Social Issues and the Budget

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This paper looks at how a declining economy and the implementation of programs that address social needs of the student body are adversely affecting the financial management within the public secondary school setting.

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"One of the largest problems that school administrators face when dealing with budgets is lack of cash flow. Several factors contribute to this problem, however, the two most serious are the receipt of thirty percent of state aid actually goes into the schools accounts after the end of the fiscal year, and delayed tax receipts (Inman-Freitas, 1993). Most states are facing stagnant revenues that are not coming close to meeting projections necessary to fund schools. With money slowing down to a trickle and not pouring into the state education offices, school districts are faced with deeper budget cuts in order to meet an "ever-shifting bottom line" (Delisio, 2003)."

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