2. What Forces Influence School Governance and Finance? Governance: The process of making financial and other decisions What do you think public schools should use more funds on, and why? Sex education? Violence in schools? Teen drug use? Making schools more energy efficient
7. Board of Education Strengthens state leadership and policy making Promote excellence in education to all students Advocates equality of access to educational opportunity Ensures continued citizen support for public education State Standards Boards Responsible for the governance and regulation of professional practice Department of Education Implements policies that effect education in each state State Government
8. Intermediate Educational Units Designed to provide services that individual districts that might not be able to afford it on their own Promotes inter-district collaboration Council of Chief State School Officers Comprised of state commissioners and superintendents Provides a forum for interstate discussion and information exchange on educational advances and issues Intermediate Education Agencies
9. Local Educational Agencies School districts Local Boards of Education Group of people elected by people to make decisions for the school district Must stay within State DOE standards Superintendent Works closely with BOE Serves as the face of the school district Local Government
13. Governance and Administrationof Schools Administration Management of school affairs, puts into place the policies set by state legislation and state and local boards of education Principals Responsible for management at the school level Set school direction, build staff morale, leadership School-Based Management (SBM) Governance process where the people affected by decisions are involved in making them School Advisory Council (SAC) Membership of school and community stakeholders who make decisions and recommendations regarding school operations
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16. Flat grants – equal funding based on the districts average daily attendance
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18. Federal vs. State Control Who do American believe should have the greatest influence over what is taught in public school? Decisions to be made: What is best for students and what should they learn? Issues of Governance and Finance
19. Is using property tax to support education fair? Privatization of public schools Why important to us, as teachers? Informed Professional Participation Accountability Teacher Empowerment Financing Education Funding Equity: the unequal ability of school districts to pay for quality education
