This course introduces students to educational finance and explores how funding reflects values of educational systems. It explores different approaches to budgeting used in organizations (line-item; percentage add-on; zero-based; planning, programming, and evaluation systems; performance-based; school site; outcome-focused; and student-based budgeting) and will include a range of practical activities such as budgeting for different areas (such as human resources, instruction, student activities, infrastructure, transportation). Participants will use evidence-based decision-making to analyze funding decisions within formal spaces such as schools, and informal spaces such as community organizations. Offered jointly with GDE 862 (3.0 credit units) EXCLUSION: GDE 862
This course introduces students to educational finance and explores how funding reflects values of educational systems. It explores different approaches to budgeting used in organizations (line-item; percentage add-on; zero-based; planning, programming, and evaluation systems; performance-based; school site; outcome-focused; and student-based budgeting) and will include a range of practical activities such as budgeting for different areas (such as human resources, instruction, student activities, infrastructure, transportation). Participants will use evidence-based decision-making to analyze funding decisions within formal spaces such as schools, and informal spaces such as community organizations. Offered jointly with GDE 862 (3.0 credit units) EXCLUSION: GDE 862
