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Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding

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Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding

19 February 2018

Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding

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Description:

This report provides a framework for understanding the structure of funding systems of primary and general secondary education. It delivers an analysis of authority levels involved and the methods and criteria used for determining the level of resources for financing school education. It covers 27 of the 28 EU Member States as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Türkiye. The authority levels involved in the transfers and provision of school funding is inextricably linked to the political and administrative set-up in individual countries themselves. With the help of national diagrams on funding flows, the report explains the different mechanisms, methods and priorities when it comes to funding staff, operational goods and services and capital goods.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Authorities Involved In Funding Schools

Chapter 2: Methods Used to Establish the Level of Resources Needed

Chapter 3: Criteria Taken Into Account in Determining the Level of School Resources

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