Part I: Overview of Broad Concepts
1. Schools, Values, and Money
2. Funding Schools: A Policy Perspective
3. Basic Funding Structures
4. Funding the Education of Students with Extraordinary Needs
5. Funding Nontraditional Education Delivery Systems
Part II: Operationalizing School Money
6. School Funds: Accountability, Performance, and Professionalism
7. Budget Planning
8. Budgeting for Human Resources
9. Budgeting for Instruction
10. Budgeting for Student Activities
11. Budgeting for School Infrastructure
12. Budgeting for Auxiliary Services
13. Budgeting for Legal Liability and Risk Management
Part III: A View of the Future
14. Trends and the Future of School Funding
Biography
David C. Thompson is Skeen Endowed Chair, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at Kansas State University, USA.
Jeffrey Maiden is Professor of Educational Leadership, Researcher and Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of Education Finance, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at the University of Oklahoma, USA.
