Deck 14: State School Funding Methods

Question 1

The legal authority for the maintenance and operation of public schools has rested with the Congress since the ratification of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution in 1791.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Over the past eight decades, the number of school districts has fallen from approximately 120,000 to less than 14,000.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Nationally, the percentages of fiscal support of public schools has shifted gradually from near total revenues being supplied by the localities to near equal percentages provided by state and local governments.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The most important component of a Flat Grant Program is the method used to determine the fiscal capacity of the local school districts.

Question 5

The use of Matching Grants has gained popularity due to their ability to equalize fiscal resources among local school districts.

Question 6

The Fiscal Equalization Grant-Foundation Program was first developed and implemented by Professors George Strayer and Robert Haig.

Question 7

The Fiscal Equalization Grant-Power Equalization Program shifts the responsibility to determine the shared costs of school districts' educational programs from the state to the localities.

Question 8

A Foundation Program contains a component that permits optional local funds known as Categorical Aid.

Question 9

The Fiscal Equalization Grants-Power Equalization and Guaranteed Tax Yield/Base have an identical philosophical base.

Question 10

It is impossible to equalize resources among local school districts through use of a Flat Grant Program.

Question 11

If the generation of local leeway funds is constrained in a Foundation Program, per pupil disparities among local school districts will be reduced.

Question 12

Most states measure the fiscal capacities of their local school districts through use of per capita personal income obtained from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Question 13

States attempt to accommodate the variance in educational needs of their students through implementation of weighted pupils and/or weighted instructional units.

Question 14

The legal authority for the maintenance and operation of public schools has rested with the Congress since the ratification of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution in 1791.

Question 15

Over the past eight decades, the number of school districts has fallen from approximately 120,000 to less than 14,000.

Question 16

Nationally, the percentages of fiscal support of public schools has shifted gradually from near total revenues being supplied by the localities to near equal percentages provided by state and local governments.

Question 17

The most important component of a Flat Grant Program is the method used to determine the fiscal capacity of the local school districts.

Question 18

The use of Matching Grants has gained popularity due to their ability to equalize fiscal resources among local school districts.

Question 19

The Fiscal Equalization Grant-Foundation Program was first developed and implemented by Professors George Strayer and Robert Haig.