States' Fiscal Woes Raise Anxiety Level on School Budgets

Autor/in	Zehr, Mary Ann
Titel	States' Fiscal Woes Raise Anxiety Level on School Budgets
Quelle	In: Education Week, 27 (2007) 4, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Educational Finance; Budgets; Budgeting; Educational Planning; Economic Factors; School District Spending; Taxes; Public Schools; Florida; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsfonds; Finanzhaushalt; Bildungsplanung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Abgabe; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	A long-projected revenue chill is beginning to bite in a number of states, putting pressure on education policymakers to defend existing programs--and, in some cases, forcing them to prepare for the worst if budget cuts become a reality. The causes vary, from slack property-tax receipts in Florida to a chronically sluggish economy in Michigan. But the result is the same: financial uncertainty as school districts head into the 2007-2008 school year and begin planning in earnest for the next budget cycle. Complicating that picture is worry on the part of some economists--reinforced by the continued national housing slump and a gloomy September 7 jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor--that the worst is yet to come. As such, some school districts are already preparing for a couple of lean years. According to Jim Warford, the executive director of the Florida Association of School Administrators, some districts are already cutting discretionary spending. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10