Budget & Finance
Education news, analysis, and opinion about district and school finances and budgets.
Quality Counts
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Quality Counts 2021: School Finance
This Quality Counts 2021 installment grades the nation and states on school finance and surveys educators' fiscal pressures and priorities.
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Managing the Money
Money fuels the daily operations of every school and district, but funding fights often take place far from the classroom. This special report focuses on what those on the hot seat are doing to make sure the taxpayer’s dollar gets spent in a way that advances learning.
Budget & Finance Trump's Tariffs Are Already Affecting Schools. Here's HowHigher prices due to tariffs are no longer theoretical for schools replacing technology—or even buying copy paper.
Budget & Finance Schools Are Already Seeing Higher Prices Due to Trump's TariffsSupplies that schools rely on are already becoming more expensive in some cases as a result of tariffs. They also cause broader uncertainty.
Budget & Finance What Trump's Mass Deportations Could Mean for School BudgetsFederal threats against immigrants could depress local and state funding for schools and cause a spike in chronic absenteeism.
Budget & Finance From Our Research Center Some Districts Struggle to Align Their Spending With Instructional NeedsSome districts have more success than others using classroom-level insights to inform spending decisions, survey data show.
Budget & Finance Districts Are Already Bracing for Federal Funding Cuts Under TrumpSchools could struggle to support vulnerable students if Republican proposals for K-12 cuts come to pass.
Budget & Finance 3 Budgeting Lessons School Administrators Learned From ESSERDistrict leaders recommend maintaining a list of dream priorities and looking closely at return on investment.
Budget & Finance The G.O.A.T. School Fundraising Idea for Principals. (Really.)For this season of giving, principals are ditching tried-and-tested methods.
Budget & Finance Districts Won’t Owe Extra Overtime Costs After Court Nixes Federal RuleThe incoming Trump administration is not likely to appeal the decision.Budget & Finance Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About STEM Funding?SponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Answer 6 questions about funding STEM education.
Budget & Finance No More School Lunch Fees for Low-Income Families, USDA SaysDistricts have until 2027 to eliminate processing fees for students who get reduced-price meals.
Budget & Finance Don't Forget About Money for Schools: How Public Education Fared at the PollsVoters approved billions for school construction bonds in California—but rejected more than $4 billion in bond spending in Houston.
Budget & Finance From Our Research Center The 'Zero-Sum Game' of School Budgets and Teacher PensionsPensions represent a rising cost, but many school district administrators don't understand how they work.
Budget & Finance ‘Money Matters. Now What?’: How Districts Get More Funding for Poor StudentsTargeting more funding to students who are most in need has a measurable effect on their academic performance, according to new research.
Budget & Finance The Future of Property Taxes Is on Ballots This Fall. Why It Matters for SchoolsSeveral states are considering reforms that would lower property taxes—or ask voters to approve eliminating them altogether.
Budget & Finance Racing to Spend Aid for Homeless Students, Schools Get CreativeSchools received a surge of homeless-student during the pandemic. Districts have to choose carefully in spending what's left of their cut.
