Part of our commitment to securing funding for our public schools is ensuring that they have the resources they need to serve our most vulnerable students. NEA supports this weighted-funding pilot program, because it will give school districts the flexibility they need to support all students, regardless of background or need.
Key Provisions
Education funding consolidation Local educational agencies (initially, up to 50 approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education) have flexibility to consolidate a significant share of state and local education funding, along with certain federal dollars, to create a single school funding system. The system can be based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income students, students with disabilities, English-language learners, and otherwise disadvantaged students.
Allocation to the right students Local educational agencies are required to use weights that allocate substantially more funding to educationally disadvantaged students than to other students. High-poverty schools are assured of receiving more per-pupil funding under a demonstration agreement than they received the prior year.
Expenditures Weighted student formulas (WSFs) must be based on actual per-pupil expenditures—personnel and non-personnel—to ensure equitable support for high-need schools
More voices Local educational agencies are required to provide assurances that they developed—and will implement—their demonstration proposals in consultation with teachers, parents, community leaders, and other stakeholders
Portabillity Money does NOT follow students (i.e., no “portability” or “backpack funding”)
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