Cost and benefit data on programs administered by the State Department of Education during FY 1974 was assembled in this publication. Shown for each of the fifty department programs (sometimes grouped into five major categories) were the total expenditures, employees, authority, manpower, benefit, and cost (by source of funds). Pie graphs portrayed proportional cost and employment statistics for the department. An organization chart of the department was included also.
Except for Vocational Rehabilitation, the department had no performance data or objectives for the programs it administered. The PEER Committee recommended that meaningful information on these programs be released to the Legislature and the public on an annual basis. This information should include the goals of the programs; coverage and size data for past and current fiscal years; objectives for the programs for the next five fiscal years; and the estimated funds required to implement objectives by source of funds.
The report noted that more than 63 percent of the department’s work force were employed by the Vocational Rehabilitation program. Federal funds represented 87 percent of the expenditures for Vocational Rehabilitation and more than 65 percent of the department’s internal administrative and consultative services program expenditures. Thus, the department relied heavily on federal monies.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.