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Financing Schools

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Ed-Source's Introduction to California School Finance. This well-written and well-packaged essay is the right starting point. From sources of funds to uses of funds, from Serrano to Prop. 98, you'll find this the best beginning for any further research.

What Has Created California's School Facilities Predicament? Who hasn't noticed the crumbling physical condition of many California public schools? This brief article from Ed-Source (1998) efficiently surveys financial, population, and policy factors that have resulted in too few and poorly maintained school facilities.

Glossary: To decode school finance terms, check out this useful glossary. When necessary and helpful, it goes beyond mere definition to elaborate on the function of the term in school funding. You will also find a link to the state's Ed-Data public information site, the source of the glossary and of fiscal, demographic, and performance data on K-12 schools.

For additional information that's closely related, please see Learning Bricks, a photo-documentary on the physical condition of California school buildings.

See the Facilities and Construction page in the Virtual Library for other articles closely related to this subject.