2015-10-022015-10-022013-09-20AMARAL, Nelson Cardoso. O financiamento da educação básica brasileira: os desafios da gestão dos poucos recursos nas escolas públicas. Polyphonía, Goiânia, v. 24, n. 1, p. 189-208, jan./jun. 2013. Disponível em: < http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/sv/article/view/34132/18022>.e- 2238-8850http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/10981v. 24, n. 1,p.189-208, jan./ jun. 2013.The study presents an analysis of the proposal for a new National Education Plan, contained in the 8.035/2010 White Paper, related to the expansion‑quality‑funding plank. It discusses five benchmarks of quality, linked to funding: those of the Ministry of Education; of the National Institute of Studies and Research; of the National Union for Municipal Education; of the Cost of Initial Quality Education per student; and, of the Organization for Economic Co‑operation and Development. Brazilian social inequality is analyzed and it can be inferred that there are limits to private sector expansion, which leads to the conclusion that Brazil needs to increase the amount of public funds invested in education as a percentage of the Gross National Product. It then presents the view of funding equivalent to 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).porAcesso AbertoFinanciamentoEducação básicaProduto interno brutofinanciamento, educação básica, produto interno bruto.FundingBasic educationGross national productfunding, basic education, gross national product.Artigo