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Peer reviewedHowell, Penny L.; Miller, Barbara B. – Future of Children, 1997
Summarizes local, state, and federal sources of school funding and discusses the mechanisms used to distribute state aid and the criteria for assessing a school finance system. Overall, the federal government contributes about 7% of a school budget, with the remainder typically split fairly evenly between state and local governments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Budgets, Criteria, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
