Deregulating School Aid in California: How Districts Responded to Flexibility in Tier 3 Categorical Funds in 2010-2011

Brian M. Stecher ; Bruce Fuller ; Tom Timar ; Julie A. Marsh ; Mary Briggs ; Bing Han ; Beth Katz ; Angeline Spain ; Anisah Waite

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Educational Equity;    Education Policy;    California;    Educational Program Evaluation;    Education Legislation;    Educational Administration;    Students;   

ISBN  :  9780833076427
RP-ID  :  TR-1229-WFHF/DCKF/STF

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

California's system of school finance is highly regulated and prescriptive. A large share of state funding is allocated through categorical programs, that is, programs whose funding is contingent upon districts using the money in a particular way or for a particular purpose. In 2008–09, the strings were taken off 40 of those programs, collectively known as the "Tier 3" programs, as part of a budget deal that also reduced the funding for those programs. The authors conducted a survey of 350 California school district chief financial officers (CFOs) between April and August of 2011 to see how district leaders responded to this sudden, limited fiscal flexibility and the conditions that shaped their decisions.