Description
This course is designed for doctoral students who intend to pursue district level leadership in P-12 public education. The content of the course focuses on advanced principles of district level school funding with an emphases on the Texas public school finance system. Students will explore both the Maintenance and Operations and the Interest and Sinking components of the Texas Foundation School Program and determine various funding scenarios given real-world district level funding data. Students will also explore the relationship between district level funding and academic quality.