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Katrina MacDonald; Amanda Keddie; Scott Eacott; Jane Wilkinson; Jill Blackmore; Richard Niesche; Brad Gobby – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2024
This paper analyses the composition, distribution, and history of school funding in Australia through a spatial lens (Soja 2010). We explore multi-scalar school funding policy through three layers of economic maldistribution. We sketch the funding disparities between the three school sectors (public, Catholic, and independent) exposing a spatial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Funds, Public Schools, Educational Finance
Shores, Kenneth A.; Candelaria, Christopher A.; Kabourek, Sarah E. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2019
Sixty-seven school finance reforms (SFRs) in 26 states have taken place since 1990; however, there is little empirical evidence on the heterogeneity of SFR effects. We provide a comprehensive description of how individual reforms affected resource allocation to low- and high-income districts within states, including both financial and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, School Districts, Finance Reform
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BenDavid-Hadar, Iris – Educational Considerations, 2014
The educational achievement distribution of Israeli students is characterized by a low level of achievement with a wide achievement gap between high and low achievers compared with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD average. In fact, Israeli student achievement is characterized by the widest gap among the OECD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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Malen, Betty; Dayhoff, Justin; Egan, Laura; Croninger, Robert G. – Educational Policy, 2017
Weighted student funding (WSF) is a multifaceted school finance, management, and governance reform that is gaining attention. While WSF has a number of goals, its primary objective is to redress intra-district funding inequities. This article draws on a mixed-methods study of WSF in Prince George's County Public Schools to examine the initiative's…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Funding Formulas, Finance Reform, Educational Policy
Salomon-Fernandez, Yves – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The Massachusetts community college system is entering a second year with funding for each of its 15 schools determined using a new performance-based formula. Under the new model, 50% of each college's allocation is based on performance on metrics related to enrollment and student success, with added incentives for "at-risk" students…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Funding Formulas, Performance Based Assessment, Models
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Robert C. Knoeppel; Patricia F. First; Matthew R. Della Sala; Chinasa A. Ordu – Journal of Educational Administration, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the connections between state education finance distribution models and student achievement. To date, lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of state finance systems have been heard in 45 states; the judicial interpretation of the requirement to provide equality of educational opportunity has…
Descriptors: State Aid, Resource Allocation, Educational Equity (Finance), Equalization Aid
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Baker, Bruce D.; Libby, Ken; Wiley, Kathryn – Education Finance and Policy, 2015
This article explores whether two popular policy initiatives are compatible or conflicting strategies for enhancing educational equality in diverse large urban centers. These two initiatives are (1) charter school expansion and (2) improvement of resource equity across urban public school systems through policies often referred to as weighted…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Educational Resources
Complete College America, 2012
The mere mention of so-called "performance funding" makes college presidents and the higher education community nervous. It's an understandable reaction to a concept that too often results in an overly complex outcome. Still, the basic principle of "investing the limited resources states have in the results they want" is fundamentally sound--and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Funding Formulas, Resource Allocation
Laura Rasmussen Foster; Steve Klein; Barbara Elliott – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2014
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV" or "Act") authorizes federal funding for career and technical education (CTE) and specifies a formula for distributing those funds. Allocations at the secondary level are based on the number of youths ages 5-17 who reside within a local…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, State Aid
Perry, Mary – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2013
For decades, when California's state leaders have wanted to see local school districts respond to shifts in policy and expectations they relied on the state-controlled school finance system to leverage local change. Through the use of categorical programs and earmarked funding, they created incentives for districts that complied and penalties for…
Descriptors: Finance Reform, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Career Readiness
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
The BC Ministry of Education announcement about 2012-13 operating grants estimates includes "new" funding to districts of $11.2 million for vulnerable students, $10.7 million for districts to implement elements of the Education Plan, and $21.8 million to address "districts' differing geographic circumstances." This makes for a…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Change, Funding Formulas, Declining Enrollment
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Hirth, Marilyn; Eiler, Edward – Educational Considerations, 2012
Indiana has a long history of school funding issues and distribution formula revisions. The most recent modifications to the formula were made between 2005 and 2009. One of the more controversial revisions was the removal of the minimum guarantee from the formula. As a result of these changes, three school districts filed a lawsuit challenging the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance), Court Litigation, Funding Formulas
Maglakelidze, Shorena; Giorgobiani, Zurab; Shukakidze, Berika – Online Submission, 2013
There is no fixed rule about how financial resources must be directed to the education sector. It is quite clear that the size of investment in the sector well defines the quality of education students are offered. It is highly important to define the amount of money, which is needed for effective functioning of schools and it is also important to…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Finance, Public Schools, Funding Formulas
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
A news release by the BC Ministry of Education on December 9, 2011 describes upcoming changes to the funding formula for the 2012-13 Operating Grants and announces increases in CommunityLink funding for 2012-13 and 2013-14. This research report analyzes the potential impact of these changes and compares BC's performance in improving education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Funding Formulas, Research Reports
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Roy, Joydeep – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
Michigan radically altered its school finance system in 1994. The new plan, called Proposal A, significantly increased state aid to the lowest-spending school districts and limited future increases in spending in the highest-spending ones, abolishing local discretion over school spending. I investigate the impact of Proposal A on the distribution…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Objectives, State Aid, Finance Reform
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