Processes and Power in School Budgeting across Four Large Urban School Districts.

Uses data from four cities (Chicago, Fort Worth, New York, and Rochester) to explore schools' budgetary and personnel discretion under school-based budgeting; how resource-allocation decisions are made; and factors influencing expenditure decisions. A school-based-budgeting process may increase stakeholder involvement and satisfaction without achieving equal influence or power. Schools' budgetary discretion seems limited. (19 footnotes) (MLH)