Financial Data Technical Document
Overview
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to report financial data on school and district report cards. Specifically, states must report on a per pupil basis, how much of a districts or school’s expenditures were paid with federal funds versus the amount paid with state and/or local funds.
The financial measures provide information about spending on classroom instruction, average spending per student and comparisons to other districts and schools. The reported measures also include source of funds (local, state, federal, other) for the district in comparison to state totals. The expenditure rankings include a ranking of each district's operating expenditure per pupil sorted based on expenditure per pupil within the whole population of districts; and a ranking of each district's percentage spent on classroom instruction within the whole population of districts.
Technical Documentation and Resources
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