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The Financial Landscape And What It Means For Public Education

Edunomics Lab hosts a series of 30-minute, interactive webinars to help states and districts decide how to use federal relief dollars in ways that do the most good for students while avoiding long-term spending obligations that lead to budget pitfalls when one-time funds run out.

30-Min Webinar: Six months remain on ESSER. What’s left to do? What worked? What didn’t? What happens when it’s gone?

VIEW 3/19/24 SLIDES VIEW RECORDING

30-Min Webinar: What happens to K-12 nonprofits and vendors when ESSER ends?

VIEW 11/15/23 SLIDES VIEW RECORDING

30-Min Webinar: Mayday… Mayday… Who Will Answer the Distress Signals Appearing in Some Districts’ Data?

View 11/02/23 Slides View Recording

District Finance Network Meetings

This collaborative group meets monthly to explore current research and troubleshoot common challenges. We focus on student-based allocation formulas, fiscal transparency, and strategic financial decision-making. Beginning with the financial turmoil in early 2020, topics range from early projections of state and district economic outlooks to strategic budget cutting and stakeholder communications, the impacts of enrollment shifts and learning loss on district finances, and the implications of massive federal relief funds for K-12.

To learn more about the network email us at edunomics@georgetown.edu.

Financial Decision-Making Working Group (FIDWIG) Meetings

Hosted by Edunomics Lab, FiDWiG is a collaboration between state education agencies (SEAs) on how to leverage financial transparency for data-driven decision-making. FiDWiG created a set of voluntary, minimal reporting criteria, the Interstate Financial Reporting, to ensure per-pupil expenditure measures have common meaning across states.

Please contact us at edunomics@georgetown.edu for accessible versions of the meeting resources.