Description
A popular, user-friendly school finance text that is both current and comprehensive.
The newly revised eleventh edition of this classic school finance text retains its practical tone and superior presentation while adding the most up-to-date information and material regarding education finance. Providing readers with a firm knowledge of all facets of financing education — along with a number of helpful pedagogical tools such as clear tables and end-of-chapter assignment projects — this new edition adds information on hot button topics including the economics of education, recent and relevant court decisions, and the ongoing debate about school vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Preface
1 The Economics of Education
2 The Need for Adequate Funds
3 Financing Education Equitably
4 Patterns for School Finance Systems
5 Sources of Revenue
6 Eroding Local Control
7 Education: A State Function
8 Federal Interest in Education
9 The Influence and Climate of the Courts
10 Public Funds and Nonpublic Schools
11 Financing School Facilities
12 Administering the District and School Budget
13 Accounting and Auditing
14 Business Aspects of the School Community
15 Human Resources and School Finance
16 The Road Ahead in School Finance
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