EDL 856 - School Finance, Business and Human Resources Management

Admission to Ed.D. program, concurrent election of EDL 844. (3)

Issues related to school finance, business operations, and the acquisition and use of human resources in K-12 schools. Funding sources (local, state, federal and private), equity and distribution of resources; allocation of financial and fixed assets, budgeting policies and techniques, accounting and auditing systems, history of school finance, analysis of funding mechanisms across the US, the impact of legal requirements on the use of resources. Identification of needs; recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel; staff orientation models, supervision and discipline of employees; compensation models; staff performance evaluation; contracting of services. Study of labor unions and their role in K-12 education, models used for collective bargaining and grievance resolution. Graded ABCDE