Articles on School Finance
These articles cover various aspects of school finance, including : equity and adequacy, local effort, demographic patterns, definitions of need, regional costs and measurement of outcomes. Many of the articles, particularly those specific to New York State, have been prepared by members of the Fiscal Analysis and Research Unit. Additional articles have been prepared by experts in the field of school finance and are presented here with permission. Interested individuals should also make use of our "Links to Related Sites" which provides links to a wide variety of interest groups, scholarly journals and data sources.
ARTICLES BY FARU STAFF
2016
Poverty Measures in New York State School Aid Formulas– Chapter 54 Report 
(930KB)
2012
Update to the Successful Schools Study (55KB)
Update to the Regional Cost Index(49 KB)
2009
Update to the Successful Schools Study (55KB)
Update to the Regional Cost Index(49 KB)
2006
Successful School Districts Study: Update for 2006(60 KB)
Regional Cost Index:
Update for 2006 (48 KB)
2005
Analysis of Local
Effort in New York State School Districts 2005 (72
KB)
Analysis
of Local Effort in New York State School Districts 2004 (73
KB)
Estimating School District
Health, Retirement and Energy Expenditures (84
KB)
Changes in
Debt Payments in NYS School Districts (46
KB)
Demographic
Changes and New York State Schools (47
KB)
School
Budget Vote Failures: Risk Factors (81
KB)
2004
The
Cost of Administering School Districts in New York State (59
KB)
The Impact of High-Stakes
Exams on Students and Teachers (111
KB)
Regional
Differences In Wealth (106
KB)
Reversal
of Fortune: The Growth of Fringe Benefit Expenditures (53
KB)
2003
Towards an Understanding
of Need
Analysis
of Local Effort in NYS School Districts-Update (106
KB)
Update for
the Regional Cost Index
2002
Analysis of Local Effort in NYS School Districts
School District
Responses to Building Aid Incentives (200
KB)
(Paper written for the State Aid Work Group
by FMIS and FARU staff)
2001
Wealth and Revenue Changes 1994-95 to 1998-99
2000
Analysis of School District Fiscal Response
1999
Introduction to
the Concept of Adequacy (html version) (126
KB)