Sentences with phrase «local 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.

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.

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The Center for American Progress (CAP) identified some of these obstacles in a November 2012 study of early - adopter states, including restructuring and staffing state education agencies; lack of capacity and the tight fiscal climate; debates concerning local control and the proper role of the state; training administrators who will be conducting new teacher evaluations; and determining how to evaluate teachers who do not teach in tested subjects or grades and therefore lack student achievement data (McGuinn, 2012).

Even worse, some states allocate the majority of their aid with little or no sensitivity to either local district need or fiscal capacity.

However, this loan commitment permitted WMATA to demonstrate adequate fiscal capacity under the terms of its funding agreement with local jurisdictions.