21st Century School Finance: How Is the Context Changing? Education Finance in the States: Its Past, Present and Future. ECS Issues Paper.

Autor/in	Hansen, Janet S.
Institution	Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO.
Titel	21st Century School Finance: How Is the Context Changing? Education Finance in the States: Its Past, Present and Future. ECS Issues Paper.
Quelle	(2001), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Equity (Finance); Educational Finance; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Finance Reform; Parent Empowerment; Public Schools; School Funds; State Aid; Teacher Retirement; Teacher Salaries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Unterrichtsmedien; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung
Abstract	The challenge facing school finance is how to harness the school-finance system to the fundamental purpose of education: to improve learning for all students. The challenge is posed by political demands for better school performance and accountability, and by court rulings that tie school funding to standards of adequacy. This paper examines four new significant challenges, or changes, that will affect future finance scenarios. The first change is demographics. The number of school-aged children is expected to continue to increase. And as the student population grows, it is expected to become increasingly diverse, placing more pressure on education budgets. The second change is in labor. Schools must have personnel policies that will enable them to compete in the marketplace for skilled teachers. The third change is in technology. Funding will have to be available for technology in the classroom. The fourth change is in the move toward nontraditional education, notably charter schools, contracting, and vouchers. The growing number of educational providers and the increasing pressure for parent choice shifts the attention from how to fund districts to how to fund schools. While this paper offers no concrete solutions, it poses a number of questions for policymakers. (Contains 21 references.) (WFA)
Anmerkungen	Education Commission of the States, 700 Broadway, Suite 1200, Denver CO 80203-3460. Tel: 303-299-3600; Fax: 303-296-8332; Web site: http://www.ecs.org. For full text: www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/28/04/2804.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01