P4 Resource Availability and Funding Models

Framing of this issue:

Traditional funding model is to "allocate slices of the pie". What are alternative funding models to consider.

Problem Dimensions (ecosystem domain & boundaries):

Look at Charter Schools as an alternative model

Look at State Funding sources to determine alternatives (see also, "P2 Compensation").

Look at private investor models on a broader scale.

Look at Federal government role.

What data can we review to drive this analysis?

Who Has the Problem (supervising jurisdictions & implementation focus):

State Departments of Education  

A. Problem Statement:

B. Process Description (if applicable):

C. Actors & Behaviors (desired, undesired):

• Federal Government (role TBD)
• State Legislators (determine funding sources, eg., tax base; lottery)
• Administration (allocate from available funds)
• Taxpayers (ultimate funding source)

D. Process Model (picture(s) & flow(s) as needed):

• diagrams of flow that may be relevant to understanding or solutions for this issue? 

E. Process Rules:

• what are constraints, actual or implied? 

F. Outcomes (desired, undesired):

• Are there stakeholders seeking to "change the game" in terms of available infrastructure, i.e., not willing to accept the 'status quo' of the existing model?

G. External Context: 

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