Description
Book SynopsisThe Essentials of Finance for School Leaders: A Practical Handbook for Problem-Solving and Meeting Challenges is carefully authored to provide supervisory practitioners at the school building level with the vital tools of school finance literacy alongside an understanding of school finance policy that impacts the everyday operation of today's public schools. This book is designed for candidates in entry-level school building leadership programs as well as for inexperienced and experienced school principals, assistant principals, department chairs, dean of students, financial secretaries, local school bursars, faculty treasurers, and more.
Table of ContentsPart I: School Building Financial Leadership
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Budgeting: Sources and Effectiveness
Chapter 3: Accounting, Purchasing and Bidding
Chapter 4: Financial Reporting and School Results
Chapter 5: Other Funding Challenges
Part II: Educational Funding Streams and Expenditures
Chapter 6: Major Local Sources of School Revenue
Chapter 7: Major State and Federal Sources of School Revenue
Chapter 8: Student Activity Funds
Chapter 9: Special Education Funding
Chapter 10: Personnel Expenditures
Chapter 11: Facilities and Maintenance Expenditures
Part III: School Funding Competition
Chapter 12: Privatization and Vouchers
Chapter 13: Charter School Funding
Chapter 14: Education Spending Accounts
Part IV: Improving School Financial Leadership for the Future
Chapter 15: Site-Level Financial Leadership for Principals and Staff
Chapter 16: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of a School Budgeting Officer
