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Direct linkCostrell, Robert M.; Hitt, Collin; Shuls, James V. – Educational Researcher, 2020
In this brief, we examine an important but obscure form of state spending on K-12 education-state subsidies of school district pension costs. In 2018, this exceeded $19 billion across 23 states. To put that amount into perspective, 2018 federal spending on Title I programs was $15.8 billion. This revenue stream is often ignored in analyses of…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, State Aid, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hartman, William T.; Shrom, Timothy J. – Educational Considerations, 2014
In Pennsylvania as in many other states, employee pension costs are a significant source of financial pressure for school districts (Zeehandelaar and Northern 2013, Pennsylvania Public Employees' Retirement Commission 2013). In order to gain greater insight into the nature of Pennsylvania school districts' financial burden related to pension…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, School Taxes, School Districts, Costs
Shrom, Timothy J.; Hartman, William – Educational Considerations, 2014
The purpose of this article was to present the results of a study that analyzed Pennsylvania local school boards' taxing authority, pre- and post-enactment of Special Session Act 1, "The Taxpayer Relief Act," in 2006, in terms of its percent share of school districts' total budget in order to better understand the impact of the new…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Boards of Education, School Districts, Pretests Posttests
Download full textFriery, John – School Business Affairs, 2010
Fueled by declining revenue from the housing crisis, skyrocketing energy costs, and an economy in general disarray, the public is pressuring school administrators to make broader and deeper cuts in their operating budgets. As the baby boomers retire, put their houses on the market, and downsize, one will see more downward price pressure on home…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Health Care Costs, Unions, Financial Problems
Strauss, Robert P.; Liu, Jinxiang – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to characterize the choice made by retired professional school personnel in Pennsylvania to return to work in public education. This paper builds on earlier studies of the market for teachers and administrators in Pennsylvania. In this paper we describe retiring teachers, administrators and coordinators as…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Retirement, Employment, Public Education
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The 2011 State Teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
