More Funding Needed to Fix Tennessee School Staff Shortages. Fair School Funding: A Resource Equity Report

Autor/inn/en	McKillip, Mary; Farrie, Danielle
Institution	Education Law Center
Titel	More Funding Needed to Fix Tennessee School Staff Shortages. Fair School Funding: A Resource Equity Report
Quelle	(2020), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Educational Finance; Funding Formulas; School Personnel; Supply and Demand; School Districts; Educational Equity (Finance); At Risk Students; Teacher Shortage; School Counselors; School Social Workers; School Psychologists; Teacher Student Ratio; English Language Learners; Poverty; School District Wealth; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Funding; Finanzierung; Schulpersonal; Bedarfsplanung; School district; Schulbezirk; Lehrermangel; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Social work in school; Schulsozialarbeiter; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Armut
Abstract	Tennessee's school funding formula does not adequately support the state's schools. This report analyzes the impact of underfunding on staffing levels and the resulting inequities created between high- and low-income school districts. The state's school formula funding, even when supplemented by local funding above the required local share, results in lower staffing levels in poorer districts in nearly every staffing category. Our findings show: (1) Nearly all districts raise more local funds than required. (2) Wealthier districts supplement with local funds to reduce the average state student-teacher ratio of 23:1 ratio to 19-20 students per teacher, while the poorest districts average a student-teacher ratio of 24:1. (3) The English language learner to English as a second language teacher ratio is twice as high in poor districts than in wealthier districts. (4) Many districts have extremely limited access to student support staff such as social workers, counselors, and psychologists. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01