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In the current climate of scandals from accounting firms, major
business companies, and executives, this is a very timely book.
School business officials (SBOs), the chief fiscal officers for
school districts, have responsibility for large amounts of public
funds. In their positions, they face many ethical dilemmas
involving financial, personnel, and professional issues in school
districts. However, the business side of schools is a relatively
unknown area for most educators and is less open to outside
scrutiny. It is also an area where there may be many temptations.
Consequently, the importance of ethical leadership has never been
greater. This book highlights the importance of ethical behavior in
SBOs' professional lives and provides assistance in incorporating
ethical considerations into decision making in education. To
address the complexity and range of issues that confront SBOs, the
book sets out multiple ethical frameworks to deal with different
and often competing perspectives of what should be done. They
include models based on what is just, caring, and inclusive of all
voices, as well as community expectations, and standards set forth
by professional associations. Features: Sections to help SBOs to
develop their own personal and professional codes of ethics to use
in their position. A general approach to recognizing and dealing
effectively with ethical dilemmas faced by SBOs. Real-life case
studies of ethical dilemmas written by SBOs. Will be of interest to
school business officials and graduate students in educational
administration programs involving financial management and school
business administration.
A unique resource for both academics and practitioners, School
District Budgeting provides a comprehensive look at the resource
allocation process, from developing planning guidelines to
reporting the results of financial operations. An all-inclusive
guide, the book provides theoretical and practical treatments of
the entire budget process.
Resource allocation decisions made by school boards, principals,
and teachers are critical for they determine the adequacy and
equity of resources actually made available for specific schools,
educational programs and individual students. The most important
resources are often concealed by aggregate state or district
measures such as dollars per student. For these decisions, the most
important resources are elements such as basic and supplemental
staffing levels, staff time, funding amounts for textbooks and
supplies, selection of new equipment (particularly technology), and
support for new or renovated facilities. The authors review current
practices at each important decision-making level in school
districts, from the school board to the classroom. At each
juncture, the findings are interpreted to reveal both the causes of
the practices and their implications for improving school
effectiveness. This book provides new research in helping to inform
and improve resource allocation practices in schools. The general
conclusion is that improvement in the resource allocation practices
in education requires a shift in focus to results instead of
inputs, a strong emphasis on student learning as the primary focus
of decisions, and systematic evaluation of results.
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