Jack W. Osman

Forecasting revenues and expenditures is an integral pan of public sector planning and budgeting. Revenue forecasting projects the level of resources available to accomplish governmental objectives. Expenditure forecasting estimates the level of…

Expenditures for elementary and secondary education in California must rise by about 59 percent between 1983–84 and the end of the decade just to maintain the status quo in terms of real per-student spending. This would amount to a K–12 budget in…