This document contains instructions for developing comprehensive program plans at both the district and the school levels, as required under the 1973 Proposed Regulations for Consolidated Categorical Aid Programs in California Schools. The essential planning elements for both levels are identified; they stem from the premise that the specifics of educational programs are to be designed for actual student populations by the people who are directly concerned with those populations. The document has two major parts--one on district-level planning and one on school-level planning. Within each part, the arrangement of instructions follows as closely as possible the sequence in which the planning steps occur. At the end of each section is a list of "planning products," the particular written records to be produced in that step of the process. (Author/JG)