EDAD 581 - Public School Finance

Description:
An examination of writing educational grants and contracts. Students will build budgets and become familiar with various types and use of state funds. For those students enrolled in either the MEd in administration or the administrator certification program.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: one year of teaching experience.

Credits:
(4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify the basic funding sources for Washington State’s public schools
Incorporate the complexities of accountability issues related to the fund, revenue and expenditure structures
Perform the basic fiduciary and legal responsibilities of educational administrators
Identify unmet financial needs related to grants, levies, loans, bonding and debt service funds
Write a public-school district budget
Write a grant proposal
Evaluate capital improvements, new construction, facility planning and maintenance budgets

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/03/11