Many districts are able to receive additional funds from the state due to their high concentrations of students with special needs, economically disadvantaged, bilingual, career education students and gifted and talented students. These groups make up the students considered in Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA). Upon analysis of the data provided by our professors, the school finance provided by state and local governments varies depending on student populations and sub-groups within the district. From the samples the Economically Disadvantaged enrollment is higher for District 1 than it is for District 2 based on compensatory education allotment. WADA is therefore affected by the special populations which require additional state funds to provide equitable instructional programs for students at District 1 schools based on the data below. Due to the special populations District 1 has the lower ADA, but a higher WADA as reflected below:
* The ADA adjusted for decline: 3893.754 D1 and 4032.93 D2
* WADA 5555.81 D1 and 4794.07 D2.
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