In addition to ESSA regulations, the COVID emergency and resulting stimulus packages have highlighted the need for sustainable financial transparency.
Ensure compliance with ESSA school-level spending regulatory requirements and make public reporting of ESSER stimulus dollars quick and easy for local, state and federal reporting.
Increase public trust by sharing school school and district budgets and spending data that are accessible and simple to understand for parents, community members, and legislators.
Build and run multiple resource allocation scenarios based on projected enrollments and student demographics to equitably develop, evaluate, and share your state funding formula.
In order to better understand school-level budgets and spending, it's important to unpack the make-up of revenue. Some grant funds are targeted state or federal grants intended to address supplemental needs of special populations like Special Education students and English language learners. It's critical to:
Learn how Allovue will work in partnership with the Arizona Department of Administration to develop a transparent and easily accessible public portal that includes school-level data for charter schools, individual schools operated by a school district, and school districts.
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ESSER dollars are rare in that LEAs will receive the full amount in a lump sum, but have 3-4 years to budget and spend them. This is an opportunity for LEAs to get creative, but also a challenge to spend at the right place.
Comparing funding and spending across schools and districts helps parents understand the whole picture about how local school systems allocate resources.