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Keeping California School Districts Fiscally Healthy
April 2007 16 pages
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This 16-page EdSource lay report summarizes the findings from the School District Financial Management: Personnel, Policies, and Practices study. Written with K-12 administrators, community leaders, and state and local policymakers in mind, it will help inform California’s discussions around the relationship between districts’ fiscal health, state funding systems, and business office practices.
The 2006 study was conducted by EdSource and School Services of California as part of the Getting Down to Facts project.
EdSource thanks the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation for underwriting the expenses to conduct this important school finance research project; and the Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) for the supplemental support that enabled EdSource to prepare and distribute this summary publication throughout California.
For more detailed information, see the full technical report: School District Financial Management: Personnel, Policies, and Practices