Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Explain how the economy and society influence funding for education.
- Summarize how education benefits the economy and society.
- Compare adequate, equitable, and equal funding.
- Describe the role of the federal government in K–12 education historically and currently.
- Analyze funding sources and formulas.
- Analyze how federal aid influences K–12 education.
- Review the sources of revenue available for educational funding.
- Identify general funding principles established by court decisions.
- Review the issues over using public funds for private education.
- Analyze the effects of educational choice on school finance.
- Recommend methods for funding capital outlay projects.
- Review school bonding practices.
- Define risk management and the effect on school finance.
- Review the types of insurance that school districts are responsible for maintaining.
- Analyze the impact of transportation and food service programs related to school finance.
- Identify the components of an annual budget.
- Identify district and state requirements for financial accounting and auditing procedures and practices.
- Explain the necessary roles to coordinate a school- and district-level budget.
- Outline the steps needed to coordinate a school- and district-level budget.
- Determine the relationship between human resources and the budget.
- Explain how the emerging role of teachers affects human resources.
- Evaluate the effects of merit pay related to school finance.