Performance-Based Budgeting

The Florida Legislature has mandated that the Department of Education (DOE) will submit a Performance-Based Program Budget (PB²) for "Public Schools." The initial PB² request will be submitted in August, 1999, for Fiscal Year 2000-2001. The DOE will provide training and technical assistance to Florida's school districts and school level staff in order to implement PB² concepts and requirements.

The Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning will assist in facilitating the implementation of PB² in Florida's school districts and the 3000+ schools in the state, by providing them with the orientation and training that they will need to be full participants in the process.

The Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning will:

Develop three specific training initiatives. These training initiatives will include:

An AWARENESS phase

A KNOWLEDGE phase and

A SKILL DEVELOPMENT and APPLICATION phase

	Develop and test PB² orientation and training materials,
	Develop a blueprint for conducting statewide PB² orientation and training,
	Train a statewide group of PB² trainers and team leaders
	Organize a statewide PB² information-communication system, and
	Organize ongoing technical assistance for PB² trainers, team leaders, and other target population individuals and groups.