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FIXING PENNSYLVANIA’S INEFFECTIVE K-12 FUNDING SYSTEM: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS?

FIXING PENNSYLVANIA’S INEFFECTIVE K-12 FUNDING SYSTEM: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS?. Presentation By: Eric Elliott, PSEA Research Division eelliott@psea.org. The 4th Annual Education Policy and Leadership Conference Harrisburg, PA – March 2006. TARGETING BY AID RATIO.

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FIXING PENNSYLVANIA’S INEFFECTIVE K-12 FUNDING SYSTEM: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS?

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  1. FIXING PENNSYLVANIA’S INEFFECTIVE K-12 FUNDING SYSTEM:ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? Presentation By: Eric Elliott, PSEA Research Division eelliott@psea.org The 4th Annual Education Policy and Leadership Conference Harrisburg, PA – March 2006

  2. TARGETING BY AID RATIO • MEASURES DISTRICT WEALTH RELATIVE TO STATE AVG. • THEORY: STATE’S SHARE OF ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES • PROS: • FAMILIAR • STABLE (PREDICTABLE) • CONS: • BASED ON QUESTIONABLE ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS • FLOOR

  3. MAJOR SUBSIDIES HITTING TARGET (SORT OF)

  4. ADDITIONAL MONEY HAS FOLLOWED PATTERN

  5. SO PATTERN REMAINS IN 2006-07

  6. TARGETING BY TAXES AND TEST SCORES • ADMINISTRATION, LEGISLATURE FOCUSING ON TAXES (POSSIBLE REFERENDA) • FEDS FOCUSING ON STUDENT A.Y.P. (POSSIBLE SANCTIONS) • AID RATIO NOT CORRELATED WITH THESE • PROS: • DIRECTS MONEY TOWARD POLICY PROBLEMS • SIMPLE, FEW “CLIFFS” (IF ANY) • CONS: • UNFAMILIAR • UNSTABLE ? (FOCUS COULD SHIFT AGAIN IN FUTURE)

  7. MAJOR SUBSIDIES WEREN’T HITTING TARGET AREA

  8. RECENT BUDGETS HAVE HELPED…

  9. …BUT HAVEN’T BEEN ENOUGH

  10. CORRELATIONS

  11. CORRELATIONS

  12. CORRELATIONS

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