School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) February 9,

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School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) February 9, 2017 Washington, DC The School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) Stephen Q. Cornman, NCES Steve Wheeler, U.S. Census Bureau Osei L. Ampadu, Census Bureau Lei Zhou, Activate Research Pilot School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) SLFS is essentially an expansion of the School District Finance Survey (F-33) to include some variables at the school level. Pilot SLFS is an experiment! Can school-level finance data be efficiently and effectively collected? OMB clearance for pilot (1850-0803 v.136) Up to 15 SEAs could submit FY 14 data Up to 20 SEAs can submit FY 15 data FY 16 SLFS: Full-Scale Data Collection NCES obtained full clearance from OMB: up to 51 SEAs can voluntarily submit FY 16 data. Advantages of Participating in SLFS: Technical help from NCES and the Census Bureau will likely improve data quality at school level Opportunity to work with NCES and Census to reconcile data issues/anomalies Expands knowledge base of State fiscal coordinators States Participating in SLFS Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Missouri Montana New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina Wyoming SLFS Variables *Exclusions include 1) expenditures from federal revenue sources other than federal funds intended to replace local tax revenues, 2) prekindergarten expenditures, and 3) special education expenditures. SLFS Variables * Exclusions include 1) expenditures from federal revenue sources other than federal funds intended to replace local tax revenues, 2) prekindergarten expenditures, and 3) special education expenditures. SLFS and F-33 Variables: Differences/Similarities SLFS and F-33 Variables: Differences/Similarities SLFS and F-33 Variables: Differences/Similarities Similarities/ Differences between NPEFS, F-33, & SLFS Differences in Current Expenditures between SLFS and F-33 Current expenditure functions that are not collected on the SLFS include: general administration (administration at the district level), operation and maintenance of plant expenditures, student transportation expenditures, business/central/other support services, and food service expenditures. These data items are components of expenditures per pupil at the state and district level. Furthermore, the personnel items on SLFS only cover salaries and wages and do not collect employee benefits, which are also a significant portion of current expenditures. Pilot SLFS Focus of pilot: Research and Development (R&D) What does R&D in this context mean? Pilot SLFS is part of the R&D series of reports at NCES What is the R&D series of reports? R&D report to be released in Summer 2017 Pilot SLFS R&D Report R&D report discusses the following issues: Is