New Podcast Series: Budgeting for Educational Equity

08/24/21 • 1 min

How can dedicated teams of leaders, school business officials, educators, and entire school communities allocate resources to better meet the needs of all students?

That’s the story we’re sharing in this new limited series presented by CASBO and WestEd. In each episode, our host Jason Willis welcomes education leaders and practitioners to discuss funding, educational improvements, and advancing resource equity across all levels of California’s public education system. We’ll explore their motivations, the tools they’re using, and what’s working, and what they’ve learned. Join us to tap into the experiences of guest experts and colleagues who are doing the work every day of ensuring a more equitable allocation of resources. It’s valuable insight you won’t want to miss!
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How can dedicated teams of leaders, school business officials, educators, and entire school communities allocate resources to better meet the needs of all students?

Previous Episode

Rethinking Special Education Funding

The way California provides funding for students with disabilities has not changed in decades and is the largest remaining categorical program in the state. WestEd has been researching alternatives that could provide more efficiency in how existing resources are distributed to school districts along with better accountability to enhance services and improve outcomes for students. The WestEd study on special education finance has been released. We talk to one of the study authors on their findings and recommendations to rethink the state's funding model and align it with other current accountability systems.
Guest: Jason Willis, Director, Resource Planning, WestEd

Next Episode

Purchasing Power

Purchasing departments across the state are dealing with supply shortages, price increases, and contracting new services to deal with the pandemic in addition to meeting the usual needs of schools in a year that was supposed to open more normally--but didn't. We talk to three experts on how they are addressing these problems and what advice they have for districts to overcome these challenges.
Guests:
Leeann Errotabere, Former CASBO President, Director of Purchasing - Clovis Unified School District
Sharon Clay, Director, Purchasing, Warehouse & Duplicating Services - Cajon Valley
Tony Crapo, Director of Purchasing & Support Services - Sequoia Union High School District