Essays on School Funding

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

Thesis: Recent development in the school funding and eliminating the segregations in schools helps in improving the quality of education.

Education has always been one of the services that the state recognizes to have top priority in terms of budget. It is quite unfortunate why the state of Kansas chose to cut its education budget, violating the state Constitution, as recently ruled by the Kansas Supreme Court. Education advocates, who have been tirelessly fighting for suitable education funding for over a decade now, favor this court ruling. Last 2009, at the start of the economic recession, the state of Kansas implemented cuts to education budget. The recession had been looked at as the reason of the state to reduce ...

Introduction

Equity, equality and access are pertinent issues that have a considerable bearing on the education of K-12 school going pupils in the United States. The state of Pennsylvania has adopted strategies and policies tailored to ensure that students have equal access to educational facilities and resources (OpenCongress, 2014). This paper discusses the organizational structure and the structure of governance adopted by the state of Pennsylvania in addressing educational equality concerns. Subsequently, it presents an analysis of the policies of the state with regard to funding of the equality projects and concludes with a discussion on the effects of equal access to ...

Ivana Susic

Before Federation (prior to 1901), Australia was not a nation; each of the British colonies was its own self-ruling state. Each had separate laws and regulations and functioned effectively as a separate country. Those colonies were: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, the last one to join (Singleton et al. 2013, pp.55-56). According to “Federation 1890-1910” published by the government of Western Australia (n.d.), that state had delayed its decision because it had seen such rapid changes in the previous decade, including the discovery of gold and a population increase from 50,000 to near 200,000. ...

Education is one of the important needs of people in society. Illinois has tremendously seen the increase of prices of shelter, food, gasoline and other basic needs. However, approximately four years the state has not increased the school fees. On the same note, the state aid that each school receives have not been revised since the year 1997. It is worth noting that the main focus of current education funding system in Illinois is not about the student but who control the distribution and flow of taxpayers’ money (Leyden 123). Illinois focuses on shifting towards crucial system of funding ...

Abstract

This essay assesses whether Australian federalism has or has not changed dramatically since the Constitution was inaugurated in 1901. It looks at the way the central government (the Commonwealth) and the State governments have interacted, and the various changes along the way that have shifted the balance of powers to reach the point we are at today. In addition to considering the general situation, the essay looks at specific issues such as fiscal changes including taxation, and at specific areas of policy such as education and health (including Aboriginal health issues). From the research undertaken it is evident that ...

Secondly, sometimes funding for schools may be inconsistent. This may be so due to withdrawal of donors, delay of government reimbursement for public schools or failure of the learners to pay the due school fees (UNESCO, n.d). Inconsistency in funding may occasion financial crises in the school and paralyze normal operations, including purchase of essential supplies such as teaching materials and other necessities. Lastly, property taxes and instability of school funding is another problem associated with school funding. The government may impose various taxes on the school property, forcing the institution to pay out if it is the ...

Introduction

A country collects taxes from its citizens in order to raise money for development and growth. The manner in which a country’s revenue authority collects taxes varies from one country to another since different policies and constitutions govern tax collection. Have you ever asked yourself, as a tax payer, whether the taxation system in your country is fair? We do not have a fair taxation system in United States, and this can be explained further in the article written by Veronique de Rugy. Veronique de Rugy, an author of the National Review online writes an article about the fairness of the ...

Introduction

According to the research that has been conducted, one of the critical issues that affect American education is the lack of education funding. Funding of schools in the United States, especially in public schools is done by the states using the taxpayer money. This will cause a difference in the way the school is funded depending on whether the school is in a high-class environment where it gets more funds and thus has more equipment to ensure they have smooth education. In areas where there are poorer the resources are minimal due to lack of funds or they are given less ...

FACTS

This case arose from the respondent’ (Hastings College of Law) refusal to give the Christian Legal Society (CLS) the status of a Registered Student Organization (RSO) which would qualify it for access to school funding of some of its activities among other benefits The Christian Legal society which is the petitioner in this case was formed by a previously existing organization that was an RSO by affiliating itself with a national Christian association that charters student organizations in Law Schools all over the country. To join a chapter, students are required abide by certain bylaws that require the students to sign a statement of ...