The purpose of this study was to investigate the Florida school district funding allocations of Student Support Services, Curriculum and Instructional Development Services, and Instructional Staff Training Services and their effect on Florida school district grades. The analysis used post hoc school district financial and achievement data collected from the Florida DOE for 66 Florida public school districts from SY 2015-2016 through SY 2018-2019.
One-way ANOVA and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to determine the predictiveness of specific school district funding on the points earned for school district grade. The results from the one-way ANOVAs indicated differences in the school district funding allocation for Student Support Services among Florida school districts. However, there were no differences in the school district funding allocations for Curriculum and Instructional Development Services or Instructional Staff Training Services. The results from the hierarchical multiple regression indicated the funding allocations utilized in this study were not predictive of school district grades for any of the school years of this study.
Recommendations for future research were made to replicate the analyses of the three funding allocations used in this study. A second recommendation is to examine other school district funding allocations to determine their relationship to school district grades. By identifying school funding allocations expenditures that may be predictive of school district grade, there is the potential to support school district leaders in implementing programs effectively.
Dr. Ceballos and Dr. Gordon.
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