Publications: Funding Schools Fairly
NOTE: ELC's publications are intended to give you a general idea of the law. However, each situation is different. If, after reading our publications, you have questions about how the law applies to your particular situation, contact us or an attorney of your choice.
FACT SHEETS
Pennsylvania’s New Costing-out Study: A Summary and Analysis by ELC
Explaining Pennsylvania's Current School Funding System
- How has Pennsylvania's education funding system changed over time?
- Funding Public Schools in Pennsylvania: Law & Policy
- What is the current system for funding Pennsylvania's Public Schools?
Reasons to Reform the Pennsylvania School Funding System
- What is Wrong with Pennsylvania's Current Funding System for Public Education?
- An analogy for school funding reform in Pennsylvania
- How are funding gaps related to achievement gaps in Pennsylvania?
- The Importance of Public School Funding to Students, Schools, and Communities
- The Social and Economic Impact of Quality Public Education
The Costing Out Study
- Pennsylvania’s New Costing-out Study: A Summary and Analysis by ELC
- How have other states used Costing-Out/Adequacy Studies to move toward funding reform?
What Can I Do to Help?
- What is the Pennsylvania Education Funding Reform Campaign?
- How can you get more information about public school funding issues?
- Moving Forward with the Costing Out Study
REPORTS
- School Funding Reform in PA (June 2007 Update)
- Presentation as Power Point (.ppt)
- Presentation as PDF(.pdf)
- State Funding for Public Education 2004-05
- Shortchanging Our Children: Opportunity Gaps in Pennsylvania Public Schools
FUNDING IN PHILADELPHIA
- "School Funding: Beyond Quick Fixes" (Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Daily News by Baruch Kintisch and Janis Risch)
- Funding data for the Philadelphia School District
- Detailed spreadsheet comparing funding data in Philadelphia with surrounding school districts
OTHER RESOURCES
- Guidelines for conducting your own stakeholder forum
- State Board of Education's Request for Proposals (RFP)
- Final School Funding Report from the Allentown Education 2010! Committee (Allentown's local cost study)