Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap: A Close Look at Distributing a School’s Financial and Human Resources

The book proposes a new school finance formula to address funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps, eliminating county government and implementing economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency.

Format: Hardback
Length: 278 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

State school finance formulas have been criticized for causing funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps. Legislative and court-ordered remedies have failed to solve the disparities among schools and districts. This book presents a ground-breaking innovation that shows how to shift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably by eliminating the duplicative and unnecessary layer of county government nationwide and repurposing those tax dollars while implementing economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency.

The current state school finance formula is flawed and has led to funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps. Legislative and court-ordered remedies have failed to address these disparities, and a new approach is needed. This book presents a ground-breaking innovation that aims to shift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably.

One of the key problems with the current formula is the duplication of county government. County governments are responsible for providing education services to students in their respective counties, but they also have a role in funding public schools. This duplication of government can lead to inefficiencies and waste of tax dollars.

The book proposes to eliminate the duplicative and unnecessary layer of county government nationwide and repurpose those tax dollars to fund K-12 public education. This can be achieved by consolidating county governments into larger regional governments that can provide education services more efficiently and effectively.

In addition to eliminating the duplicative layer of county government, the book also proposes to implement economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency. This can be done by consolidating schools into larger school districts that can provide education services more efficiently and effectively.

By implementing these innovations, the book aims to shift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably. This will help to address the disparities among schools and districts and ensure that all students have access to high-quality education.

However, implementing these innovations will require significant political will and resources. County governments will need to be willing to consolidate their services, and state governments will need to provide the necessary funding to support these changes.

In conclusion, the current state school finance formula is flawed and has led to funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps. Legislative and court-ordered remedies have failed to address these disparities, and a new approach is needed. This book presents a ground-breaking innovation that aims to shift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably by eliminating the duplicative and unnecessary layer of county government nationwide and repurposing those tax dollars while implementing economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency.

Weight: 566g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781475862454