Publications: Funding Schools Fairly
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 for a referral or contact an attorney of your choice.
Reports
- It's Raining Stimulus Dollars: Wil this Solve Your Special Education Funding Problems?
- Basic Education Funding and Accountability: Year One Results, a compelling report on the first-year benefits from Act 61, which created an equitable funding and accountability system for Pennsylvania's public schools.
- Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Education Goals
for Students with Disabilities - NEW! - Pennsylvania’s Best Investment – The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education
- Pennsylvania’s New Costing-out Study: A Summary and Analysis by ELC
- School Funding Reform in PA (June 2007 Update)
- Presentation as Power Point (.ppt)
- Presentation as PDF (.pdf)
Photos and Videos
- Student Voices Video - created by Pennsylvania students with help from ELC and Good Schools PA.
- Student Photographs part 1 and part 2 - also created by Pennsylvania high school students, with help from ELC, Good Schools, and Critical Exposure.
Fact Sheets
Explaining Pennsylvania's Current School Funding System
- How has Pennsylvania's education funding system changed over time?
- 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
- Pennsylvania's Best Investment -- The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education: download full report or one-page summary.
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
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
- Charter Schools
- English Language Learners
- Funding Schools Fairly
- Getting Information & Making Your Voice Heard
- Improving Schools
- Residency & Enrollment
- School Discipline & Alternative Education
- Students in Foster Homes, Juvenile Justice & Other Placements
- Students who are Homeless
- Students with Disabilities
- Other Topics
- Folletos en Español
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