Iowa Purchasing Results System A Very Brief Summary Overview

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Iowa Purchasing Results SystemA Very Brief
Summary Overview

• Iowa College Student Aid Commission

Presentation by Keith Greiner, Ed.D. 22nd
ANNUAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID RESEARCH NETWORK
CONFERENCE June 9, 2005
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Guiding Principles

• The Price of Government
• David Osborn and Peter Hutchinson
• (2004) Basic Books
• http//www.governor.state.ia.us/agenda/2005/FY06_B
  udget/index.html

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Osborne and Hutchinson

• Government needs a method that addresses the need
  for relief from the continuous fiscal crises that
  have faced it since the 1990s.

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Three Step Process

• Determine the priorities and outcomes that matter
  most
• Decide the price of each outcome
• Decide how best to deliver each outcome at the
  set price

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The Model

• Agencies are sellers
• The Governor is the buyer on behalf of the
  citizens of Iowa

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Governors Leadership Agenda

• The New Economy
• Iowans will be prepared to lead in the new
  economy.
• Education
• Every Iowan will have access to quality education
  and life-long learning.
• Health
• Every Iowan will have access to quality
  health-care services. Our focus is on wellness
  and prevention.

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Governors Leadership Agenda

• Safe Communities
• All Iowans will live in safe and peaceful
  communites free from crime and abuse.
• Environment
• Through individual stewardship and state
  leadership, every Iowan will enjoy improved
  natural resources.
• Accountable Government
• All Iowans will receive excellent and efficient
  service from their state government.

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College Student Aid CommissionCore Functions

• Education
• Advocacy and support for student financial aid
• Resource Management
• Administration of the guaranteed student loan
  program
• Research Analysis and Information Management
• Higher Education Database and associated research.

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How This Differs From Other Systems

• Purchase results not expenditures
• Focus on things retained not things eliminated
• Selective/inclusive not incremental
• All State funds
• Rank by value/money
• Use makes sense communications

Adapted from a presentation from the Iowa
Department of Management
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Process Fundamentals

• Buyer strategy maps - what matters most
• Buyer RFRs - requests for results
• Seller inventory of activities tied to results
• Seller offers - results/money
• Ranking drilling platform

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Education Purchasing Strategies
Language from the education buying team request
for results

• The Education Buying Team is seeking offers to
• Increase the investment in early childhood care,
  health and education
• Improve student achievement by investing in
  teacher quality

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Education Purchasing Strategies
continued

• The Education Buying Team is seeking offers to
• Improve student achievement by reducing class
  size
• Increase accessibility to postsecondary
  opportunities
• Build partnerships among educational
  institutions, government, families,
• communities, business, non-profits,
• and others

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Offers Should be

• Collaborative
• Comprehensive
• Customer-focused
• Proven effective (research/evidence)
• Leverage other fund sources
• Cost effective
• Quantitatively Measurable

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Offers Include

• Identifying Information
• Description
• Justification
• Performance Measurement Target
• Price and Revenue Source
• Supporting Information

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First Year Lessons

• Change is difficult for many
• Popular programs may fall below the line
• Members of the General Assembly may have other
  priorities and issues
• Members of the lobby are still an important part
  of the process
• Discussion is healthy

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http//www.dom.state.ia.us/state/budget_proposals/
files/FY06_Gov_Rec.html
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Offers - Improve Student Achievement