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Figure 2. Aggregate Fund Balance for All Michigan School Districts (2012$)
Sources: Michigan Center for Education Performance and Information; U.S. Department of Commerce, GDP price
deflator for state and local government purchases.
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
20
09
20
10
20
11
20
12
20
13
x $1,
000,
000
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Figure 3. Fund Balance as Percent of General Fund Revenues by School District Racial
Composition, % Black.
Note: Composition of district groups is fixed over time period displayed in figure. District racial composition is
derived by %Black in (1995 + 2004 + 2013) /3.
9%
17%
12%
11% 10%
9%
6%
5%
2%
-4%
-9%
-12%
-15%
-20%
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
20
09
20
10
20
11
20
12
0-.9%
1-4.9%
5-19.9%
20-39.9%
40-100%
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Table 2. Michigan School Districts with Deficit General Fund Balances, 1995-2013
Number of Districts
1995-
2004
2005-
2013
% of total
after 2005
In deficit at least:
(need not be consecutive years)
1 year
33
77
70.0%
2 years
22
56
71.8%
3 years
14
40
74.0%
4 years
9
31
77.5%
>4 years
6
27
79.4%
With deficits at least:
5% of general fund revenue
41
157
79.3%
10% of general fund revenue
17
102
85.7%
20% of general fund revenue
5
41
89.1%
Source: Michigan Center for Education Performance and Information
http://www.michigan.gov/cepi/0,4546,7-113-21423_35782_49874---,00.html
Districts with deficits for more years or higher percentages of revenue are included in the prior
(smaller) amounts. So districts in deficit for 2 years are also included among districts in deficit
for 1 year.
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Table 3. Description of Variables
Variable
Description
Obs.
Mean
Std. Dev.
FB
Fund balance per pupil
10484
1618
4383
Foundation
Per-pupil foundation
11049
6753
1179
Nonfoundation
Nonfoundation revenue per pupil
10489
862
2134
Enrollment
Full-time equivalent student
enrollment
10489
2901
6781
% Charter
% of students residing in a district
who attend charter schools
6576
2.39
4.60
% Net_IDC
Net gain or loss of students to
Inter-district school choice as % of
students residing in a district
6576
2.56
43.36
% Black
% of students who are black
10483
6.13
15.39
% FRL
% of students eligible for free and
reduced-priced lunch
9937
35.79
19.75
% Spec Ed
% of students who receive special
education services
9939
12.05
4.22
Teacher_Salary Average teacher salary ($)
10485
50164
9946
% Health
% of spending devoted to
employee health insurance
9905
10.86
2.98
P/T ratio
Average pupil-teacher ratio
10485
20.82
3.76
% Admin
% of spending devoted to
administration
9850
5.79
3.14
% Purchases
% of spending devoted to
contracted or purchased services
9935
6.35
4.22
Note: The descriptive statistics are based on data from year 1995 to 2012, with the exception of the two
school
choice variables (% Charter and % Net_IDC), which are only available for the years 2001 to 2012.
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Table 4. Fixed Effects Estimates of School District Fund Balances
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Model 6
Foundation
.376**
(.03)
.37**
(.03)
.363**
(.032)
.4**
(.044)
.63**
(.071)
.628**
(.071)
Nonfoundation
.283**
(.091)
.285**
(.092)
.266*
(.107)
.209+
(.107)
.3**
(.104)
.298**
(.105)
Enrollment
.034**
(.011)
.019*
(.008)
.027**
(.009)
.03**
(.008)
.031**
(.008)
% Charter
-60.329*
(24.068)
-50.571*
(25.275)
-47.684+
(25.265)
-43.35+
(24.475)
% Net_IDC
15.297**
(5.633)
11.559*
(5.575)
10.451*
(5.134)
10.195*
(5.039)
% FRL
6.368+
(3.422)
6.091+
(3.643)
6.828+
(3.583)
% SpecEd
-45.881**
(15.262)
-43.055**
(14.992)
-43.51**
(14.934)
Teachere_Salary
-.029**
(.006)
-.029**
(.006)
% Health
-36.141+
(19.051)
-36.494+
(19.11)
P/T ratio
79.335**
(15.496)
80.978**
(15.646)
% Admin
-111.557**
(34.058)
-112.996**
(33.801)
% Purchases
6.388
(7.144)
5.851
(7.256)
% Black
-9.975
(11.706)
Constant
-2077.45**
(286.051)
-2139.45**
(287.007)
-1847.13**
(342.147)
-1790.56**
(579.059)
-2734.32**
(781.056)
-2684.51**
(784.111)
N
9856
9856
6217
5702
5695
5695
R-squared
0.14
0.15
0.2
0.21
0.26
0.26
Huber-White robust standard errors are in parentheses.
