Funding Public Schools in the United States and Indian Country

The National Education Finance Academy (NEFA) has completed a project providing a one-of-a-kind practical book on funding P-12 education in the United States.  The book, entitled Funding Public Schools in the United States and Indian Country is a single volume with a clear and short chapter about each state. Approximately 50% of chapters are authored by university faculty who are members of NEFA; approximately 25% of chapters are authored by state department of education officials and/or state school board association officials; and the remaining 25% of chapters are authored by ASBO affiliate states.

Each chapter contains information about:

Each state’s aid formula background · Basic support program description and operation (the state aid

        formula) including how school aid is apportioned (e.g., state 

        appropriations, local tax contributions, cost share ratios, and  

        more);

· Supplemental funding options relating to how school districts

        raise funds attached to or above the regular state aid scheme;

· Compensatory programs operated in school districts and how

        those are funded and aided;

· Categorical programs operated in school districts and how those

        are funded and aided;

· Any funding supports for transportation operations;

· Any funding supports for physical facilities and operations; and

· Other state aids not covered in the above list.