School Finance: A Policy Perspective, prepares education leaders and school administrators to effectively use education dollars in a way that supports student learning and success.  This essential text provides an evidence-based model for financing the resources, programs, and services needed in K-12 schools with an eye on the issues and challenges faced by those at the policy level in school districts and states.  Readers can also access a web-based school finance simulation tool to generate reports about their school or district based on available staffing and resources data, analyze the nature of school finance problems, and simulate the effects of different school finance structures.