WGU D023 SCHOOL FINANCIAL
LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION REVIEW
2026 TESTED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is general aid?.
Answer:
⩥ ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act).
Answer: A major piece of federal legislation that provides federal
direction to education and federal funds for schools, first passed in 1965.
⩥ NCLB (ESEA).
Answer: Exerts a variety of federal controls over local schools, including
the requirement that students are tested annually in reading and
mathematics
⩥ ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act).
Answer: - Replaced no child left behind act
- Ensures opportunity for all students
⩥ IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Answer: passed in 1975; requires public schools to provide free public
education for special needs kids
,⩥ Race to the Top (2009).
Answer: Billion dollar action from the Dept of Education (Obama
Admin.) to spur innovation in K12 education. Funded by the bailout.
States awarded points for satisfying certain educational policies such as
performance based standards, promoting charter schools, privatization,
and computerization. Prompted 48 states to adopt common standards for
K12.
Criticisms: tests are an inaccurate way to measure teachers, it imposes
federal control over states
⩥ Funding formula.
Answer: Gives the school the same amount of funds for each pupil.
⩥ school choice movement.
Answer: A term describing a variety of programs designed to give
families the opportunity to choose the school their children will attend
⩥ charter schools.
Answer: public schools run by private entities to give parents greater
control over their children's education
⩥ True or False
, Charter schools are funded by public schools, through public dollars,
like a public school..
Answer: False
Charter schools are funded in a variety of means depending upon the
state they are located in, how they are chartered, and how they are
managed. Funding sources for charter schools may include, but are not
limited to, public dollars through district support, grants, loans,
donations, tuition, or federal funding.
⩥ Magnet Schools.
Answer: Public schools that focus on particular disciplines or areas, such
as fine arts or science
⩥ open enrollment in schools.
Answer: This option allows parents to send their children to a public
school within their school district. Interdistrict open enrollment allows
parents to send their children to a public school of their choice in
surrounding school districts.
⩥ education vouchers.
Answer: Also known as school vouchers, they are government
educational funds that are given directly to public school students (vs. to
the school, school district, or larger administrative body) so that students
using these vouchers may attend the schools of their choice, public or
private, instead of the public school for which they are zoned.
LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION REVIEW
2026 TESTED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is general aid?.
Answer:
⩥ ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act).
Answer: A major piece of federal legislation that provides federal
direction to education and federal funds for schools, first passed in 1965.
⩥ NCLB (ESEA).
Answer: Exerts a variety of federal controls over local schools, including
the requirement that students are tested annually in reading and
mathematics
⩥ ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act).
Answer: - Replaced no child left behind act
- Ensures opportunity for all students
⩥ IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Answer: passed in 1975; requires public schools to provide free public
education for special needs kids
,⩥ Race to the Top (2009).
Answer: Billion dollar action from the Dept of Education (Obama
Admin.) to spur innovation in K12 education. Funded by the bailout.
States awarded points for satisfying certain educational policies such as
performance based standards, promoting charter schools, privatization,
and computerization. Prompted 48 states to adopt common standards for
K12.
Criticisms: tests are an inaccurate way to measure teachers, it imposes
federal control over states
⩥ Funding formula.
Answer: Gives the school the same amount of funds for each pupil.
⩥ school choice movement.
Answer: A term describing a variety of programs designed to give
families the opportunity to choose the school their children will attend
⩥ charter schools.
Answer: public schools run by private entities to give parents greater
control over their children's education
⩥ True or False
, Charter schools are funded by public schools, through public dollars,
like a public school..
Answer: False
Charter schools are funded in a variety of means depending upon the
state they are located in, how they are chartered, and how they are
managed. Funding sources for charter schools may include, but are not
limited to, public dollars through district support, grants, loans,
donations, tuition, or federal funding.
⩥ Magnet Schools.
Answer: Public schools that focus on particular disciplines or areas, such
as fine arts or science
⩥ open enrollment in schools.
Answer: This option allows parents to send their children to a public
school within their school district. Interdistrict open enrollment allows
parents to send their children to a public school of their choice in
surrounding school districts.
⩥ education vouchers.
Answer: Also known as school vouchers, they are government
educational funds that are given directly to public school students (vs. to
the school, school district, or larger administrative body) so that students
using these vouchers may attend the schools of their choice, public or
private, instead of the public school for which they are zoned.
