School finance covers multiple areas, from dollars and state aide formulas, to school improvement, budgeting, effective resource use, teacher compensation and the public finance context of education. The following pages provide a short overview of many of these issues, with links to chapters in our popular school finance text and other recent reports and publications, many from our projects with state legislators, each going into more depth on specific topics.
General Overview of School Finance
Legal Issues in School Finance
Equity and Adequacy Definitions and Measures