Program Authorization: La. Constitution of 1974, Article 8, Sec. 2; R.S. 36:647; R.S. 17:21-27; R.S. 7(2)(c)(d) and (e); R.S. 39:29-33,1491,1494-1502,1557-1558,1572,1593-1598; R.S. 17:3971-4001; R.S. 39:75; R.S.17:10.1-10.3; R.S. 36:651; R.S. 17:354
The mission of the Office of Management and Finance Program is to provide financial and informational management systems to administer educational programs and to support educational accountability.
The goals of the Office of Management and Finance Program are:
1. Improve customer access to financial and educational information as measured by an 80% customer satisfaction rating.
2. Increase the effectiveness by which financial resources are allocated as measured by percent change in questioned costs.
The Office of Management and Finance Program includes the following activities: Procurement and Asset Management, Appropriation Control, Budget Control, MFP Accountability - Information Management and School Finance and Audit, Progress Profiles/Planning and Evaluation, Management Information Systems and Administrative Transfers.
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indicators are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM
This program is funded with the General Fund, Interagency Transfers, Self-generated Revenues, Statutory Dedication and Federal Funds. The Interagency Transfers are provided through indirect cost recovery from federal programs and payments from various federal and state programs within the Department for goods and services provided including supplies, postage, evaluations) and accounting/expenditure control. The Self-generated Revenue is derived from non-profit donations such as Distinguished Partners. The Statutory Dedication is provided through the Teacher Supplies Fund and the School and District Accountability Fund as authorized in Act 473 and 478 of the 1997 Regular Session. (Per R.S.39:32B.(8), see table below for a listing of expenditures out of each statutory dedicated fund.) Federal Funds are provided through a grant from the National Cooperative Education Statistics System (NCESS); and the following: Title 1,2,4, and 6 of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994; Adult Education Act, Sections 4 and 5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; Sections 11 and 13 of the National School Lunch Act of 1946, as amended; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Parts B, C, D and H); and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act.
ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDATION
The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 92.9% of the existing operating budget. It represents 64.1% of the total request ($25,219,792) for this program. The decrease is primarily attributable to the transfer of the Technical College ISIS Network Unit and the Technical College Regional Accountants to the new Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical College System; nonrecurring the Statutory Dedication from the School and District Accountability Fund which was budgeted in FY 98-99 for the purchase of a mainframe; and , a $668,000 enhancement for the LEADS (Education Accountability Data System) component of the School And District Accountability initiative. Other adjustments are the result of statewide adjustments in Rent, maintenance and Risk Management premiums and the movement of personnel to finalize departmental reorganization.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
OTHER CHARGES
ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS