Mary Briggs

Education Policy Analyst,

California School Boards Association

Mary Briggs is an education policy analyst with the California School Boards Association.

Contributing topics

Education finance

Publications by Mary Briggs

June 2012

Deregulating School Aid in California: How Districts Responded to Flexibility in Tier 3 Categorical Funds in 2010--2011

California's system of school finance is highly regulated and prescriptive. A large share of state funding is allocated through categorical programs, that is, programs whose funding is contingent upon districts using the money in a particular way or…