Reflection

School Administration and Budget

Reflect back over the topics below. How will this new learning help you as a school administrator?

1 - School Finance Overview: History, Misconceptions and Legal Implications ● Property Taxes, Funding and Student Achievement ● Property Taxes, Funding and Student Achievement ● Legal Implications of School Finance

2 - Taxation Issues ● Examining Tax Structure ● Promoting the Referendum

3 - Fiscal Capacity, Fiscal Effort, Equity, Advocacy and Efficiency ● Private Sector Funding ● Audit Analysis

4 -Structure of School Finance Systems; Demographics & School Finance; Budgeting: Applying Policy Values

● School Finance: Working with Unions ● Reduction of School Districts ● Considerations for Outsourcing ● Values of a District

5 - Spending and Student Achievement ● Budget Constraints ● The Bidding Process

6 - Critical and Emerging School Finance Issues ● Vouchers