State aid is distributed in inverse proportion to
district fiscal capacity.
Not exact matches
Given the gap in
fiscal and technical expertise between traditional
districts and independent LEAs, public charter school networks that multiply each school's
capacity and access to resources offer a promising strategy to scale equity and access for students with disabilities.
As a consequence, some states simply fail to provide sufficient support to address student needs across
districts and differences in local
fiscal capacity to meet those needs.
Even worse, some states allocate the majority of their aid with little or no sensitivity to either local
district need or
fiscal capacity.
This reform must start with a determination of essential education resources and end with a funding formula that accounts for
district poverty concentration and local
fiscal capacity.