+
p <0.10,
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01
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Table 5. Fixed Effects Models: District Fund Balance Models with Alternative Charter
Penetration Thresholds
%
Charter
>5%
>10%
>15%
>20%
>25%
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Foundation
.624**
(.067)
.613**
(.066)
.609**
(.066)
.592**
(.065)
.606**
(.066)
Nonfoundation
.292**
(.103)
.287**
(.103)
.289**
(.103)
.292**
(.103)
.293**
(.103)
Enrollment
.034**
(.007)
.021**
(.008)
.011
(.01)
-.006
(.011)
-.001
(.012)
% Charter
-77.167**
(29.163)
-182.479**
(66.496)
-306.114**
(104.901)
-538.472**
(119.386)
-676.429**
(180.463)
% Net_IDC
9.737*
(4.738)
10.067*
(4.501)
11.552**
(4.358)
12.936**
(4.208)
13.267**
(4.111)
% FRL
6.191+
(3.615)
4.569
(3.437)
3.415
(3.391)
2.347
(3.448)
2.794
(3.466)
% Spec Ed
-48.956**
(16.674)
-49.483**
(16.433)
-50.138**
(16.068)
-49.663**
(14.738)
-49.081**
(14.291)
Teacher_Salary
-.03**
(.006)
-.029**
(.006)
-.028**
(.006)
-.026**
(.005)
-.027**
(.005)
% Health
-38.791*
(18.871)
-38.5*
(18.045)
-34.011+
(18.694)
-33.105+
(18.874)
-38.034*
(18.805)
P/T ratio
81.33**
(16.231)
79.993**
(15.908)
78.348**
(15.556)
74.233**
(14.505)
75.931**
(14.329)
% Admin
-114.6**
(33.807)
-110.443**
(33.828)
-106.317**
(34.162)
-100.657**
(34.624)
-108.078**
(33.988)
% Purchases
7.345
(7.126)
7.922
(6.836)
8.483
(6.727)
8.995
(6.711)
7.77
(6.732)
Constant
-2598.77**
(692.254)
-2463.74**
(664.068)
-2467.46**
(697.082)
-2337.54**
(713.286)
-2391.54**
(736.379)
n
5695
5695
5695
5695
5695
R-squared
0.255
0.268
0.277
0.295
0.289
Huber-White robust standard errors are in parentheses.
+
p <0.10,
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01
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Table 6. Fixed Effects Estimates of Determinants of Special Education Enrollment as % of
District Enrollment
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
% Charter
.119**
(.02)
.115**
(.021)
.114**
(.022)
.114**
(.022)
.107**
(.023)
% FRL
.003
(.005)
.003
(.006)
.003
(.006)
.003
(.006)
% Black
.002
(.015)
.002
(.014)
.003
(.015)
% Net_IDC
-.009
(.009)
-.009
(.009)
Enrollment
-0.000**
(0.000)
Constant
13.099**
(.048)
12.978**
(.205)
12.972**
(.208)
12.981**
(.207)
13.081**
(.212)
n
5702
5702
5702
5702
5702
R-squared
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
Huber-White robust standard errors are in parentheses.
+
p <0.10,
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01
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Table 7. School Districts with State Intervention
Detroit
Highland
Park
Muskegon
Heights
Inkster
Buena
Vista
Pontiac
State
Intervention year
2009
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
Intervention type
EM
EM
(EMO
managed
EM
(EMO
managed)
Dissolved Dissolved
Consent
agreement
Demographics (2012)
% Black
84.0
94.6
89.9
96.9
90.5
59.7
15.4
% FRL
81.6
81.8
88.2
88.3
95.0
75.6
46.3
% Spec Ed
16.9
19.0
18.5
12.1
24.8
16.7
13.6
Enrollment
67,969
1,024
1,425
2,680
637
5,685 1,440,995
% Change
enrollment
2002-2012
-58.3
-76.8%
-40.6
64.8
-55.5
-51.7
-13.5
% Charter
38.7
49.1
13.1
27.6
11.8
32.0
8.3
Financial (2002-2012)
% Change GF
revenue (nominal)
-17.4
-56.6
-33.9
67.2
-36.5
-33.3
4.7
% Change GF
revenue (real)
-44.1
-69.6
-54.8
15.4
-55.8
-53.5
-27.5
FB as % of GF
Revenue in
intervention year
-11.8
-75.2
-51.5
-4.5
-10.7
-86.7
Consecutive years
in deficit at time
of intervention
1
4
7
7
2
5
Sources: Michigan Department of Treasury (http://www.michigan.gov/treasury/0,1607,7-121-1751_51556-201116--
,00.html);
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Table 8. Comparison of Financially Troubled Districts in Which the State
Did and Did Not Intervene
Districts in which
state intervened
Districts with
FB < 0 for 2
consecutive years,
but no intervention
Variable
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
t-value
Demographics
% Black
85.95
13.60
39.96
6.18
-3.41 **
% FRL
85.09
6.80
66.95
19.72
-2.20 *
% Charter
28.73
14.52
11.22
10.37
-3.50 **
Financial
% FB/Revenue
-40.46
26.78
-14.36
9.83
4.33 ***
Years in deficit
4.67
.72
4.25
.37
-.48
3-year deficit
trend
-26.79
11.60
-9.86
11.43
2.45 *
Observations
6
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*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01,
***
p <0.001