Analysis Of School Program And Financial Status

When local property taxes were the primary source of school funding, districts were financially stable and were able to allocate funds for appropriate spendings. With the limitations set on property taxes, school budgets became dependent on the state’s fluctuating economy and tax collections. Fortunately, in 1988, Proposition 98 was passed, which set a minimum base funding for public schools. This proposition guaranteed funding that would grow each year with the changing economy along with student enrollment. This funding, though managed by the state was a combination of state General Fund and local property tax revenues.

Another source of income for school districts is sales tax. Sales tax could be an easier way to get funding locally since people are receiving something in return such as goods/services. The money comes from the good or services and goes to the state comptroller offices and then the state sends the funds to the local districts. A disadvantage to sales tax it is that

Since last spring, Philadelphia school district leaders have been sounding the alarm about this year’s fiscal budget. Even after months of discussions and headlines, schools have opened with fewer resources than last year. On March 28th the School Reform Commission approved a lump sum budget which showed a need for an additional $220 million in revenue in order to provide schools with same resources as the “wholly insufficient” 2013-14 school year (McCorry). There will be many inadequate funding impacts on the quality of the education. Classroom resources would be stripped to untenable levels. The district would reduce as much as $2.2 million funding to the districts’ multiple pathways to graduation program which affects estimated 300 students. Another $1.5 million could be reduced from the elimination of preparation and professional development time for teachers at the district’s high needs promise academies. The district’s building maintenance budget could have reduction in amount of $9.6 million. Schools will be cleaned less frequently as a result. Building maintenance will also be curtailed as a result. District’s school police budget could also have reduction in amount of $2.4 million. School police officer vacancies will be unfilled, leaving an additional 27 elementary schools to share an officer.

How much funding the school receives (if public) from the government - depending on how much funds are readily available at a school can result in resources either been diminished or not possible due to lack of funds or more pressing issues at the school whereby money would best

The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) is one of those districts that have seen fallen property values in Marin, dysfunctional, and fiscal chaos in Sacramento. As a result of the severe economic downturn and the devastating cuts to education from the state of California, the TUHSD needs to reduce operating cost by 20% within five years to have a balanced budget for the 2014-2015 school year. THUSD annual budget is $55 million dollars. Operations is half that, or $27.5 million. The cost reduction goal is 20% within the operating budget lower than that provided in 2009-2010, which equates to a $5.5 million dollar reduction to balance the budget for 2014-2015 school year. The following recommendations

     The government does not fully provide funding for each school district since public schools are funded through property taxes (“Public”, 1). Therefore, the amount of money for

The National Conference of State Legislatures said, “School budget crunches have been a trend over the past couple years and span the entire nation” (qtd. in Van

If the current system not the administration calculates that the annually will increase as a chance to reinforce the district where it needs the assistance. While increased funding not necessarily equate to improvements in student performance, it’s funding and where it is clearly needs to be addressed. Ambitious effort to lift student achievement and, fundamentally, to undermine the idea of public

If we had more money in our budget to do our competitive season, we would not have to say goodbye to competing. The program receives a mere $1000, for the whole band program, as said by the band director. That is not enough for our program. My school district needs to fund the EMBC program separately from the regular band programs. I am not saying that their program isn’t as important, but we, the EMBC, require more funding for our award winning program. It is a sport, and therefore merits the full funding like any other team. A way we can do that is by moving around funding from teams who don’t require as much and move it towards the ones that do, like us. One example of this, would be to move excess funding from one

According to the budget, the programs that are needed and make a difference (students with disabilities, homeless and immigrants) are where the funding is applied. The funding sources for the Bibb county District Schools applied are as follows Title I & II, At Risk, local school and others are looked at yearly for implementation of the following year. The ways the funds are distributed are upsetting. The students rank at 41 out of the 51 states in education which is near the bottom for academic performance. Bibb County District is considered a poor county as it ranks 40th in the nation in child welfare. It is mentioned that education and the ability to earn a stable income will always be connected together, (Purser, 2015). The allocated funds should be distributed to helping the students who need the extra tutoring or help in specific areas in all schools. The statistics of academic performance proves that either the students’ needs are not being met by the teachers being paid for their services or the funding of other programs are not being applied to the appropriate programs for these student to excel in their performance, (Miles,

According to the Junior Scholastic, “and then there’s the cost. Issaquah,for example,would need to buy new buses and build a garage for them. For some school districts, the cost could run into the millions.” This quote explains how if the school would change the start time of the school they would have to buy more buses, which would run into millions of dollars. If the school districts would change the start of school to later, they would have to buy lots of extra buses. If the school would start at a later time and would have to buy more buses they would have to spend all the money that the school has saved up through all the fundraiser. If they used all the money we would have no money for new equipment for the gym and all the jerseys for all the sports and all the usually repairs around the school

One of the important drawbacks of the budget was the cuts and delays in education funding. As published in the article “California lawmakers pass long-overdue budget” (2010), by Fox News “Under the deal, nearly $2 billion in payments to K-12 schools and California's community colleges would be delayed until the next fiscal year”. This was one of the consequences of the late deficit budget, which lawmakers agreed upon. Stopping payments to educational institutions was not seen as a positive feature of the budget. The delay in funding kept the educational programs on hold, which affected many educational

Participating in this assignment provided me much new insight into the general subject of the management of school funds. From reading the audit, I learned that I could get a fair, professional view of my school district’s financial standing. I can see now how going through the process of an audit and reading the results and recommendations can only help the administration, and thus the school. It makes sense that our school board and administration base many of their financial decisions off of our audits because they give a true and fair view of the school’s financial status. Plus, I learned how our school can use this information to correct any deficiencies,

In today’s economic environment even the wealthiest states and districts are having to cut funding for education, while districts which were already teetering on the edge are now in an even worse position. In some schools children have to face not having enough books, paper for copies, severe overcrowding,

Schools have a number of various sources. The primary sources are federal, state, and local funding. The majority of funding comes from state and local sources; whereas a small percent (usually 9-12%) comes from the federal level. The method by which schools receive funding is through the taxation process. At the state level, taxes are levied from taxpayers, both corporate and citizens via sales and income tax. At the local level, school funding comes from property taxes. Let’s explore the how the various sources of school funding. “According to the National Center for Education Statistics, state and local funding accounts for approximately 93 percent of education expenditures” (Woodruff, 2008, ¶ 2). Let’s examine these various sources of revenue and funding and different formulas for allocation along with their pros and cons.