School Budget Analysis

In order to understand this issue, it is important to first understand what a budget is. According to “The Financial Impact of Staff Development,” written by Cheryl Lindy and Peg Reiter, “The budget provides a written record of the money that flows in and out during a period of time. As a clear snapshot of income and expenses, it is an effective management tool to plan and control the financial activities of an organization.” (Cheryl Lindy, Reiter 121). Due to the lack of budgeting, conditions of poor schools are becoming worse. Before getting into the problems of bad budgeting, it is essential to understand what budgeting can do for institutions. Budgeting is very important to the aspect of education. All school districts should have one including …show more content…
The importance of standardized testing is to see how one school measures up to another. Performance levels are related to funding. If schools have a higher amount of funding, they are more likely to have higher performance relating to test scores and grades. The lower the funding the lower the test scores. That is why we need to fight for equal distribution of funds between schools and universities so children have an equal chance for education. The amount of funds should be linked to the amount of resources needed for each student. This could be done by calculating out the needs of each student. It is also important to calculate the needs of students that require extra help. Then you would multiply that by the number of students in the institution. In the article “Low Test Scores + High Retention Rates” it states, “Retention of students in grade is estimated to cost the country on average about $10 billion per year. More cost effective would be to increase educational resources to improve student performance and eliminate the need for retention,” (Holmes 58). Government funding should be relocated to places where it is needed most, such as: schools in the inner city dealing with low budgets and children from food insecure households. They need more …show more content…
For new educational programs to gain funding, increased taxes are needed. Many citizens, such as republicans, believe that increasing taxes is bad for the society. It would be unfair to take away money from those who have rightfully earned it. In the article “Social Limits to Redistribution,” by Giacomo Corneo and Hans Peter Gruner, it talks about the redistribution poorly affects the rich and how taxation is a way to redistribute wealth. (Giacomo Corneo, Grüner.) The rich feel that more of their money is being taken away. In fact, of those opposing the increase in taxes are the rich. Their incomes have increased over the past decade, and they would like to see a change that can benefit them. In an article called “Servant of the Radical Right,” author Jamelle Bouie explains the different aspects of what taxes are doing for