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Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Summary of State Appropriations for Education FY 2012-2013
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U.S. Department of Education
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- President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the U.S. Dept of Edu
- ESEA Title I LEA Allocations FY 2011 | 2010 | 2009
- Grants & Contracts
U.S. Census Department
Issues PA
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- Pension Reform Report (Office of the Budget)
- Jeffrey Clay, Executive Director of PSERS, Presentation (EPLC Education Finance Symposium- November 16, 2012)
- PSERS Budget Hearing Presentations
- House Select Committee on Property Tax Reform (HR 774 -2012)
National Conference of State Legislatures
Education Commission of the States
National Center for Education Statistics
The Campaign for Educational Equity
Center on Reinventing Public Education
Association for Education Finance and Policy
Consortium for Policy Research in Education
Committee for Education Funding
Center for Special Education Finance
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Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports
Pay-to-Play Update: More PA School Districts Charging Student Participation Fees
PSBA Education Research & Policy Center, May 2012
Runaway Spending: Private Contractors Increase the Cost of School Student Transportation Services in Pennsylvania
Keystone Research Center, March 2012
Funding Cuts Force School Districts to Reduce Learning Opportunities for Students
PASA and PASBO, September 2011
Pay-To-Play: Fees for Participation in School Extracurricular Activities
PSBA Education Research & Policy Center, August 2010
2010 AICUP Economic Impact Report
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, 2010
Public Education Finances: 2007
U.S. Census Bureau, July 2009
Summary of the Financial and Academic Status of the Duquesne City School District
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, January 2008
The Common Good: What Pennsylvania’s Budget and Tax Policies Mean to You
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 2008
Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals
Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., December 2007
Driving More Dollars Into the Classroom
Task Force on School Cost Reduction, November 2007
Study of the Cost-Effectiveness of Consolidating Pennsylvania’s School Districts Volume I Volume II
Standard and Poor’s, June 2007
Potential Costs and Impacts of HB 130 (Early Retirement Incentives) and HB 131 (Cost-of-Living Increases)
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, April 2006
Identifying and Meeting the Economic Challenges Facing the Allentown School District
Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc. for Education 2010!, March 2006
Invest Now or Pay More Later: Early Childhood Education Promises Savings to Pennsylvania School Districts
Pennsylvania Department of Education, March 2006
The Cost Savings to Special Education from Pre-Schooling in Pennsylvania
Clive Belfield, Pennsylvania Builds Initiative, Pennsylvania Department of Education, October 2005
Shortchanging Our Children: Opportunity Gaps in Pennsylvania Public Schools
Education Law Center, November 2005
Criteria for Evaluating Education Funding Proposals
The Education Policy and Leadership Center, June 2005
Limiting Learning: How Caps on School Funding Erode the Quality of Education
Keystone Research Center, May 2004
The Funding and Benefit Structure of the Pennsylvania Statewide Retirement Systems: A Report with Recommendations
Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission, February 2004
Approaches Used in Other States to Provide School Property Tax Relief and Possible Options for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, July 2002
Public Education Finances: 2010
U.S. Census Bureau, June 2012
Comparability of State and Local Expenditures Among Schools Within Districts: A Report From the Study of School-Level Expenditures
U.S. Department of Education, November 2011
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2008-2009
National Center for Education Statistics, November 2011
Public Education Finances: 2009
U.S. Census Bureau, May 2011
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2007-2008
National Center of Education Statistics, August 2010
School Districts’ Perspectives on the Economic Stimulus Packages: Teaching Jobs Saved in 2009-10 but Teacher Layoffs Loom for Next School Year
Center on Education Policy, July 2010
Public Education Finances: 2008
U.S. Census Bureau, June 2010
The Economics of Education
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and Georgia Chamber of Commerce, May 2010
An Early Look at the Economic Stimulus Package and the Pubilc Schools: Perspectives from State Leaders
Center on Education Policy, December 2009
Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2006-07 (Fiscal Year 2007)
National Center for Education Statistics, September 2009
Big Money for School Improvement: Title I School Improvement Funds Under ARRA of 2009 and the FY 2009 Appropriations
Center on Education Policy, April 2009
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2005-06 (Fiscal Year 2006)
National Center for Education Statistics, April 2008
Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, School Districts, Revenues, and Expenditures: School Year 2004-2005 and Fiscal Year 2004
National Center for Education Statistics, November 2006
Title I Funds – Who’s Gaining, Who’s Losing: School Year 2008-2009 Update
Tom Fagan, Center on Education Policy, September 2008
Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-04
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2006
Fixing the Formula: A New Approach to Determining Independent Students’ Ability to Pay for College
National Association of Student Financial and Administrators, May 2006
A Policy Maker’s Guide to the “65% Solution” Proposals
Gerald W. Bracey, Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State University, April 2006
Documentation of the Longitudinal School District Fiscal-Nonfiscal File, Fiscal Years 1990 to 2002
National Center for Education Statistics, April 2006
Litigation and Education Reform: The History and The Promise of the Education Adequacy Movement
The Campaign for Educational Equity, March 2006
The Funding Gap 2005: Low-Income and Minority Students Shortchanged by Most States
Education Trust, December 2005
The Social Costs of Inadequate Education
The Campaign for Educational Equity, October 2005
The Issues and Implications of the “65 Percent Solution”
Standard & Poor’s, Fall 2005
State Funding Issues for Small and Isolated Schools and Districts
Education Commission of the States, September 2005
Addressing Funding Inequities Within Districts
Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2005
Strengthening Title I To Help High-Poverty Schools: How Title I Funds Fit Into District Allocation Patterns
Center on Reinventing Public Education, August 2005
10 Facts About K-12 Education Funding
U.S. Department of Education, June 2005
District Fiscal Practices and Their Effect on School Spending
Center on Reinventing Public Education, February 2005
Quality Counts 2005: No Small Change: Targeting Money Toward Student Performance
Education Week, January 2005
International School Finance
Education Commission of the States, November 2004
Federal Support for Education: Fiscal Years 1980 to 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2004
Understanding Student-based Budgeting as a Means to Greater School Resource Equity
Center on Reinventing Public Education, July 2004
What are We Spending on Special Education Services in the United States, 1999-2000?
Special Education Expenditure Project, June 2004
Investing in Learning: School Funding Policies to Foster High Performance
Research and Policy Committee for the Committee for Economic Development, 2004
Quality Counts 2004: “Count Me In: Special Education In an Era of Standards”
Education Week and the Pew Charitable Trusts, 2004
21st Century School Finance: How is the Context Changing?
By Janet Hansen, Education Commission of the States, July 2001
Constructing New Finance Models that Balance Equity, Adequacy and Efficiency with Responsiveness
By James Guthrie, Education Commission of the States, July 2001
Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada: 1998-1999
National Center for Education Statistics, February 2001
Redesigning School Finance: Moving the Money to the School
Allan R. Odden, The Finance Center, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 1995
