Os desafios da gestão financeira nas escolas estaduais do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This Master's dissertation, conducted within the research line of Educational Processes, Language, Technology, and Inclusion, aims to understand the challenges of financial management faced by school administrators in implementing democratic management in public basic education, under the policy cycle approach, primarily based on Ball (2014) and Ball and Mainardes (2022), in a State Elementary School (EEEF) in the city of Caxias do Sul/RS. Although there are five contexts in the policy cycle, in the approach of Ball and Mainardes (2022, p. 256), only the contexts of influence, production of political text, and practice will be utilized. The scientific investigation employs a qualitative research method which, according to Bogdan and Bilken (1994), allows for a deep understanding of the social and cultural phenomena occurring in the educational environment. The qualitative research was conducted through document analysis, as it aligns with the objective of this dissertation, according to Gil (2008). The document research investigated the School Regulations, the Political-Pedagogical Project, and the Accountability Reports of the researched EEEF. The research revealed that the limited amount of money allocated for funding public basic education, the excess bureaucracy in the management of public state schools, particularly in school financial management, and consequently, the little time dedicated to improving the managerial processes of democratic school management are the financial management challenges in state schools in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, faced by school administrators in implementing democratic management in public basic education. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]