Measuring Inequity in School Funding

Autor/in	Epstein, Diana
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	Measuring Inequity in School Funding
Quelle	(2011), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Educational Equity (Finance); Taxes; School Districts; Income; Federal Government; Resource Allocation; Low Income Groups; At Risk Students; Educational Resources; State Aid; Local Government; State Government; Federal Aid; School District Wealth; Expenditure per Student; Measurement Techniques + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Abgabe; School district; Schulbezirk; Einkommen; Bundesregierung; Ressourcenallokation; Bildungsmittel; Gemeindeverwaltung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Messtechnik
Abstract	Low-income children tend to be concentrated in low-income school districts, and these children often attend schools that receive far fewer resources per pupil despite their greater need. Since education is primarily a state responsibility, more than 90 percent of school funding comes from state and local sources, and the federal government provides the rest. Districts have traditionally drawn much of their revenue from local property taxes, which means districts in high-wealth parts of a state are often funded more generously than districts in low-wealth areas. Over time, some states have moved to school finance models in which districts receive more funding from state sources and rely less on local revenue streams. The shift to higher proportions of state funding is aimed at ensuring districts in lower-wealth areas have access to additional resources so funding across districts is more equitable. In other states, however, the level of school funding is still largely driven by local taxes. This paper discusses the differences in per pupil funding across states by highlighting measures of spending and effort. It then examines the problem of intrastate fiscal inequity and surveys some of the different measures that are used to characterize a state's level of funding equity among districts within a state. It then compares and contrasts the different measures and presents data on states' fiscal equity using a variety of measures. The data demonstrate that many states are not fairly funding their school districts. (Contains 4 figures and 19 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10