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Monear, Daryl – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2022
Education and training after high school is critical for individual development and career advancement in Washington's innovative and evolving labor market. However, college enrollment and completion rates lag behind state goals and the national average. Washington has some of the most generous state financial aid opportunities in the country to…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, State Aid, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education
Sharae Nikole Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory case study was to research how a high-quality, state-funded preschool program academically prepared at-risk students for kindergarten in a large public school district in southeastern Virginia. The school district has over 20 elementary schools with seven of the schools housing Virginia's high-quality,…
Descriptors: State Aid, Preschools, At Risk Students, School Readiness
Nathan Willers – ProQuest LLC, 2022
State funding for higher education is one of the most pressing issues facing both institutions and policymakers in 2022. Colorado has seen significant declines in the amount of state funding per student over the past two decades, resulting in increases in student burdens for tuition. Policy discourse analysis through a poststructural and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Discourse Analysis, Educational Finance
Eileen McAnneny; Andrew Hunter, Contributor – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2025
The purpose of this report is to provide readers with a comparative analysis of the Massachusetts workforce "system" structures and performance reporting processes compared to other states. Though the federal workforce development system is often examined in its entirety and individual state systems are at times examined independently,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Comparative Analysis, Labor Market, Federal Regulation
Institute for College Access & Success, 2025
This fact sheet focuses on how adult students in Michigan are accessing, affording, and completing postsecondary credentials. Adult learners are adult individuals, often considered to be aged 25+, who return to education, often at the high school and undergraduate levels. [This fact sheet was prepared with the Michigan Center for Adult College…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Reentry Students, Partnerships in Education
Shereen Oca Beilstein; Tom Withee; Meg Bates – Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute, 2025
The prevalence of educator shortages has long been a topic of research and policy discussions in Illinois. Across multiple years, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS) have collected data and reported on the magnitude, severity, and impact of shortages statewide. Prior…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Recruitment
Duffy, Mark; Hartmann, Tracey – Research for Action, 2023
Prior to the pandemic, a survey of Pennsylvania parents found that for every child that was enrolled in an afterschool program, four more would participate if more programs were available. The pandemic has only emphasized the need for out-of-school time (OST) programs as students across Pennsylvania and the country cope with learning loss and…
Descriptors: State Aid, Educational Finance, After School Programs, Investment
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Stowe, Kristin – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2023
Much research has investigated the determinants of higher education funding across the United States. Some established variables are statewide conditions while other variables relate to the political machine in the capital city. Politicians' personal characteristics, such as party affiliation and gender, influence higher education funding. This…
Descriptors: State Aid, State Universities, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Baker, Bruce D.; Di Carlo, Matthew; Oberfield, Zachary W. – Albert Shanker Institute, 2023
School finance debates frequently turn on two crucial questions: (1) How much do state and local governments spend on K-12 education?; and (2) How are education dollars distributed across jurisdictions? This focus makes sense because the answers to these questions determine how well states are able to provide an adequate, equal education for all…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Income, Educational Equity (Finance)
Dammu, Indira; O'Keefe, Bonnie – Bellwether, 2023
State education finance sets the stage for what is possible in schools. Too many state education finance systems today are inequitable, outdated, and inadequate, and there are often significant political barriers to change. Advocates for educational equity can and should play an essential role in shaping the allocation and structure of state…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, State Aid, Educational Finance
Michelle Matakas – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2023
The 2022 Legislature increased funding for specific types of school staff in the prototypical school funding model, which determines the state funding allocations for schools. The legislation also required that funding provided to schools for physical, social, and emotional support staff (PSES staff) be spent on those staff. This report includes…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Security Personnel, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
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
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2024
Nebraska's constitution and state statutes require the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (CCPE) to review the budget requests of the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska State College System, and the community colleges in light of specific criteria set forth in the statutes. The Commission also makes recommendations on major…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Finance, Operating Expenses, Budgets
Rex Wall – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study was to inform local practices in the state of Oklahoma regarding the equitable allocation of resources within school districts by examining the relationship between student per-pupil expenditures at high schools located in an urban district and student outcomes. Significant efforts, both legal and academic,…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Equal Education, High Schools, Resource Allocation
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Justin C. Ortagus; Dominique Baker; Kelly Ochs Rosinger; Robert Kelchen; Olivia Morales; Anna Peters; Mitchell Lingo – AERA Open, 2024
In this study, we leverage national data sources to examine the relationship between community colleges' level of reliance on local funding and their total institutional revenue, focusing specifically on community colleges educating the largest shares of low-income and racially minoritized students. We show that local funding is positively related…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students
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