How States Prioritize Educational Needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Distribution of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund

Autor/inn/en	McMorris, Claire; Knight, David S.
Titel	How States Prioritize Educational Needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Distribution of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Finance, 48 (2022) 1, S.5-33 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-9495
Schlagwörter	Federal Aid; COVID-19; Federal Legislation; Pandemics; State Federal Aid; Needs Assessment; Educational Needs; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Funding Formulas; Educational Policy; State Departments of Education; Student Characteristics; Expenditure per Student; Political Influences; Resource Allocation; Budgeting; California; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Bedarfsermittlung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsfonds; Funding; Finanzierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kultusministerium; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ressourcenallokation; Kalifornien
Abstract	The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress in 2020 included significant aid to state education systems. These included direct aid to K-12 districts and higher education institutions, and funds to be used at the discretion of Governors through the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). We examine the factors influencing where and how GEER funding was distributed across state K-12 systems and what inequities were introduced in its spending. Using a mixed methods analysis of state GEER spending plans and district-level finance data, we focus specifically on how distribution sought to target schools serving disadvantaged student groups. We find that several state leaders decided to send their GEER funds to school districts via funding formulas, and that some Governors made decisions to direct their GEER funds towards certain student groups. State spending patterns were not strongly related to governor political ideology or the states' existing funding formulas or inter-district resource allocation patterns. We discuss the implications of this policy related to two state case examples, California and New York, and provide insight for future education stimulus funding proposals. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01