State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Louisiana

Autor/in	Shaikh, Naveed A.
Titel	State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Louisiana
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 85 (2010) 1, S.74-76 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Special Schools; Poverty; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; Educational Finance; Foundation Programs; Second Language Learning; School Districts; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Profiles; Demography; Expenditures; Taxes; Budgets; Income; School Funds; School Personnel; Teachers; Public Education; Administrative Organization; Educational Policy; Governance; Educational Quality; Problems; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special school; Sonderschule; Armut; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsfonds; Zweitsprachenerwerb; School district; Schulbezirk; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Demografie; Ausgaben; Abgabe; Finanzhaushalt; Einkommen; Schulpersonal; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Öffentliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Problemsituation
Abstract	This article presents Louisiana's education finance and governance profile. Louisiana witnessed a 3.9% decline in population during the period from 2000 to 2007. Poverty persists both in urban and rural areas of the state, as demonstrated by visible poverty both in the agricultural parishes and in major cities such as New Orleans and Shreveport (Yom-Tov, 2004). The state's education budget is divided into six categories: state activities, subgrantee assistance, recovery school district, minimum foundation program, nonpublic educational assistance, and special school districts. Funds for these activities come from local, state, and federal sources. For FY 2008-09, the enacted budget appropriation is $4.946 billion, compared to $5.363 billion for the previous year. The Louisiana Public School System has 68 city/parish school districts and has 1,442 public schools. The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) is the administrative policymaking body for elementary and secondary schools. In the ranking of student achievement, Louisiana ranks 47th, a one-notch improvement from the year 2008. Furthermore, the state is also focusing heavily on English Language Learners (ELL), especially in the New Orleans area where ELL enrollment has grown to 10% of the student population. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10