Finance

Without the help of ESSER this school year, leaders will have to make difficult decisions to make the most of their budgets, argues one expert.

As predicted by one K12 finance expert, school districts are laying off hundreds of staff members to account for the end of ESSER funding.

The average teacher salary hovers aroudn $72,000. Yet, teachers still make 5% less than they did 10 years ago when adjusted for inflation.

At a time when federal funding is determined by compliance with federal policy like Title IX, questions like "How can we forecast at a time like this?" and "What else is coming down the pike?" are top-of-mind for superintendents.

Tariffs can drag on the economy and the state revenues that play a major role in school districts' finances.

On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed in New York suggesting that K12 schools were stripped of their previously promised pandemic relief funds "with no advance notice or warning."