Comparable Wages, Inflation, and School Finance Equity

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-370
Author(s):  
Lori L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Finance Equity

Portraits of Leaders

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don P. Schulte ◽  
Barbara S. S. Hong
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
School Finance ◽  
School System ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Finance Equity ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Leadership For Social Justice

This case study uses real events and hypothetical elements associated with the struggle for school finance equity in Texas. It involves a superintendent faced with difficult choices brought about by a convergence of events and issues, namely, by a national and state economic crisis, the demographic realities of his district, a historically contentious political landscape of his state, a tradition of leadership for social justice established in his school system, and by his own career aspirations. This work is particularly significant because it prompts specific questions related to elements of social justice leadership that are not often specifically addressed in professional preparation programs, namely, the chosen means of advocacy and the resulting consequences to the actor. It also directly addresses a critical domain of social justice action, school finance equity.

The Forgotten Side of School Finance Equity: The Role of Infrastructure Funding in Student Success

2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (640) ◽  
pp. 29-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith E. Crampton ◽  
David C. Thompson ◽  
Randall S. Vesely
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
School Finance ◽  
Finance Equity

scholarly journals Does the Measurement Matter? Assessing Alternate Approaches to Measuring State School Finance Equity for California’s Local Control Funding Formula

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 233285841987742
Author(s):  
David S. Knight ◽  
Jesús Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Local Control ◽  
Low Income ◽  
School Finance ◽  
District Level ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
State School ◽  
Funding Formula ◽  
Finance Equity ◽  
Local Control Funding Formula ◽  
Funding Level

Scholars have not reached consensus on the best approach to measure state school finance equity. The regression-based approach estimates the relationship between district poverty rate and funding level, controlling for other district cost factors. A second commonly used approach involves estimating the weighted average funding level for low-income students or other subgroups. Meanwhile, policymakers have preferences for their own data systems and poverty indicators when reading reports and assessing progress. We constructed parallel, district-level panel data sets using data from the California Department of Education and the U.S. Census. We estimated changes over time in district-level school finance equity under California’s Local Control Funding Formula, using multiple school finance measurement approaches, with each of the two data sets. Our results show that different methods and analytic choices result in policy-relevant differences in findings. We discuss the implications for policy and future research.

Iowa school finance equity

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Allen Peckover
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Finance Equity

School Finance: Equity Concerns in an Age of Reforms

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Richard L. Colvin
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Finance Equity

Prioritizing School Finance Equity during an Economic Downturn: Recommendations for State Policy Makers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
David S. Knight ◽  
Nail Hassairi ◽  
Christopher A. Candelaria ◽  
Min Sun ◽  
Margaret L. Plecki
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Finance Equity ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
State Budgets ◽  
State Finance ◽  
Funding Programs ◽  
K 12

Abstract State budgets temporarily crashed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown, placing education funding at risk. To demonstrate implications for school finance, we show that (1) school districts are racially segregated along class lines; (2) higher-poverty districts receive a greater share of funds from state, as opposed to local sources, making them especially vulnerable during economic downturns; and (3) many states made across-the-board K-12 budget reductions following the Great Recession, but those cuts disproportionately impacted high-poverty districts. A decade later, state legislators may face similar fiscal challenges. Instead of enacting acrossthe-board cuts, states can identify specific funding programs that already benefit lower-poverty districts or wealthier students. We demonstrate how this approach would work under different state finance models and offer recommendations for state policy makers.

Comparable Wages, Inflation, and School Finance Equity

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
School Finance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Geographic Variations ◽  
Finance Equity ◽  
Cost Of Education ◽  
Equity And Adequacy ◽  
The Cost

A ComparableWage Index (CWI) is an attractive mechanism for measuring geographic variations in the cost of education. A CWImeasures uncontrollable variations in educator pay by observing systematic variations in the earnings of comparable workers who are not educators. Together, the 2000 census and the Occupational Employment Statistics survey support the construction of just such an index. The resulting panel of index values measures wage levels in all parts of the United States from 1997 through 2004 and reveals substantial variation in purchasing power both across school districts and across time. Such inequalities undermine the equity and adequacy goals of school finance formulas. If states were successfully directing additional resources to school districts in high-cost environments, then measured inequality within states should fall when differences in purchasing power are taken into account. Instead, cost adjustment widens the spending gap in all but a handful of states.

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