This presentation was given to the Delaware League of Women Voters on March 27, 2013. It outlines how to find data from local school districts and then how to compare a single district to the state and national financial information.

1. Pat Sine
www.udel.edu/sine
patsine@gmail.com

2.  What are we interested in when we talk about public
school finances?
 Where can we look?
 What do we do when we find it?

3.  Financial transparency
 What is on the web?
 What can we know?

4. Start at
http://profiles.doe.k12.de.us/SchoolProfiles/State

5.  Appoquinimink
 Colonial
 Cape Henlopen

6.  Start at state profiles page
 District page
 Choose Departments, Finance
 PDF of the 2013 budget and link to Delaware’s Online
Checkbook

7. • Start at state profiles page
• District page
• Choose Community Information, District Financial
Information
• Annual budget, Monthly budget reports and Other
Financial Information

8. • Start at state profiles page
• District page
• Choose District Financial Information, then Financial
Management and Budget
• FY13 budget, Monthly financial statement for
January, more, link to State Checkbook

9. • Start at state profiles page
• District page
• Choose District Financial Information, then Financial
Management and Budget
• FY13 budget, Monthly financial statement for
January, more, link to State Checkbook

12. http://www.delaware.gov/

18. Appoquinimink

19.  National Center for Educational Statistics
 Elementary/Secondary Information System
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/
 State Education Data Profiles
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles

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