Impact of Devolution Policy on School Budget

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22257
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kyushu Kyoritsu University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Kanta 九州共立大学, 経済学部, 講師 (80881383)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 学校運営費 / 学校予算 / 権限移譲

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to depict the impact of delegating authority over school budgets by analyzing its actual implementation. As a result of these efforts, an analysis of cases involving budget delegation to schools in City S was conducted, providing an overview of the introduction and implementation status of the "proposal-based" approach. Furthermore, it was observed that providing each school with the opportunity to make budget requests as an outcome of these efforts contributes to the examination of the school's own challenges during the process of developing management plans and facilitates goal setting based on the results, thereby enhancing the quality of the management plans to a certain extent. On the other hand, it became evident that involving diverse stakeholders such as children, parents, and local residents, apart from the teaching staff, in the generation of ideas within schools is a challenge.

Free Research Field

教育行政学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

当該研究では、公費と私費によって成り立つ学校運営費の構造や関連する論点を先行研究における知見を整理しながら解明している。学校運営費は、日本国憲法が理念とする義務教育の無償性に関わる対象であり、当該研究の成果は、その議論の深化に向けた学術的・社会的意義を有するものと考える。