Week+3,+Part+5

Week Three Assignment, Part 5 – Examining District Funding and Facilities
 * Funding Element || District 1 || District 2 ||
 * District Property Value || $145,968,635 || $2,916,187,709 ||
 * I&S Sinking Fund || $94,871 || $8,836,256 ||
 * Chapter 46 || $572,716 || $0 ||

Due to the significantly higher Tax Base in District 2 they have more available funds for debt/school facility management than District 1, see line one of the chart above. District 1 with a negative fund balance over $900,000 and a low property value, cannot make instructional facilities improvements because their only use of funds would be their fund balance. District 2 on the other hand, can rely on a larger fund balance to improve facilities. I would have to agree with other groups who are concluding, that the facilities in district 2 would be newer and more modern due to the fund balance surplus.