This paper discusses selected techniques for measuring equity in a state school finance system and focuses on the distribution of fiscal outcomes among school districts in Pennsylvania. Measures of dispersion, measures of relationship, and winners-losers ratios are demonstrated with data from a small sample of school districts. Data from a…

Reviews major issues surrounding funding of Nebraska's public schools and presents an alternative funding system sustaining the goals of local control, tax equity, and flexibility for program quality. The new formula would add an economic factor to the weighting of pupils and alow local tax flexibility for districts losing state funding. (MLH)

School-finance equity is deceivingly complex. Equity necessitates fair and just treatment, which might actually require unequal treatment of some individuals or groups. State governments face a tremendous challenge in developing school-finance systems that result in equity for children. Obstacles include finding the correct mix of taxes to…

The President of the United States uses the occasion of National School Modernization Day to offer brief remarks on the American economy and his administration's plans for improving educational facilities for the nation's children. He mentions the administration's first ever initiative at the national level to build, repair, or modernize 5,000…

Designed to encourage and inform community college efforts to obtain financial support from corporations and foundations, this report assesses the current status of corporate and foundation giving to two-year colleges and identifies organizations that accept funding proposals from community colleges. After stressing the need to diversify financial…

Demonstrates local government's use of alternative forecasting techniques in school planning and retrenchment. Argues that forecasting is an art blending academic and political concerns. While statistical techniques and historical data are useful forecasting tools, the most significant influence should be school officials' plans and preferences.…

Examines trends in financial aid funding and the impact of current funding levels. Suggests that community colleges consider local sources of financial aid funding, such as business and industry, community organizations, foundations, unions, interested citizens, and alumni. Discusses alternatives to expanded aid. (AYC)

Discusses the operation of auxiliary enterprises (i.e., college-owned and operated satellite business operations); service departments (i.e., college units that provide specialized services to other college units); and other revenue-producing units at community colleges. Suggests effective management and operational practices. Discusses the…

Student activities were overlooked in the recent national reports on education indicating the possibility that they are not considered significant. Provides a seven-step agenda for ensuring that such programs retain their position in the schools. (MD)

Describes an interactive television educational delivery system connecting three small schools in rural Iowa. (MD)

Outlines the results of a survey of seven school dictricts whose tax referenda failed. Includes a list of 40 reasons why districts lose in tax votes. (MD)

Reviews three recent Supreme Court decisions affecting public aid to private religious schools. The court found that all three cases violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. (MD)

In 1981 the transportation costs of an Ohio school district had increased 63 percent over a four-year period. A cost-cutting program was initiated that year, and by 1984 transportation cost increases had been cut to one percent. Includes a list of seven factors that contributed to the cost-cutting program. (MD)

Outlines ways schools can save money on curriculum materials by using teachers to develop curriculum aids. (MD)

The future of computers in education today will be similar to that of television in education 30 years ago, unless educators begin to play a major role in bringing computer technology into the schools to stay. (MD)