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Indira Dammu; Bonnie O'Keefe – Bellwether, 2024
English learners (ELs) are one of the fastest-growing student groups in the U.S. K-12 system, making up about one in 10 students enrolled in public schools nationwide. Despite research showing that EL students need more resources and supports to be successful in school, funding at the federal, state, and local levels to provide those additional…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, English Language Learners, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Linea Koehler; Bonnie O’Keefe – Bellwether, 2023
State school finance systems can play an essential role in directing additional resources to schools serving economically disadvantaged students, and research suggests that these resources can make a measurable difference in student outcomes. The vast majority of states (45) allocate some funding to districts based on their enrollment of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Resource Allocation, Economically Disadvantaged
Hahnel, Carrie; Marchitello, Max; Ali, Titilayo Tinubu – Bellwether, 2023
This report explains how the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act came to be and offers promising practices and lessons other states may adapt to their political and economic contexts. Through in-depth interviews with advocates and state leaders, the authors uncovered five factors that contributed to TISA's passage that have…
Descriptors: State Aid, Funding Formulas, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Finance
Alex Spurrier; Bonnie O'Keefe; Jennifer O'Neal Schiess – Bellwether, 2023
Public schools receive funding from three different government sources: local, state, and federal. Local and state governments contribute the majority of funding to support public school systems, while the federal government provides a small fraction (only about 8% on average). Even with recent infusions of federal funding related to the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid
Bonnie O'Keefe; Indira Dammu; Jennifer O'Neal Schiess – Bellwether, 2023
Education finance shapes what is possible in every school in the country. And finance equity is a critical step toward enabling other forms of educational equity for students who are underserved in under-resourced schools. But in too many states, the system of funding for schools remains inequitable, inadequate, and opaque to all but a few. Even…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, English Language Learners, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Matthew Richmond; Carrie Hahnel; Linea Harding; Nick Lee – Bellwether, 2024
Most Americans today need some education beyond high school to secure a well-paying job, and higher education is a key factor in social and economic mobility. But higher education is not accessible to all students. To further equalize opportunity, states must understand options for improving the way they fund higher education. America's public…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education