School Funding Reform: Where Can We Start?

Speakers:

• Presenters: Goodwin Liu, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law, and Michael Kirst, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Education, present a school finance reform proposal for changing the way the state allocates funding to districts.
• Interviewer/moderator: Kevin Gordon, President, School Innovations & Advocacy, moderates this segment of the EdSource Forum with insight, humor, and plenty of questions from the audience.
• Discussants: John Mockler, Education Policy and Finance Consultant, John Mockler & Associates, and Richard Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker of the Assembly, respond to the proposal with questions and counter ideas.

Video:

 

In addition to this discussion, the Forum included the following sessions:

• Session #1: Interventions
• Session #2: Data
• Session #3: 2008-09 Budget

Presentation Slides:

 

• Click here to see Goodwin Liu and Mike Kirst's presentation slides.

Resources Related to Finance Reform:

 

Finance reform

• Getting Beyond The Facts: Reforming California School Finance
  This brief provides specific recommendations for reforming California’s school finance system. It details a simplified system of revenue allocations based on student needs and regional cost differences.
• Funding Forumulas for California Schools: Simulations and Supporting Data
  This report is based on a computer simulation of the funding reforms proposed in the policy brief listed above.

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