VPRS 11411 School Global Budget Project Files

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The School Global Budget Research Project was created to determine the feasibility of the global budget as a basis for funding schools, and consequently to implement such a funding strategy.

The records contained in this series comprise contracts, correspondence, reports and documents of a study tour, and minutes of committee meetings.

The contract documentation contains requests for approval to engage consultants, submissions and reports from consultants to the Research Project Working Party, relevant financial accounts, and the contracts themselves.

Correspondence includes that from schools regarding funding, briefings to the Secretary, letters of thanks for input into the Project report, and the final report of the School Global Budget Research Project.

The minutes of the Education (Caldwell) Committee reflect that committee's responsibility for selecting schools to be involved in the Research Project, formulation of a research plan and the collection of data, defining the role and participation of consultants, preparation of an interim report, establishing the Principals Reference Group, and developing timelines for the Project.

The minutes of the School Global Budget Implementation Committee detail the formulation of policy guidelines, the development of a schedule for the implementation of the New Global Budget, core funding issues, administrative support for the Project, the development of publications to support the School Global Budget, and issues of rurality and student impairment.

The minutes of the Principal's Reference Group reflect its function of providing input to the Project at the school level, as well as its interest in data collection on stages of learning, students at educational risk, rurality and isolation, and students with disabilities and impairments.