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Perna, Laura W.; Wright-Kim, Jeremy; Leigh, Elaine W. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
Although "free tuition" programs are politically popular, some worry that these programs will exacerbate inequity. Scholars note that program outcomes depend on implementation, but few have probed the contextual conditions that contribute to differences in implementation or the consequences of implementation for equity. To address this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Programs, Equal Education, Program Implementation
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Affeldt, John T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
California is in the midst of the nation's most significant current overhaul of a state school funding and accountability system. This paper examines the state's recent reforms enacted through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) against the new accountability framework articulated by Linda Darling-Hammond, Gene Wilhoit, and Linda Pittenger in…
Descriptors: Accountability, School District Autonomy, Educational Change, Alignment (Education)
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Wolf, Rebecca; Sands, Janelle – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
California recently overhauled its K-12 public education finance system. Enacted in 2013, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) replaced California's 40-year-old funding formula. The LCFF increases district officials' fiscal flexibility; provides more resources to districts serving larger proportions of low-income, English learner (EL), and…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Menefee-Libey, David J.; Kerchner, Charles Taylor – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
In 2013, Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature radically restructured the state's school funding system and accountability systems with a weighted student formula and a mandated local planning process in each district. The new law substitutes local politics and grassroots agency for state-driven mandates and compliance reviews. While…
Descriptors: Accountability, Funding Formulas, Finance Reform, Educational Finance