From the ECS State Policy Database: Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Issues in Funding Summer School Programs MS Word PDF - To better understand how, or if, states fund summer school programs ECS reviewed the education funding formulas of 11 states with policies supporting summer school. Of the 11 states in the study, only one did not provide any state funding stream for summer school programs. ECS found that the remaining 10 states provided funding in two distinct ways: (1) through a state’s primary funding formula; or (2) Through categorical funding. (Mike Griffith and Kyle Zinth, Education Commission of the States, April 2009)...

Maximizing Education Reform in the Stimulus Bill: Enhancing Summer Learning Programs MS Word PDF - A joint paper from the Education Commission of the States and the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University identifies how states can use summer learning programs to maximize new federal funds while also increasing their chances of receiving additional federal funding through the Race to the Top awards program. (Jeff Smink and Mike Griffith, Education Commission of the States and National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University, April 2009)...

Summer School: Unfulfilled Promise - Summer school is critical to state efforts to end social promotion and reduce retention rates, but states have provided few standards, regulations or funds for summer programs, according to this report by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The report includes seven recommended state policy actions for improving the quality of such programs. (SREB, 2002)...