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First Steps to a Level Playing Field: An Introduction to Student-Based Budgeting

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This tool describes the current inequities in funding among schools within districts and proposes alleviating these disparities by allocating funds based on student needs. Using examples from three districts that have moved to student-based budgeting, the paper outlines the practical and political challenges such a shift entails. (2002)