Effects of Funding on Public School Graduation Rates
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Room 137A
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Education, Funding, Graduation
Abstract
The most important resource for the continued prosperity of the United States of America is having highly educated citizens. The Washington State Constitution pledges to provide every child with the opportunity to get a public education by stating that it is, “the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all residing within its borders,” (Article IX-Education, 1889). The legislature allocated 42.4 percent of its budget, approximately $13,311,962,000, to fund public school education for the 2009-2010 school year. Each school district was given a various amount of funding by the legislature, which was determined by certain characteristics and necessities of the schools: teacher experience, historical salary levels, class size, educational equipment needs, etc. If there is a direct correlation between educational funding to each school district within Washington State and graduation rates, then the school districts with the most revenue will have the correlating highest rates of graduation. By comparing the all revenues reported in the Financial Reporting Summary for the fiscal year 2009–2010 and the graduation rates stated by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for the same school year. The research illustrates that there was no clear, direct relationship between the funds and the graduation rates.
Recommended Citation
Purkey, Krystelle, "Effects of Funding on Public School Graduation Rates" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 66.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/66
Additional Mentoring Department
Political Science
Effects of Funding on Public School Graduation Rates
SURC Room 137A
The most important resource for the continued prosperity of the United States of America is having highly educated citizens. The Washington State Constitution pledges to provide every child with the opportunity to get a public education by stating that it is, “the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all residing within its borders,” (Article IX-Education, 1889). The legislature allocated 42.4 percent of its budget, approximately $13,311,962,000, to fund public school education for the 2009-2010 school year. Each school district was given a various amount of funding by the legislature, which was determined by certain characteristics and necessities of the schools: teacher experience, historical salary levels, class size, educational equipment needs, etc. If there is a direct correlation between educational funding to each school district within Washington State and graduation rates, then the school districts with the most revenue will have the correlating highest rates of graduation. By comparing the all revenues reported in the Financial Reporting Summary for the fiscal year 2009–2010 and the graduation rates stated by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for the same school year. The research illustrates that there was no clear, direct relationship between the funds and the graduation rates.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Manweller, Matt