Finance in Education

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Across
  1. 2. tax A charge added to all sales
  2. 4. Power Parents, vocal individuals, the school secretary, and community groups
  3. 5. A certificate of debt issued by a government guaranteeing payment of the original investment plus interest by a special date. Used by local communities to raise funds they need to build or repair schools
  4. 7. Grants Federal dollars provided to the states, with limited federal restrictions, for educational aid and program funding
  5. 9. Taxes Local real estate taxes historically used to fund local schools
  6. 13. Control Individual communities support their local school district
  7. 14. Grants Financial aid to local school districts from state or federal agencies for specific purpose
  8. 15. The theory that your family history explains if you fail or succeed
  9. 17. v. Burke The New Jersey court shut down twenty-eight poor schools and instead of increasing funding for those schools students were sent to richer schools
  10. 18. studies The Coleman study that stated that school quality and funding have a lesser effect on student achievement
  11. 20. The executive officer of the local school district
Down
  1. 1. Sources Other common state sources of funding that include excise sin taxes
  2. 3. Boards Elected or appointed officials who determine educational policies for school systems
  3. 6. The trend of dividing large school districts into smaller and, is hoped, more responsive units
  4. 8. The unofficial power structure within a school. It cannot be identified by the official title, position, or functions of individuals.
  5. 10. I Section of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that provides federal funds to supplement local education resources for students from low-income families
  6. 11. Hood Reformers State legislators favoring the distribution of revenue from wealthier to poorer communities to equalize educational funding
  7. 12. Board The state education agency that regulates policies necessary to implement legislative acts related to education
  8. 16. Antonio v. Rodriguez The court cause stating that education funding is not a part of the Constitution
  9. 19. Amendment Constitutional amendment that established that areas not specifically mentioned in the Constitution as federal responsibilities are not left to state authority