The Feasibility of Collecting School-Level Finance Data: An Evaluation of Data from the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) School Year 2013

Title:	The Feasibility of Collecting School-Level Finance Data: An Evaluation of Data from the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) School Year 2013–14
Description:	This Research and Development (R&D) report presents school-level finance data on expenditures by function from the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS). The SLFS is an extension of two existing collections being conducted by NCES in collaboration with the Census Bureau: the School District Finance Survey (F-33) and the state-level National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS). The SLFS is essentially an expansion of the F-33 to include some school-level variables. The SLFS pilot study was cleared to collect school-level finance data for the School Year (SY) 2013-14 from 12 state education agencies (SEAs). In the second year (SY 2014–15) the SLFS pilot was cleared to collect data from up to 20 SEAs, and NCES has recently obtained clearance to collect school-level finance data on a volunteer basis from all 50 states and the District of Columbia for SY 2015–16.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1530KB)
Cover Date:	April 2018
Web Release:	April 24, 2018
Publication #:	NCES 2018305
Center/Program:	NCES
Associated Centers:	IES
Authors:	Stephen Q. Cornman National Center for Education Statistics Lei Zhou Activate Research, Inc. Osei Ampadu Laura D’Antonio David Gromos Stephen Wheeler U.S. Census Bureau
Type of Product:	Research and Development Report
Survey/Program Areas:	Common Core of Data (CCD)
Keywords:	Economics Educational Equity Expenditures • elementary and secondary schools Federal Expenditures for Education Finance • elementary and secondary schools Public School Finance Schools • School districts spending States
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Research and Development Report, please contact: Stephen Cornman.