse from big financial firms, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. The crisis also plays a significant role in the crash of key businesses and collapse of housing market, results in the delayed unemployment. Higher education is a large and various venture in the United States, which has impacted by the economic recession in a number of ways, but these impacts have not been the same and vary depending on state and type of institution. Most higher education traditions started to be concerned about their financial problems due to economic recession. Their main source of revenue has been hurt by the downturn, and that those universities would need to make hard decisions about how to spend their money. In some states, a lot of institutions are in process of fund-raising programs to avoid delaying their supported campus building projects. Many of higher education university’s leaders have been considering and solving of two following questions: How is the economic downturn affecting institutions both public and private? What strategies are leaders implementing to guide their institutions? Unsuccessful budget strategies are the main reason that caused many...
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...Student Should Voice to the Elected Officials for California State University (CSU) Do you know California State is facing a severe budget crisis? On May 14, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown released the Governor's Budget May Revision 2012-13. It reveals that a budget deficit is projected to reach $15.7 billion in 2012-13 fiscal year. To combat the budget deficit, the Governor’s proposed 2012‑13 budget includes $8.3billion budget cuts across the state. It contains General Fund reductions for the state’s university systems about $250 million even though state support for the CSU had 750million reduction in 2011-12 fiscal year. (Brown JR.) On December 2, 2011, a message about budget cuts and fee rising at California State University, East Bay was posted on the CSUEB website by the President, Leroy Morishita. In this message, president point out the campus community faces reducing administrative overhead, consolidating operations, not filling vacated positions, and the students are affect to get a quality education at an affordable cost. (Morishita) So he encouraged students to voice their concerns to the State legislators and to the President’s office for the CSU budget cuts and fee rising. In my opinion, students should follow President’s suggestion because this is their civil rights, social responsibility, and their voices can change the policy determines. Students should take action to make their voices hear in the elected officials for the CSU because this is their...
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...QBT Task 5 - WGU "Educational Budget Cuts" Educational budget cuts are becoming more prevalent. In turn, this is causing detrimental effects for students, teachers, parents and the community alike. A budget cut is when a school and/or district receives a certain budget that they must adhere to. They cannot go over this number. Budget cuts are becoming more strict and more money is needed to cut as times go on. Due to this happening, more important things are being cut and a lot more suffering is being seen. Due to educational budget cuts, students are feeling the brunt of it and the quality of their education is greatly suffering. The average student is in school for six hours a day, five days a week. This comes out to about twenty-four hours of instruction, after factoring in things such as lunch, breaks, taking attendance and waiting for the class to settle down. The students need every minute of education they can get in this short amount of time. They need to make sure they are getting quality education in a very short amount of time. The first issue students are facing is having outdated materials. Having current materials is essential to make sure they are being adequately taught. Students need to know what is going on today as well as what went on in the past. “Many teachers only have outdated textbooks to give their students. It’s not unusual for a teacher to have a social studies textbook that is 10-15 years old. In American History, this would mean that two...
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...Funding Allocation and Accountability Rena Godfrey Capella University ED7822 Funding of Educational Institutions Quarter & Year: Winter 2013 Email: renag1934@gmail.com Instructor: Lee Moore, Ed.D. Funding Education and Accountability Financial reporting ensures that school district budgetary and financial information are available, comparable and audited, and that school districts are meeting their legislated and government policy based financial responsibilities. Background of Emergency Financial Manager An interview was not conducted with the school business manager of Detroit Public Schools. Therefore, I researched the school district plan to demonstrate accountability (Detroit Public Schools, 2011). Roy S. Roberts was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan in May 2011. Mr. Roberts, former Managing Director at Reliant Equity Investors, has decades of managerial, financial and organizational experience, having served as the highest ranking African American executive in the United States automobile industry as Group Vice President for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing of General Motors Corporation (GMC). He served as Vice President and General Manager of the Pontiac-GMC Division, presiding over the merger of Pontiac-GMC, which was the first at GM to lead such a merger. Prior to his 23 year career with General Motors, Mr. Roberts spent 17 years with the Aerospace division of Lear Siegler Corporation. Mr. Roberts earned a degree in Business...
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...TE AM FL Y THE JOSSEY-BASS Academic Administrator’s Guide to Budgets and Financial Management The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator’s Guides are designed to help new and experienced campus professionals when a promotion or move brings on new responsibilities, new tasks, and new situations. Each book focuses on a single topic, exploring its application to the higher education setting. These real world guides provide advice about day-to-day responsibilities as well as an orientation to the organizational environment of campus administration. From department chairs to office staff supervisors, these concise resources will help college and university administrators understand and overcome obstacles to success. We hope you will find this volume useful in your work. To that end, we welcome your reaction to this volume and to the series in general, including suggestions for future topics. THE JOSSEY-BASS Academic Administrator’s Guide TO Budgets and Financial Management Margaret J. Barr Copyright © 2002 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 www.josseybass.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission...
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