Not exact matches
For purposes of this section, the total
General Fund calculation shall not include sales and compensating use tax
revenues shared with local governments and school
districts.
District managers attempt to use restricted, categorical
funding to free up unrestricted,
general -
fund monies while the providers of
revenue attempt to prevent them from doing so.
The
general operating budget is composed of primarily unrestricted dollars allocated to the
district through their state
funding formula and local tax
revenue.
The State, supplying
funds from its
general revenues, finances approximately 80 % of the Program, and the school
districts are responsible — as a unit — for providing the remaining 20 %.
In
general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full
funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total
revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public
revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school
district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.
Further, using
district - level variation within Oregon, early - career quit propensities are positively associated with the percentage of
General Fund revenues allocated to PERS expenditures.
Prior to the adoption of TABOR, the
general assembly controlled property tax rates and property tax
revenues available to school
districts and, thereby, the level of state
funding for public education.
In $ ite ™ includes all sources of
funding (federal and state grants, town / city
general revenue funds, state aid, and other specialized
funds that each
district may receive) to analyze each
district's expenditures prior to 2009.
Mr. Borch uses the «fairly normal» school
district to model how different changes in school
funding (e.g., changes in state
general aid,
revenue limits, etc.) might affect a «typical» Wisconsin school
district.
In
general, state governments provide the most
funding, up to half of a
district's
funding with
revenue usually coming from income and property taxes.
The
districts say they need additional
revenue because of property tax caps instilled in 2008 and the updated school
funding formula passed during the 2015
General Assembly.
Instead, they must dip into other forms of
revenue, such as profits from the sale of full - priced snacks and meals, or they must seek reimbursement elsewhere, usually from the
district's
general fund.
Howard's comments echo statements by public school advocates who say the proposed 2015 - 17 state spending plan hurts public school
districts by keeping
revenue limits and
general funding flat.