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Direct linkEdwards, Brian – EdSource, 2011
California entered 2010-11 with a longstanding imbalance between ongoing spending and income. To help close that gap, state policymakers suspended Proposition 98, the minimum funding guarantee for K-12 schools and community colleges. In total, revenues for K-12 schools are down nearly 10% this year compared with 2007-08. Yet more cuts loom as the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Resource Allocation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
EdSource, 2006
School districts' budgets don't have to confound the ordinary citizen. This two-page Q&A explains where the money comes from and the constraints on those deciding where it goes. It discusses the major budget pressures facing school districts, the role of collective bargaining, and how the public can influence local school budget decisions.
Descriptors: Budgeting, Collective Bargaining, School Districts, Public Schools
Perry, Mary – EdSource, 2005
A school district budget is more than numbers. It is a record of a district?s past decisions and a spending plan for its future. It shows a district?s priorities whether they have been clearly articulated or simply occurred by default. And it is a communications document that can tell constituents a lot about the district?s priorities and goals. A…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Accounting, School Districts, Educational Finance
Perry, Mary; Edwards, Brian; Oregon, Isabel – EdSource, 2004
Another year of financial difficulty for the state of California led to the suspension of the minimum-funding guarantee that has provided some financial protection for schools in recent years. In a negotiation with education leaders Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to craft the suspension in a way that protected education's interests at the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, School Districts, State Aid
Perry, Mary – EdSource, 2005
For the past year, the issue of public education funding has been particularly contentious in California. A pitched political battle between education advocates and the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger began with a December 2004 preview of the governor's budget proposal for 2005?06. The fight continued through a spring filled with…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Educational Policy, Budgets
EdSource, 2006
When voters approved Proposition 98 as an amendment to the California Constitution, they sought to guarantee public schools and community colleges a level of funding that would at least keep pace with growth in student population and the personal income of Californians and at best increase the amount schools receive. The calculation of the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Officials, State Legislation, Community Colleges
