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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Financial Management Principles and Historical Perspectives | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Adequacy, Equity, and Equality | |
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| National Perspectives on Financing Education | |
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| State Perspectives on Financing Education | |
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| Future Challenges to Funding Public Education | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Resource Allocation and Financial Planning | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Planning School-District Budgets | |
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| Developing a School-District Budget | |
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| Sources of Revenue | |
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| Taxpayer Equity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study 1 | |
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| Case Study 2 | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Accounting, Budgeting, and Reporting | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Why Do We Have Accounting Systems? | |
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| Student Activity Accounts | |
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| Fundraising | |
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| Financial Statements | |
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| Audits | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Managing Resources for Higher Performance and Productivity | |
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| Objectives | |
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| What Are Educational Resources? | |
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| The Relationship between Resource Allocation and Achievement | |
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| Allocating Resources for Higher Performance and Productivity | |
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| Educational Choice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Managing Human Resources | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Planning Staffing Needs and Enrollment Projections | |
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| Employment Laws | |
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| Employee Evaluation and Compensation Programs | |
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| Collective Bargaining | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Managing Facilities for Higher Performance and Productivity | |
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| Objectives | |
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| School Facilities in the United States | |
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| Facility Design and Student Achievement | |
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| School-Facility Planning | |
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| Environment Issues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Auxiliary Services: Food, Safety, Security, and Transportation | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Major Auxiliary Services | |
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| Food Service | |
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| Safety and Security | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Exercises and Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Appendix School Resource Websites | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |