Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows
By: Angie Nga Le, Postdoctoral Associate in Public Policy and Public Finance, Rutgers University and Phuong Nguyen-Hoang, Professor of Public Finance, University of Iowa Funding for public K-12 schools in the U.S. is based on enrollment. More students mean more money. In 31 states, public schools use the previous year’s enrollment numbers to determine the current year’s […]