The document discusses sources of funding for schools in Illinois and the effects of poor funding. It notes that Illinois ranks 49th for state funding to schools despite costs of $10.5 million per year to run a school. Sources of funding include foundation, alternative, and flat grant formulas. Poor funding can lead to teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, supply shortages, and affect students. The document questions if schools could host fundraisers like sled-a-thons or basketball tournaments to raise extra money.

1. Costs $10 ½ million to run for a year But Illinois is 49 th in nation for state funding? So I wondered where exactly does the funding come from?

3. Three formulas Foundation Alternative Flat Grant

4. Next Question: What are the affects of poor funding on the schools? Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological midles of human development. In International encyclopedia of education, (Vol. 2, 2 nd Ed.) Oxford: Elsevier.

5. Teacher Shortage Brohpy, J (2010). Goal Theory, Chapter 4. Motivating students to learn. New York: Routledge Urban Schools: The Challenge of Location and Poverty http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/96184all.pdf

6. Over-crowded Classrooms

7. Supply Shortage

8. Students Garcia Coll, C., & Szalacha, L.,A.(2004). The multiple contexts of middle childhood. The future of children, 14(2), Children of imiigran families, 81-97.

9. So is there other fundraisers that schools could host to help raise extra funds?

10. Sled-a-thon

11. 3-on-3 basketball tournament

12. Still Questions…

13. Other sources… Fund-raising.com Idea Bank. Web site: www.fund-raising.com/ideabank.html Fundraising for Sport and Recreation by William F. Steer, Jr., Human kinetics publishers, Champaign, IL., 1993. Echrich. (2006) Public School Funding in Illinois. my.ilstu.edu/~lteckri/Public SchoolFunding In Illinois 2.doc Wiki-ED http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/School_Funding