Spending in Lean Times: School-Level Budget Allocations During the Great Recession in Texas

Pendola, Andrew

doi:10.1080/0161956x.2022.2109913

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“…These results change slightly, depending on teachers’ experience, quality, and content; in Los Angeles Unified School District, experienced teachers were more likely to switch schools within the district (Goldhaber et al, 2016). Pendola’s (2022) study of Texas schools shows the varied ways in which schools reapportioned their spending during the Great Recession: High-poverty schools redirected their limited funds from general support to targeted group support (e.g., special education), whereas lower-poverty schools tended to move money toward general support via their regular patterns of spending. Taken together, these studies suggest no consistent pattern regarding the turnover behaviors of teachers, and uncertainty remains regarding the degree to which the Great Recession instigated either turnover or retention among Texas educators.…”

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Unintended Consequences of Expanding Teacher Preparation Pathways: Does Alternative Licensure Attenuate New Teacher Pay?

Guthery

Bailes

2023

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Texas reduced new teacher preparation requirements in 2001 to allow more alternate paths to licensure. Within 5 years, this policy change resulted in more than half of the state’s new teachers being alternatively licensed. Using a series of first difference models, this study examines the relationship between the increased supply of new teachers in Texas and new teacher salaries prior to the policy change and in the 15 years thereafter. We find that the policy change did increase the supply of new teachers via alternative licensing, but pay for new EC-6 teachers declined by 2%–13% with differential effects based on the rate at which districts hired alternatively licensed teachers.

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confidence: 99%