Finance & Budget Resources
Resources for educational leaders on district and school budgets and financial operations.
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December 01, 2017
Does Money Really Matter? Investing in the Future of Hispanic StudentsType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsThis study examined the relationship between school funding and graduation rates of Hispanic students. -
December 01, 2017
By the Numbers: A School District's Tax ElectionsType:Article Topics: Communications & Public Relations, Finance & BudgetsHow a community vote on public referendums can be linked to three ideas: scarcity, absence and opposition. The author considers how those factors play out. -
December 01, 2017
Assembling a First Look at School-Level FinancialsType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsSchool district staff responsible for budget and finance might assemble a preliminary examination of spending at each school by populating the table below. -
December 01, 2017
Crowdfunding: Simple Solutions to Big LiabilityType:Article Topics: Finance & Budgets, Technology & AIIf you’re not aware of how staff are soliciting funds for school projects via the internet, you should be. -
December 01, 2017
Coming Soon: Transparent School-by-School SpendingType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsBeginning in 2018-19, federal law requires public reporting of school-level financial data, potentially unmasking patterns of fiscal inequities within a school system. The authors are ideas on preparing for that approaching day. -
October 01, 2017
Where Will Our Students Stand Without Impact Aid?Type:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsThreats to federal support could sever the cultural ties for this superintendent’s Native American students. -
October 01, 2017
A Strategic Role for School Finance OfficersType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsEvolving practices are bolstering the academic side of the ledger for school business leaders in the central office. -
September 01, 2017
Missing Love in the Proper PlacesType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsAnnouncing the timely launch of AASA’s “I Love Public Education” campaign. -
June 01, 2017
Protecting Districts From Booster Club MisstepsType:Article Topics: Ethics, Finance & BudgetsComplications when dealing with the good-hearted parents who want to financially support athletic teams, marching band and cheerleaders. -
May 01, 2017
Public Loss Private Gain: How School Voucher Tax Shelters Undermine Public EducationType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, District & School Operations, Finance & BudgetsA report exposing how state and federal tax policy promotes the privatization of education funding, while simultaneously draining public coffers to enable savvy taxpayers to turn a profit. -
January 01, 2018
The Challenge of Reporting on Charter Performance and FinancesType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsJournalists describe obstacles that prevent a fair and full look inside the practices of publicly funded school alternatives -
January 01, 2017
Raising Engagement With Monetary IncentivesType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsGreensboro N.C.'s program using go-betweens to link parents with their children's schools in innovative ways. -
September 01, 2016
The School Mental Health Dilemma: Philosophy vs. FundingType:Article Topics: Finance & Budgets, Health & WellnessThe ESSA makes a stronger statement than previous federal authorizations about the impact of nonacademic factors, including school-based mental health -
January 01, 2016
A Few Tested Fundraising RoutesType:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsA consultant's favored strategies for raising targeted revenue for schools. -
January 01, 2016
Data for Turbocharging Management DecisionsType:Article Topics: District & School Operations, Finance & BudgetsImproving cost-effectiveness of personalized learning, staff schedules and academic return on investment -
October 01, 2015
Severance ProvisionsType:Infographic Topics: District & School Operations, Finance & BudgetsAn AASA survey measures the frequency of severance clauses in employment contracts -
October 01, 2015
When's That Jet Picking Us Up for Dinner?Type:Article Topics: Finance & BudgetsCan a superintendent accept paid trips, meals and accommodations from vendors? -
May 17, 2010
School Budgets 101Type:Report Topics: Finance & BudgetsThis brief—written to help expand familiarity with and understanding of school budgets and the role of various levels of government—is a bird’s‐eye view of school budgets. -
May 12, 2010
School District Consolidation: The Benefits and CostsType:Article Topics: District & School Operations, Finance & BudgetsWhat recent research reveals about expected financial savings when small districts merge -
December 07, 2009
Exerting Leadership Through the Budget-Building ProcessTopics: Finance & BudgetsExerting Leadership Through the Budget Building ProcessBy James J. Bird, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, jjbird@uncc.edu New superintendents quickly realize that the budget is pervasive. If it is not the subject or verb of every sentence
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