Finance & Budget Resources
Resources for educational leaders on district and school budgets and financial operations.
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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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October 27, 2009
One Year Later: How the Economic Downturn Continues to Impact School DistrictsType:Report Topics: Finance & BudgetsFindings based on a study of school administrators conducted in September and October 2009.
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