School Finance Subject Background
Read about the current state of school finance in the United States, and the reform programs and strategies that are being used to improve productivity.- Sources of Revenue General characteristics, trends and roles of the different levels of government in funding public education in the United States.
- School Finance Inequities Equity issues and problems generated by the current school finance system in the United States.
- School Finance Equity Statistics
- Reform Strategies Finance approaches that are used to remedy school finance inequities. In particular, the Guaranteed Tax Base system (GTB) is explained.
- Resource Allocation and Use How school funds are commonly distributed and used by summarizing the common characteristics of school resource allocation.
- School-Based Management Importance of School-Based Management (SBM) in school finance reform. SBM allows more management, instructional, personnel and budgetary decisions to be made at the school site level.
- Formula Funding of Schools The new school finance funding formulas used by five large urban districts in the United States and Canada.
- Reallocating Resources for Higher Student Achievement How the reallocation of staffing resources can possibly improve educational productivity.