David C. Thompson is Skeen Endowed Chair, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at Kansas State University, USA.Jeffrey Maiden is Professor of Educational Leadership, Researcher and Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of Education Finance, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

• Part I: Overview of Broad Concepts 1. Schools, Values, and Money 2. Funding Schools: A Policy Perspective 3. Basic Funding Structures 4. Funding the Education of Students with Extraordinary Needs 5. Funding Nontraditional Education Delivery Systems Part II: Operationalizing School Money 6. School Funds: Accountability, Performance, and Professionalism 7. Budget Planning 8. Budgeting for Human Resources 9. Budgeting for Instruction 10. Budgeting for Student Activities 11. Budgeting for School Infrastructure 12. Budgeting for Auxiliary Services 13. Budgeting for Legal Liability and Risk Management Part III: A View of the Future 14. Trends and the Future of School Funding

David C. Thompson is Skeen Endowed Chair, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at Kansas State University, USA.Jeffrey Maiden is Professor of Educational Leadership, Researcher and Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of Education Finance, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

• Part I: Overview of Broad Concepts 1. Schools, Values, and Money 2. Funding Schools: A Policy Perspective 3. Basic Funding Structures 4. Funding the Education of Students with Extraordinary Needs 5. Funding Nontraditional Education Delivery Systems Part II: Operationalizing School Money 6. School Funds: Accountability, Performance, and Professionalism 7. Budget Planning 8. Budgeting for Human Resources 9. Budgeting for Instruction 10. Budgeting for Student Activities 11. Budgeting for School Infrastructure 12. Budgeting for Auxiliary Services 13. Budgeting for Legal Liability and Risk Management Part III: A View of the Future 14. Trends and the Future of School Funding

David C. Thompson is Skeen Endowed Chair, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at Kansas State University, USA.Jeffrey Maiden is Professor of Educational Leadership, Researcher and Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of Education Finance, and Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Education Finance Academy at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

• Part I: Overview of Broad Concepts 1. Schools, Values, and Money 2. Funding Schools: A Policy Perspective 3. Basic Funding Structures 4. Funding the Education of Students with Extraordinary Needs 5. Funding Nontraditional Education Delivery Systems Part II: Operationalizing School Money 6. School Funds: Accountability, Performance, and Professionalism 7. Budget Planning 8. Budgeting for Human Resources 9. Budgeting for Instruction 10. Budgeting for Student Activities 11. Budgeting for School Infrastructure 12. Budgeting for Auxiliary Services 13. Budgeting for Legal Liability and Risk Management Part III: A View of the Future 14. Trends and the Future of School Funding