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Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2020
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic training to ensure gainful employment and customized support…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation, Financial Support
Hesla, Kevin; Johnson, Jessica M.; Massett, Kendall; Ziebarth, Todd – National Charter School Resource Center, 2018
In the spring of 2016, the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC), the Colorado League of Charter Schools (the League), the Delaware Charter Schools Network (DCSN), and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (the Alliance) collaborated to collect data and information about charter school facilities and facilities expenditures in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Facilities, Educational Demand, Operating Expenses
Johnson, Rucker C.; Tanner, Sean – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
California's recent major school finance reform, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), attempts to address resource inequity by reallocating school finances on the basis of student disadvantage (rather than district property wealth) and relinquishing many of the restrictions on how revenue can be spent. Beyond a uniform "base grant"…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Academic Achievement, Funding Formulas
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Rosenstiel, Leah – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is the primary source of federal aid to elementary and secondary education. The ESEA was last reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95) in 2015. The Title I-A program has always been the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA. Title I-A grants provide supplementary…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
Koppich, Julia E.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; Marsh, Julie A.; Polikoff, Morgan; Willis, Jason – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on July 1, 2013, represents the first comprehensive change in California's education funding system in 40 years. The LCFF eliminates nearly all categorical funding streams, shifts control of most education dollars from the state to local school districts, and…
Descriptors: Local Government, Funding Formulas, State Policy, Educational Policy
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Ngo, Jenny; Meek, Lynn – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2019
This paper describes the current state of governance and reforms of Indonesia's higher education system. It seeks to identify the impact of and the constraints on the national higher education reform agenda with respect to institutional autonomy for public universities. Under the prevailing government regulations, 11 public universities have been…
Descriptors: College Administration, Governance, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Ward, Stephen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and the Lau v. Nichols Supreme court case (1974) have changed the way school districts prioritize education for English Learners. With the same intention to prioritize education for English Learners alongside foster youth and low income, former Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature followed suit by…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Funding Formulas, High School Students, School Districts
Fonseca, Manuela – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2017
This brief examines braiding, blending, and layering funding streams as possible strategies for supporting and sustaining high quality preschool programs. Interviews across three states with school district administrators, a Head Start director, and the director of a child care program illustrate how some leaders at the local level combine…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Educational Finance, Administrator Attitudes
Derby, Elena; Roza, Marguerite – Edunomics Lab, 2017
In 2013, California moved to drive more resources for students with higher needs, create more spending flexibility and let districts decide how to spend substantial new dollars by adopting a new watershed state finance policy, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). As California's Weighted Student Funding (WSF) law enters Year 5 of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Funding Formulas, Educational Change
Roza, Marguerite; Brooks, Caitlin – Edunomics Lab, 2017
While many policymakers see college credit attainment programs as potential cost savings, little research has examined the actual savings (if any) tied to taking college classes in high school. This Rapid Response brief helps fill the gap, investigating and comparing the costs of providing college credit in high school in three states with the…
Descriptors: College Credits, High School Students, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
OECD Publishing, 2017
Despite the obvious benefits derived from education, governments face difficult trade-offs when balancing the share of public and private contributions to education. Understanding how private expenditure is sourced, through public transfers or through private funds, can make a difference in enabling access to education and provide insights into…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Expenditure per Student, Access to Education, Private Sector
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Journal of Education Finance, 2015
Presenters at the State of the States Roundtable session at the 2014 National Education Finance Conference in Louisville were invited to submit their papers for publication. These papers address the following topics: (1) State issues affecting P-12 and/or higher education funding; (2) Funding priorities/trends for P-12 and/or higher education; (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Millard, Maria – Education Commission of the States, 2015
Research is clear that English language learners (ELLs) perform better academically and achieve greater language proficiency when they have high-quality English language instruction.1 Like all supplemental services, these necessary supports require additional funding above the average per-student amount. The federal government provides grant…
Descriptors: State Aid, English Language Learners, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Griggs, Gerald – Education 3-13, 2016
In March 2013 the government announced that it was to provide funding to improve provision of Physical Education and sport in primary schools in England. Entitled The Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium, this ring-fenced annual funding has been allocated to schools that are free to choose how the money is spent but are accountable for its…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Physical Education, Funding Formulas, Incentive Grants
Higher Education Funding Council for England, 2016
This report provides an overview of the current financial health of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded higher education sector in England. This does not include directly funded further education or other colleges, or alternative providers of higher education. The analysis covers financial results for the academic year…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fiscal Capacity, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
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