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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0133919781
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0133919783
Author: Dr. Vern Brimley

This new edition of the classic text in the field of school finance retains the practical tone and superior presentation that made the previous editions best sellers, while presenting the most up-to-date information and material available on key subjects. Here readers get a firm, balanced look of all facets of financing education, clarified and reinforced through numerous clear tables, figures, and key concept lists, and a tone and presentation that illustrates even the most difficult concepts. The new Twelfth Edition of Financing Education in a Climate of Change includes information on hot button topics such as the economics of education, recent court decisions 50-state comparison tables, the Common Core State Standards, and the ongoing debate about school vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools.
Table contents:

The Economics of Education
- Education as Human Capital
- Creation of Wealth and Education
- Education: An Important Industry
- A Public-Sector Responsibility
- Economics and Social Progress
- Economic Benefits of Education
- Noneconomic Benefits of Education
- Cost-Quality Relationship in Education: Does Money Matter?
The Need for Adequate Funds
- Adequacy and the Factors Impacting It
- Education Deserves High Priority
- The Public Wants Good Schools
- The Increasing Costs of Education
- Spending on Education and the Size of the Enterprise
- Impacts on the Cost of Providing an Adequate Education
- What is the Cost of an Adequate Education?
- A Failure to Provide Opportunity and Associated Costs
- Society Suffers the Effects of Poor Education
Financing Education Equitably
- Inequalities in Financing Education
- Equity: An Objective of School Finance Reform
- Measures of School District Wealth
- Income Tax
- Historical Influences on Equity
- The Equalization Principal
- Improving State Equalization Practices
- Foundation Programs and Variations
- The Impact of Average Daily Attendance on Equity
- The Changing Climate and Current School Finance Practices
Patterns for School Finance Systems
- Developing Patterns
- Determining the Best Finance Plan
- Full State Funding
- District Power Equalization
- Property Reassessment and Local District Revenues
- Emphasis on Weighting Factors
- Principal Types of Weights
Sources of Revenue
- Education- Financed by Government
- The Taxation System
- Characteristics of a Good Tax System
- Taxes for Education
- Income Tax
- Sales Tax
- Property Tax
- Excise Tax
- Severance Tax
- Other Funding Sources
- Potential New Taxes
Education: A State Function
- Early Development of State Responsibility
- Development of Decentralized Educational Systems
- Development of School Finance Policies
- Developmental Stages of School Finance
- The Varying State Programs
- State Ability to Support Education
Eroding Local Control
- Changing Rural-Urban Influence on Education
- Basic School District Administrative Units
- The Administration of Local School Districts
- Advantages of Local Control
- Fiscal Independence of School Districts
- Trends in Local Taxation Practices
- Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability
- Local, State, and Federal Tax Responsibility
Federal Interest in Education
- Federalism
- Historical Role of the Federal Government
- U.S. Department of Education
- Constitutional Role
- Block Grants, Categorical Aid, and General Aid
- Federal Expenditures
- Fiscal Advantages and Disadvantages
- Increased Government Service
- The Future of Federal Aid to Education
The Influence and Climate of the Courts
- Three Waves of School Finance Litigation
- The First Wave of School Finance Litigation
- The Second Wave of School Finance Litigation
- The Third Wave of School Finance Litigation: A Shift from Equity to Adequacy?
- Second-Generation Adequacy Cases
- Impact of School Finance Litigation over Time
- Pressure for Reform
- Finance Reform or Tax Reduction?
- Court Decision Guidelines
Public Funds and Nonpublic Schools
- History
- Educational Choice
- The Law and Church-State Relations
Financing School Facilities
- The Need
- Early Capital-Outlay Programs
- Capital-Outlay Court Decisions
- State Support
- Equity in Financing Educational Facilities
- The Federal Government and Capital Outlays
- Capital-Outlay Finance Plans
- School Bonding Practices
- Other Alternatives
- Impact Fees
- Sales Taxes
- Future Policies for School Facilities
Administering the District and School Budget
- Evolution of Budgetary Practices
- Development of a Systems Approach to Budgeting
- District and School Budgetary Approaches
- District-Level Budgetary Practices
- Administering the District Budget
- School/District Coordination
- Budgeting at the School Level
- Challenge of Leadership
Accounting and Auditing
- The School Accounting System
- The Changing Accounting Environment
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
- Characteristics of Governmental (Fund) Accounting
- Encumbrance Accounting
- Cost Accounting
- Accrual Accounting
- Receiving and Depositing Funds
- Expending School Funds
- Auditing
- Protecting School Funds
Business Aspects of the School Community
- Increased Safety Hazards
- The Business Office
- Supplies and Equipment
- Purchasing
- Supply Management
- Risk Management
- Transportation
- School Food Services
Human Resources and School Finance
- The Expanded Role of Human Resources Administration
- Teacher Compensation
- Certification
- Pay-for-Performance— Merit Pay
- Additional Issues
- Teachers and School Finance
- The Changing Assignments of Teachers
- Administrative and Supervisory Salaries
- Noncertified Personnel Salaries
- Payroll Policies and Procedures
- Government Influence
The Road Ahead in School Finance
- The Future of Public School Finance
- Unresolved Issues
- Some Characteristics of Educational Structure
- School Finance Goals
- The Challenge
- Some Characteristics of Educational Structure
- School Finance Goals
- The Challenge

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