Spending Floors in Gifted Education Services

Autor/inn/en	Hodges, Jaret; Ottwein, Jessica K.
Titel	Spending Floors in Gifted Education Services
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 42 (2021) 1, S.32-45 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Academically Gifted; Gifted Education; Educational Finance; Financial Policy; Expenditures; Resource Allocation; School Districts; Rural Urban Differences; Rural Schools; Public Schools; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Ausgaben; Ressourcenallokation; School district; Schulbezirk; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	For nearly two decades, the state of Texas mandated gifted education services and provided funding to public school districts. One policy that was unique to the state was a mandatory minimum spending requirement. This research examines how mandatory minimum spending floors influenced spending in public school districts within the state and how that influence varied across locales. Our findings provide evidence that rural public school districts in Texas were more likely to operate nearer to the mandatory state minimum spending for gifted education than non-rural public school districts. In particular, rural public school districts allocated 50% fewer funds toward gifted education programming than suburban public school districts after accounting for minimum spending floors. The results should provide caution to policy makers on the possible ramifications of removing spending floors on gifted education programming in rural public school districts. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://journals.library.msstate.edu/ruraled
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01