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Selected Readings on California School Finance 2011

This textbook is a compilation of popular EdSource publications related to school finance and school district budgeting plus selected bonus materials, including fact sheets and a special overview.

Below is the table of contents for the 2011 edition:

1. The Context

• An Overview: Public Schools in California
• A Chronology of School Finance: Legislation, Court Cases, and Initiatives

2. California's System of Funding Schools

• The Basics of California's School Finance System
• Proposition 98 Sets a Minimum Funding Guarantee for Education
• System of Allocations
• Funding for Facilities
• Charter School Funding

3. The Current Budget

• Challenging Times: California Schools Cope with Adversity and the Imperative To Do More
• The Education Components of the Federal Stimulus

4. District Budgeting

• Understanding School District Budgets
• The School District Budget Process
• Keeping California School Districts Fiscally Healthy
• Local Revenues for Schools: Limits and Options in California

5. Comparing California

• How California Ranks
• How California Compares

6. Concepts of Finance Reform

• How Much Is Enough? Funding California's Public Schools
• Rethinking How California Funds Its Schools

7. "Getting Down to Facts" Research Study Summaries

• Aligning School Finance with Academic Standards
• Assessing the Costs of K-12 Education in California Public Schools
• Efficiency and Adequacy in California School Finance: A Professional Judgment Approach
• Financing School Facilities in California
• Considering Special Education Adequacy in California
• Curbing or Facilitating Inequality? Law, Collective Bargaining, and Teacher
• Assignment Among Schools in California
• Teacher Compensation and Local Labor Market Conditions in California:
• Implications for School Funding

8. Resources

• A Glossary of School Finance Terms
• California Department of Education Data Guide
• Ed-Data Guide 

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