School District Funding
Throughout history schools have needed funding to educate children and there is always changes in the design and new problems that arise, so there is a need to come up with solutions to the problems. Public Schools need funding to achieve goals to provide each student with learning opportunities. Schools must budget there money wisely, and they receive funds from corporate sponsorships, state taxes, and even federal funds (Who Pays for Education, n.d.). Since the early 1900s, with the number of children coming from different countries it is increasing the number of children in the school districts in America. And there has been a higher demand in education to look in more depth at the laws and funding for education. …show more content…
Even before the Constitution was established, the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 included responsibilities of the nation for an education system. Education has long been considered a national concern by the federal government. Through federal action, education has been encouraged and financially supported from the first Northwest Ordinance in 1785 to the present. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution granted Congress the power to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States. It is under this “general welfare” clause that the federal government has assumed the power to initiate educational activity in its own right and to participate jointly with states, agencies and individuals in educational …show more content…
In 1841, Congress passed an act that granted 500,000 acres to eight states and later increased land grants to a total of 19 states. The federal government also granted money, such as distributions of surplus federal revenue and reimbursements for war expenses, to states. Though Congress rarely prescribed that such funds be used only for schools, education continued to be one of the largest expenses of state and local governments so the states used federal funds whenever possible for education.
Two of our constitutional amendments played an important role in public education. In 1791, the 10th Amendment stated, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Public education was not mentioned as one of those federal powers, and so historically has been delegated to the local and state
Throughout history schools have needed funding to educate children and there is always changes in the design and new problems that arise, so there is a need to come up with solutions to the problems. Public Schools need funding to achieve goals to provide each student with learning opportunities. Schools must budget there money wisely, and they receive funds from corporate sponsorships, state taxes, and even federal funds (Who Pays for Education, n.d.). Since the early 1900s, with the number of children coming from different countries it is increasing the number of children in the school districts in America. And there has been a higher demand in education to look in more depth at the laws and funding for education. …show more content…
Even before the Constitution was established, the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 included responsibilities of the nation for an education system. Education has long been considered a national concern by the federal government. Through federal action, education has been encouraged and financially supported from the first Northwest Ordinance in 1785 to the present. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution granted Congress the power to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States. It is under this “general welfare” clause that the federal government has assumed the power to initiate educational activity in its own right and to participate jointly with states, agencies and individuals in educational …show more content…
In 1841, Congress passed an act that granted 500,000 acres to eight states and later increased land grants to a total of 19 states. The federal government also granted money, such as distributions of surplus federal revenue and reimbursements for war expenses, to states. Though Congress rarely prescribed that such funds be used only for schools, education continued to be one of the largest expenses of state and local governments so the states used federal funds whenever possible for education.
Two of our constitutional amendments played an important role in public education. In 1791, the 10th Amendment stated, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Public education was not mentioned as one of those federal powers, and so historically has been delegated to the local and state