Governance and Finance in Education Practice

What is the job of the state school superintendent?

• hire teachers

• set policy for schools

• enforce policy for schools

• set policy for local school systems

Most local school board members are

• chosen by the superintedent

• middle and upper class white males

• middle class male and female

• paid a teacher's salary

About what percent of school funding comes from the federal government?

• 10

• 25

• 50

• 7

California case that ruled the state's way of funding education was unfair and needed to be changed. 1968

• San Antonio v Rodriguez

• Edgewood v Kirby

• Serrano v Priest

When individual schools make thier own decisions about day to day operation

• site based management

• local school board

• central management

• state department of education

1.  This is when a state guarantees that all students will have the basic skills they need to be effective citizens and compete in the labor market. This is outlined in the state constitutions. 

• accelerated education

• accentuated education

• adequate education

• arbitrary education

Federal grants that schools must use on specific projects

• specific grants

• categorical grants

• block grants

• bond grants

The executive head of a state department of education. The chief state school officer is responsible for carrying out the mandates of the state board of education and enforcing educational laws and regulations. Ours is Richard Woods.

• state department of education chief

• local superintendent

• head honcho

• state school superintendent

this case happened in 1989 in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court said that the state had to step in and help fund poorer schools- most were in southern Texas- the court said the current program violated the due process clause of the 14th amendment

• Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
• Serranno v. Priest

• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Elected or appointed officials who determine educational policies for school systems.

• Teachers
• State Board of Ed.

• local school board

• State Dept. of Education