Aplicação dos recursos públicos municipais uma análise na área educacional

Abstract

Public funds have been the subject of many discussions regarding its implementation. The funds allocated to different sectors of the public administration, in fact, has been applied in a rational way and based on the principles of economy and supply the actual needs. To understand on expenses related to public funds transferred by the Federal Government and Municipal to public schools that serve elementary school in the city of Santa Maria - RS, this study aims to identify the application of resources for current expenses (cost) and investment in education at the municipal level of Santa Maria / RS. This study is a documental research, with a quantitative approach. Data collection was conducted in 52 elementary schools, which the major of Santa Maria maintains and are located in urban and rural regions, totaling six regions. The research relates to the funding of transfers to public schools in Santa Maria, RS, for the year 2013 and it was based on the following programs: Prodae, PDDE, PDE-Escola, PNAE and Fundeb. Among these government programs, one was found that only the Prodae, PDDE and the PDE-Escola funds are divided into disbursements and investments, and the PNAE is intended solely for school feeding, and FUNDEB aims to meet the cost of keeping the payroll of local teachers.