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EDU 103. EDU 103 Fall 2009 December. EDU 103. Chapter # 8 Governance & Finance: Regulating and Funding Schools. EDU 103. Chapter Outline. EDU 103. Governance: How are schools regulated and run? School Finance: How are schools funded? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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• Governance: How are schools regulated and run?
• School Finance: How are schools funded?
• Emerging issues in school governance and finance.
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• Read the summary of the chapter – Pages 271 & 272.
1. Describe the major educational governance structures at the state and local levels.
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• 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• Each state has a governor, a state legislature, & a state office of education.
• Local control via an elected board of education for most school districts..
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2. Explain the different sources and targets of educational funding.
• Three sources- – 49% from state– 43% from local– 8 % from federal
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• 61% Most educational expense is for instructional services – mostly teacher salaries
• 10% for instructional assistance• 10% to administration• 10% for buildings (physical plant)• 4% for bus transportation• 4% for cafeteria expenses
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3. Describe the major current issues in school governance and finance.
• Funding inequities within states – Large number of court cases – Resulted in a larger percentage
of state funding and a smaller percentage of local funding .
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• Site-based decision making – Parents & teachers have greater
input into curricular and instructional decisions.
– In KY there are site-based counsels that work with building principals to make many decisions
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• Charter schools– Alternative schools that are publically funded, but are
independently operated– The plan or “charter” must be accepted by the local
board or state office of education• Vouchers
– A check or written document that parents can use to purchase educational services
• Privatization– Corporations such as Edison Schools, Sylvan, and
others – Take over selected schools and “run” the school to
make a profit
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• Describe the major educational governance structures at the state and local levels.
• Explain the different sources and targets of educational funding.
• Describe the major current issues in school governance and finance.
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• Block Grants – Page 256
• Categorical grants – Page 256
• Charter schools – Page 264
• Homeschooling – Page 268
• Local school board – Page 248
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• Property taxes – Page 255• School district – Page 247• School principal – Page 251• Site-based decision making – Page
262• State office of education – Page
245
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• State tuition tax-credit plans – Page 267
• Superintendent – Page 250
• Voucher – Page 266
• Weighted student formula – Page 261
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State Board of Education – What do they do?
• Issue and revoke teaching licenses
• Establish the length of the school year
• Publish standards for approving and accrediting schools
• Develop and implement uniform systems to collect data, such as standardized achievement test scores, enrollment trends and demographics
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State Board of Education – Who are they?– People outside professional education– In most states these people are appointed by
the governor– In some states they are elected by the voters
(25%)– Most serve without pay
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• State Office of Education – Responsible for
what?– Implement policy on a
day-by-day basis– Staffed by full-time
educational professionals• All most all have been
teachers and advanced degrees in education
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Principals are crucial in creating well-run learning-oriented schools
– What do effective principals do?
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• Typical Year – 450,000 school buses
travel 4 billion miles, provide 10 billion separate rides to nearly 24 million K-12 students
– In 1998 – 54% of the students were transported a cost of $493 per student
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• REVIEW
• Education is the responsibility of each state – Why?
• State Board of Education • State Office of Education • Chief state school officer• School Districts
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• REVIEW
• Funding of schools– Three sources – Where does the revenue come from?
• How is the money spent?