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Download full textWillis, Jason; Krausen, Kelsey; McClellan, Patrick – WestEd, 2021
School districts across the country are receiving billions of dollars in federal relief aid. The unprecedented size of this investment -- three separate aid packages providing nearly $200 billion for K-12 education alone -- presents both an enormous opportunity and a challenge for state and local education leaders. The principle question is, how…
Descriptors: School Districts, Federal Aid, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Krausen, Kelsey; Diaz, John; Willis, Jason; Lias, Cosette – WestEd, 2021
To address the increased needs of students and schools resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has enacted a series of three relief and stimulus bills -- the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), and the American Rescue Plan…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, COVID-19, Federal Legislation
Willis, Jason; Krausen, Kelsey; McClellan, Patrick – WestEd, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to reconsider the approach and delivery of public education. With a large infusion of one-time federal relief aid and a depth of need among students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that the system is still trying to understand, state and local education leaders will need to plan for both (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19
Doutre, Sara Menlove; Willis, Jason; Barrett, Tyson; Ripma, Tye; Caparas, Ruthie; Krausen, Kelsey – WestEd, 2021
Each year, funds from federal, state, and local sources are directed to provide special education and related services to nearly 725,000 students with disabilities in California. To increase equitable outcomes for these students, who comprise nearly 12 percent of California's K-12 population, state-decision-makers agree that more research and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Willis, Jason; Doutre, Sara Menlove; Krausen, Kelsey; Barrett, Tyson; Ripma, Tye; Caparas, Ruthie – WestEd, 2020
More than 725,000, nearly 12 percent, of California's public school students receive special education and related services. Although more than half of those students spend 80 percent or more of the school day in a general education classroom, California's special education funding system may not be as inclusive as California's classrooms. This…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Willis, Jason; Krausen, Kelsey; Caparas, Ruthie; Taylor, Tia – Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, 2019
In 2017, the Center on School Turnaround at WestEd published the "Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework" [see ED584107] a framework to assist states, districts, and schools to improve student achievement in the lowest-performing schools. The framework immediately garnered national attention by outlining four…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Strategic Planning, School Turnaround, Talent Development
Willis, Jason; Krausen, Kelsey; Caparas, Ruthie – WestEd, 2020
Concerns about the new coronavirus, with the consequent school closures and with significant economic fallout, are having profound effects on the public education landscape, from how educators deliver instruction to the amount of revenue available for operating schools. Produced by WestEd as part of a collection of Crisis Response Resources, this…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Crisis Management, School Districts, Charter Schools
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Willis, Jason; Krausen, Kelsey; Outlaw, Lauren – WestEd, 2020
Concerns about the new coronavirus are having profound effects on the public education landscape, from how educators deliver instruction to the amount of revenue available for operating schools. The full fiscal effect of school closures and of the country's broader economic downturn is not yet known, but predictions are distressing. More than…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Crisis Management, School Districts, Charter Schools
Chambers, Dana; Krausen, Kelsey; Willis, Jason – WestEd, 2021
School systems are currently faced with critical recovery needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders must decide how to allocate nearly $200 billion of federal funding, which has the potential to significantly impact efforts to accelerate learning and provide student well-being supports, especially for students who have been…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Direct linkWillis, Jason; Hill, Matt – District Administration, 2011
School finance reform has become a key component for transforming public schools in the United States. Over the last decade, a growing number of districts have turned to an approach known by different names--student-based budgeting, weighted student funding and fair student funding, among others--in which budgets are allocated to schools in…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Finance, Student Needs, Finance Reform
