Weathering the storm: School funding in the COVID-19 era. (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baker, Bruce D.; Weber, Mark; Atchison, Drew
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 102:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 8
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: school finance -- budget -- crisis -- COVID-19 -- pandemic -- funding -- taxes -- federal -- state -- equity; Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721720956839
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a crisis in state and local budgets, potentially leaving many schools to face budgetary declines even as they've had to transform the way they serve their students, particularly those who are most vulnerable. Bruce Baker, Mark Weber, and Drew Atchison offer four recommendations for mitigating the looming fiscal crisis. 1) Provide a robust federal aid package; 2) Consider tax increases; 3) Distribute state aid equitably; and 4) Cancel aid programs that favor affluent districts .