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WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT LEVEL RESOURCE
ALLOCATION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL
by
Rhonda L. Kimball
______________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Rhonda L. Kimball
Object Description
| Title | Where does the money go ?: an analysis of student level resource allocation at the school level |
| Author | Kimball, Rhonda L. |
| Author email | ronditaone@hotmail.com; mike@americancompressor.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-07-08 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-11-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nelson, John L. Hentschke, Guilbert C. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of per pupil expenditures at a specific school site. The objectives were threefold. The first objective was to determine per pupil expenditures, the second question was to determine variations in expenditures on a per student basis and finally, the third question in the study was to explain the factors that contribute to identified variation in expenditure patterns.; The sample consisted of one urban elementary school in a mid size district on a traditional school calendar. The population consisted of 611 students in grades K-5. This particular school and district participate in the California class size reduction plan for grades K-3. The school is located in a low socioeconomic area and is designated a school-wide Title I program. This particular school is considered to be a high performing school and has been honored as both a Title I Achieving school and as a California Distinguished School in recent years.; This study analyzed the expenditures at the end of the 2006-2007 fiscal year and assigned these expenditures to individual students using three major categories: direct costs to the classroom, direct costs to individual students and overhead costs. Direct expenditures to the classroom consisted of the cost of teacher salaries, paraprofessional salaries and benefit costs. Direct expenditures to students were calculated using information obtained regarding individual student participation in intervention or enrichment programs. Overhead expenditures included administrative costs, instructional support costs, clerical support, custodial, maintenance costs and ground’s upkeep.; Once the expenditures for all students were obtained, these data were analyzed by category. Factors such as grade level, ethnicity, gender and language classification were considered in order to determine variation as well as the reason for these variations.; The major variations in expenditure per student were related to class size and special program participation in either enrichment or intervention programs. It was determined that teacher salary also played a role in expenditure variation. |
| Keyword | education finance; education administration; school level finance; resource allocation in districts and schools |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 2006/2007 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2775 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kimball, Rhonda L. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Kimball-3251 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Kimball-3251.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT LEVEL RESOURCE ALLOCATION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL by Rhonda L. Kimball ______________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2009 Copyright 2009 Rhonda L. Kimball |
