SCHOOL FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE

ACCOUNTABILITY RELATED TO SCHOOL FINANCE MEANS

• KEEPING GOOD ACCOUNTING RECORDS

• SHOWING THE PUBLIC ACADEMIC PROGRESS FOR THEIR TAX DOLLARS

• HIRING AN ACCOUNTANT

• NONE OF THESE

ADEQUATE EDUCATION

• THE INTENTION THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT SKILLS THAT STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS

• HOW STUDENTS ARE TRACKED AND GROUPED

• THE INTENTION THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE BASIC SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED

• ALL OF THESE

BLOCK GRANTS

• FUNDS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS WITH FEW STRINGS ATTACHED

• FUNDS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS FOR VERY SPECIFIC, TARGETED USES

• BOTH

• NEITHER

CATEGORICAL GRANTS

• FUNDS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS WITH FEW STRING S ATTACHED

• FEDERAL FUNDS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

• BOTH

• NEITHER

THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING AND IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES

• STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

• CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICER

• BOTH

• NEITHER

WHEN TEACHER COMMITTEES SHARE POWER BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY

• COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING

• COMBINING SCHOOLS TO SAVE MONEY

• NEITHER

• BOTH

WHEN SCHOOLS ARE MERGED TO SAVE MONEY

• CONTRIBUTATION

• CONFABULATION

• CONNATURALIZATION

• CONSOLIDATION

PARENTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, VOCAL INDIVIDUALS CAN HAVE THIS TO BRING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO BEAR ON SCHOOL DISTRICT DECISIONS

• INFLUENCE

• COVERT POWER

• BOTH

• NEITHER

THE PROCESS BY WHICH SMALLER SCHOOLS AND SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO OPERATE WITHOUT CENTRAL OFFICE INVOLVEMENT

• DECENTRALIZATION

• DECENESUS

• DE-EXTRAPOLATION

• ALL OF THESE

THIS LADY FOUNDED THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE IN IN 1973; ALSO THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN WOMAN TO PASS THE BAR IN MISSISSIPPI

• MARION ROSS

• LILY MUNSTER

• MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN

• JUNE CLEAVER