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More Money Is Not Enough: (Re)Considering Policy Proposals to Increase Federal Funding for Special Education
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Kolbe, Tammy; Dhuey, Elizabeth; Doutre, Sara Menlove – American Journal of Education, 2022
Purpose: New policy proposals to increase funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)--including recent efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to "fully fund" IDEA--bring a new sense of urgency to understanding how federal special education dollars are distributed among states. In this study, we evaluate…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid, Special Education
District Allocation of Human Resources Utilizing the Evidence Based Model: A Study of One High Achieving School District in Southern California
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Lane, Amber Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study applies the Gap Analysis Framework to understand the gaps that exist in human resource allocation of one Southern California school district. Once identified, gaps are closed with the reallocation of human resources, according to the Evidenced Based Model, requiring the re-purposing of core classroom teachers, specialists, special…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Human Resources, Evidence, Models
School Budget Hold'em Facilitator's Guide
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Education Resource Strategies, 2012
"School Budget Hold'em" is a game designed to help school districts rethink their budgeting process. It evolved out of Education Resource Strategies' (ERS) experience working with large urban districts around the country. "School Budget Hold'em" offers a completely new approach--one that can turn the budgeting process into a long-term visioning…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Games
Resource Needs of California Public Schools: Results from a Survey of Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents
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Sonstelie, Jon – Education Finance and Policy, 2008
This article reports the results of school budget simulations with 568 randomly selected California public school teachers, principals, and superintendents. Simulation participants were presented with the budget for a hypothetical school and asked to use that budget to employ the resources that would maximize the academic achievement of the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Superintendents, Principals
Funding Formulas for California Schools: Simulations and Supporting Data. Occasional Paper
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Rose, Heather; Sengupta, Ria; Sonstelie, Jon; Reinhard, Ray – Public Policy Institute of California, 2008
State revenue currently flows to California school districts through so many channels that it is difficult to determine why some districts receive more funding than others. Each revenue program also has its own restrictions on the use of funds, reducing the latitude of school districts to use state funds most effectively. An alternative,…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Income, Educational Finance, School District Size
Getting beyond the Facts: Reforming California School Finance. Issue Brief
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Bersin, Alan; Kirst, Michael W.; Liu, Goodwin – Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, 2008
California's school finance system is long overdue for reform. The authors propose a new system that is more rational, more equitable, and, they believe, politically feasible. At its core, their proposal aims to link district revenue to student needs and regional costs while ensuring that all districts are held harmless at current funding levels.…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy