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Designing a School Finance System to Support Student Learning

Designing a School Finance System to Support Student Learning. Lawrence O. Picus USC Rossier School of Education Testimony before the California Assembly Education Committee May 13, 2009. Our Approach To School Funding. Doubling student performance in five years Without doubling costs.

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Designing a School Finance System to Support Student Learning

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  1. Designing a School Finance System to Support Student Learning Lawrence O. Picus USC Rossier School of Education Testimony before the California Assembly Education Committee May 13, 2009

  2. Our Approach To School Funding • Doubling student performance in five years • Without doubling costs

  3. Evidence-Based Approach • Not just a funding model • Core academics • Electives including art and music • Teacher professional Development • All aspects of schools • Resources to produce large improvements in student learning

  4. What We Do • We link state policy with what works in schools • We know what works from studying schools/districts that have doubled performance, reviewing existing research on individual programs, assessing the most effective use of resources in schools, and turning that into a school funding model

  5. Arkansas Wyoming North Dakota Pending in: Ohio Washington Wisconsin States that have used the EB Model to Align Resources with Student Learning

  6. What Does the Evidence-Based Model Cost? • Compared to current expenditures Model costs are 2-9 percent above national average • Exceeds current costs in low spending states • Less than current costs in high spending states • In California this could be as much as $17 billion

  7. So What Do We Do? • Determine what a California education system “should” be • Estimate the resource needs and cost of that system • Establish priorities for initial investment • Strategies for struggling students • Professional development

  8. How Do We Do That? • Based on our experience in other states • Reform must come from a Legislative Committee • Process includes the professional judgment of members of the education community • Establish priorities and the will to pay for the services needed • If the will to spend all that is needed for the system we desire does not exist, we must make clear, research based decisions about our priorities

  9. Contact Information • Lawrence O. Picus, Professor • USC Rossier School of Education • Division of Administration and Policy • WPH 904C • University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA 90089-4039 • Voice 213 740-2175 or 818 980-1881 • E-mail lpicus@usc.edu

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