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Funding Formulas for California Schools IV: An Analysis of Governor Brown’s Weighted Pupil Funding Formula, May Budget Revision

By Jon Sonstelie, Heather Rose, Margaret Weston

In May 2012, Governor Brown revised his proposal for a new way to allocate revenue to California’s school districts. This report uses the PPIC School Finance Model to asses this revision. It finds that the proposed changes would lead to less funding for disadvantaged students and reduce the differences in funding gains among districts relative to the January proposal.

This research was supported with funding from The Silver Giving Foundation and the Stuart Foundation.

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Funding Formulas for California Schools III: An Analysis of Governor Brown’s Weighted Pupil Funding Formula

By Jon Sonstelie, Heather Rose, Margaret Weston

In January 2012, Governor Brown proposed a new system for allocating funds among school districts. Using the PPIC School Finance Model, this paper compares this proposal with the status quo. This comparison highlights the governor’s priorities—in particular, providing substantially greater resources to districts with high percentages of disadvantaged students.

View latest update in response to the May budget revision.

This research was supported with funding from The Silver Giving Foundation and the Stuart Foundation.

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