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voter-approved propositions have greatly impacted how schools are funded. A shift in
educational funding started 30 years ago, when funding moved from a locally generated
and distributed system to a centralized and administrative role by the state (Timar, 2004).
The shift from a locally-based to state controlled was propelled and directly shaped by
Serrano vs. Priest (1976), Proposition 13, and Proposition 98 (Timar, 2004).
Serrano vs. Priest. Serrano vs. Priest (1976) was one of the first lawsuits in the
nation challenging the way schools were locally funded (EdSource, 2010b; 2010d) The
main argument of this case is that by utilizing a system of local funding such as property
taxes, there were inherent inequities and disparities due to the property wealth of the
district. In essence, higher wealth districts had significantly more resources due to their
property wealth than lower-wealth districts that had significantly less. This disparity
created a large difference in funding to the local schools. The California Supreme Court
ruled in favor of the plaintiffs because the current funding systems violated the equal
protection clause (EdSource, 2010d). The Serrano vs. Priest decision required that
funding be equalized among districts (Kirst, 2006; Timar, 2004).The effect of this
decision was the court required that “differences in spending due to local wealth be less
than $100” ($450 adjusted for inflation) (EdSource, 2010d). In order to be in compliance
with the Serrano decision, the legislature passed Assembly Bill 65 a year later, which set
the foundation so that equalization of funding could be achieved and aid could be
redistributed by the state (EdSource, 2010d).
Proposition 13. Less than a year after the Serrano decision, and driven by the
calls of some to relieve high property taxes, voters passed Proposition 13 which set to
Object Description
| Title | Allocation of educational resources to improve student achievement: Case studies of four California charter schools |
| Author | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Author email | rpatrick@usc.edu; ramonakaypatrick@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
| Abstract | Charter schools are growing at a rapid pace have significantly more flexibility in their allocation of resources in comparison to their traditional public school counterparts in California. Because of this, it is important to study how successful charter schools, with this increased flexibility, are utilizing their resources to achieve high results with their students in a time of fiscal constraint. There is a plethora of data and research on effective school practices to improve student achievement, but a dearth of research on the effective allocation of resources at charter schools. The purpose of this study is to analyze how four high performing charter schools, with high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students in Los Angeles, California, are implementing school improvement strategies and utilizing resources at their school site to impact student achievement. The Evidenced-Based Model, (Odden & Picus, 2008) along with Odden and Archibald’s (2009) Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance were used as a lens in this study to compare resource allocation as well as school improvement strategies to best support student achievement at the schools. This study will describe each schools’ instructional vision and improvement strategy, how resources are utilized to implement their instructional improvement plan, how the current fiscal crisis is affecting their allocation of resources, and how actual resource patterns are aligned with the Evidence Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008). |
| Keyword | charter schools; resource allocation; evidenced-based model |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3815 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Patrick-4438 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Patrick-4438.pdf |
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| Title | Page 22 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 14 voter-approved propositions have greatly impacted how schools are funded. A shift in educational funding started 30 years ago, when funding moved from a locally generated and distributed system to a centralized and administrative role by the state (Timar, 2004). The shift from a locally-based to state controlled was propelled and directly shaped by Serrano vs. Priest (1976), Proposition 13, and Proposition 98 (Timar, 2004). Serrano vs. Priest. Serrano vs. Priest (1976) was one of the first lawsuits in the nation challenging the way schools were locally funded (EdSource, 2010b; 2010d) The main argument of this case is that by utilizing a system of local funding such as property taxes, there were inherent inequities and disparities due to the property wealth of the district. In essence, higher wealth districts had significantly more resources due to their property wealth than lower-wealth districts that had significantly less. This disparity created a large difference in funding to the local schools. The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs because the current funding systems violated the equal protection clause (EdSource, 2010d). The Serrano vs. Priest decision required that funding be equalized among districts (Kirst, 2006; Timar, 2004).The effect of this decision was the court required that “differences in spending due to local wealth be less than $100” ($450 adjusted for inflation) (EdSource, 2010d). In order to be in compliance with the Serrano decision, the legislature passed Assembly Bill 65 a year later, which set the foundation so that equalization of funding could be achieved and aid could be redistributed by the state (EdSource, 2010d). Proposition 13. Less than a year after the Serrano decision, and driven by the calls of some to relieve high property taxes, voters passed Proposition 13 which set to |
