Recursos públicos: a utilização no Campus Sertão do Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This work has as aim to make a study on the transfer of federal funds for education. Considering the federal government budget, its laws and the dynamics of resource distribution, there was a comparison between the general budget received from the Union, the extra-budgetary funds and the resources collected directly, or the revenue from Campus Sertão. So the institution provided the budget, and their values, from the years 2001 to 2010, there was a review of relevant expenses, and among them, stood out the energy expenses. This review served for the base of study of the proposals that followed and that intend to get some simple and possible actions that support a work of optimization of the public expenses. This way, this study intends to be the basis for reflection and taking attitude front to the cut of waste of public resources and the best way to invest them in the educational institutions, contributing, this way, to a quality public education, worthy of the Brazilian people.