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What Does the Money Buy? Allocation and Use of Educational Resources.
Picus, Lawrence O. – School Business Affairs, 1995
Analyzes U.S. educational spending levels and sources, providing aggregate data for 50 states. Discusses spending disparities across districts and schools, using Schools and Staffing Survey data and highlighting California and Florida's spending disparities. Discusses how schools use available resources, based on research findings in Florida,…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Tracking the Growth in Special Education Spending.
Rothstein, Richard – School Business Affairs, 1998
A study analyzed detailed expenditure reports of nine typical U.S. school districts for 1967, 1991, and 1996. From 1967 to 1996, special education's share jumped from 4% to 18% of all spending, whereas regular education's share fell from 80% to 57%. Furthermore, 40% of new funds went for special education; 23% for regular education. Implications…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Local School Budget Profiles Study.
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1996
Presents national data from the Educational Research Service (ERS) National Survey of school district budgets. The database of school-district budget information provides a consistent and reliable means for comparing local school-district budgets across the United States. Offers information about trends in resource allocation, personnel costs,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
How School Districts Allocated Their Resources in a Period of Reform: Changes during the 1990s.
Hannaway, Jane; Nakib, Yasser – School Business Affairs, 2002
Longitudinal study of how school districts allocated resources, focusing on expenditures and staffing, during a 6-year period in the 1990s, a period that saw the implementation of state standards and accountability initiatives. Finds, for example, that school districts did not appear to spend more on instruction, but did hire more instructional…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Local School Budget Profiles Study.
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1995
Presents data on school district expenditures for 1984-85, 1989-90, and 1994-95, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources. Three tables…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
ERS--Local School Budget Profile Study.
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1997
Presents data on school district expenditures for budget years 1996-97, 1991-92, and 1986-87, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Expenditures
A Brave New World.
Russo, Charles J.; Harris, J. John, III – School Business Affairs, 1995
In "Board of Education of Boone County v. Bushee," the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld school site councils' power and autonomy in a dispute involving a school improvement plan. Implications of "Bushee" are enormous. School-based decision making presents school business administrators with brave new challenges and increased…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Central Office Administrators, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education