Deregulating School Aid in California
Subtitle: How Districts Responded to Flexibility in Tier 3 Categorical Funds in 2010­2011
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: Aug 08, 2012
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780833076427
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Deregulating School Aid in California: How Districts Responded to Flexibility in Tier 3 Categorical Funds in 2010­2011