Student-Based School Funding for Idaho
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The document discusses the public school funding formula in Idaho as presented by the non-profit organization Bluum, which aims to create 20,000 high-performing school seats in ten years. Key findings reveal significant funding disparities based on school type and location, highlighting inequities within Idaho's education funding system and the general inefficiency of current funding methods. The document also explores student-based budgeting as a potential solution to allocate resources more effectively based on student needs.
Student-Based School Funding for Idaho
- 1. Public School Funding Formula Committee | August 14, 2017 Terry Ryan – Bluum Marc Carignan - Bluum
- 2. A b o u t B l u u m Bluum is a non-profit organization committed to creating 20,000 new, high-performing school seats in Idaho in 10 years. Since 2013 we’ve worked with school leaders to launch 6,000 new seats, and have allocated more than $12.8 million in direct grant support to a dozen schools. We’ve worked with the nonprofit Building Hope and private lenders Banner Bank, Idaho Central Credit Union and Vectra Bank to facilitate $45 million worth of new school construction in Pocatello, Boise, Garden City, Nampa, Meridian, Garden City and Idaho Falls.
- 3. C u r r e n t N e w S c h o o l P a r t n e r s School Location Type New seats Grant $ Upper Carmen Charter Salmon Charter 45 $123,015 Grace Lutheran Pocatello Private 300 $250,000 North Idaho STEM Rathdrum Charter 372 $450,000 Sage International Boise Charter 530 $750,000 Pathways in Education Nampa Charter 300 $775,000 Alturas Intl. Academy Idaho Falls Charter 538 $1 million Treasure Valley L.A. Nampa Innovation 600 $1 million Compass Charter School Meridian Charter 478 $1.1 million St. Ignatius Catholic Meridian Private 488 $1.2 million Idaho Arts Nampa Charter 582 $1.5 million GEM Prep Pocatello, Nampa, Meridian Charter 1,786 $4.6 million
- 4. E a r l y L e s s o n s • Per pupil funding varies significantly by zip code • Per pupil funding varies significantly by public school type (e.g. public district & public charter) • Idaho’s funding system is inequitable: no correlation between per pupil funding and student need/demographics • Little correlation between spending and outcomes School Name Per Pupil $ FRL % White SAT Composite ISAT Math ISAT English Boise HS $8,044 21% 83.7% 1114 62% 79% Salmon HS $6,476 48% 93.7% 1024 26% 53% Blackfoot HS $6,100 44% 66.5% 959 19% 43% Nampa HS $5,734 57% 62.7% 933 18% 59% Idaho Falls HS $5,679 30% 75.6% 1037 33% 61% Sage Intl. Charter $5,407 19% 83.4% 1143 66% 79% All data is courtesy Idaho Ed Trends: http://www.idahoedtrends.org/
- 5. O t h e r L e s s o n s • Idaho has the worst of both worlds when it comes to school funding – low per pupil funding and up to 25 highly regulated funding silos that drive and limit how dollars can be spent. (See also lengthy Data Acquisition Calendar, Idaho Education Code and IDAPA rules.) • Idaho’s performance data is not timely and hard to access because of a cumbersome regulatory apparatus (who is in fact in charge – ISBE, ISDE and/or Idaho Data Management Council?) • Despite challenges and constraints Idaho has a decent ROI when it comes to public education (e.g. 2nd lowest per pupil funding and just about average national academic outcomes) National comparison data is courtesy Education Week: http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2017/2017-state-education-grades-map.html?intc=EW-QC17-LFTNAV
- 6. S t u d e n t - B a s e d B u d g e t i n g A l l o c a t e s S t a t e F u n d i n g A c c o r d i n g t o S t u d e n t N e e d s Prerequisites for an effective student-based budgeting (SBB) system: • Accurate historical financial data • Accurate historical student demographics • Accountability system focused on student outcomes In a student-based budgeting system: • Funding follows students to the schools they attend • Funding a district or school receives reflects educational needs of its students
- 7. A d v a n t a g e s o f S B B SBB improves funding equity, as well as: • Efficiency: Funding directed to where most needed • Transparency: Formulas clearly indicate how dollars are allocated; policymakers can evaluate and adjust as needed • Flexibility: Frees districts from spending on a particular basket of education goods; encourages spending as needed to best to meet student needs • Innovation: In turn, greater flexibility spurs innovation
- 8. A d v a n t a g e s o f S B B Seat Time (ADA) • Current (major) funding inputs: enrollment, attendance, staff characteristics • Input focus – funds in controlled silos reporting/compliance is about how the funds are spent • Teacher/student ratio & seat time drives funding • Legislature decides school activities and how much of each activity by relative funding value Student Based • Major funding inputs: enrollment, student characteristics • Outcome focus – funds are provided based on need and desired outcomes • Student needs drives funding • School leaders decide on how to best serve their distinct school population
- 9. Simulator Time Simulator variables: 1. Funding streams 2. Equalize or not, if so, how 3. Increase or decrease state-wide budget 4. Set a base funding amount per pupil 5. Choose student characteristic weights 6. Kindergarten funding choices 7. Address small districts
- 10. S i m u l a t o r Ti m e Idaho Student-Based Budgeting (SBB) Simulator Step 1. Choose which funding streams to include in the formula. Funding Stream Include in SBB Formula? Base Support X Transportation Exceptional Child Support X Border Tuition Support Tuition Equivalency Base Support - Benefits X Other State Support X Driver Education Program Professional Technical Program X Lottery/Additional State Maintenance Revenue in Lieu of/Ag Equip. Taxes Other State Revenue X $1,456,372,698 94% Amount of funding available for SBB formula Percent of all state funding Place an "X" in the green cells next to any state funding stream you want to allocate through the SBB formula. The gray cells indicate the amount of funding included in the SBB formula and the percentage of all state funding that the selected streams comprise.
- 11. THANK YOU & QUESTIONS Terry Ryan & Marc Carignan [email protected] [email protected]
Editor's Notes
- #2: Note: Marc: 1-12 Bryan: 13-33 Marc: 34-35 Bryan: 36-39 Marc: 40
- #3: Introduce my role at Bluum: Who I am, What I do Brief background
- #4: Introduce my role at Bluum: Who I am, What I do Brief background
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- #11: Shift to Excel