School Business Administration develops a rationale for how school business administration functions and describes that role in current practice. This text maintains that the purpose of school business administration is to contribute to instructional effectiveness by helping key decision-makers use financial resources to maximize the achievement of educational goals. It views school business administration as a collaborative enterprise and takes a positive, proactive approach to the contemporary problems and issues facing education today. Throughout, the text describes and applies new management concepts to school business administration and continually links concepts to practice using “real world” examples.