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Parrish, Thomas B.; Chambers, Jay G. – 1982
This document describes the comprehensive analytical framework for school finance used by the Illinois State Board of Education to assist policymakers in their decisions about equitable distribution of state aid and appropriate levels of resources to meet the varying educational requirements of differing student populations. This framework, the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Committees, Cost Estimates, Educational Equity (Finance)
Download full textChambers, Jay G.; Parrish, Thomas – 1982
In four chapters this monograph examines how states and the nation have defined both an adequate education and the funding level required to provide it, and suggests an approach to the issues of educational adequacy and equity. Chapter 1 defines adequacy in terms of the provision of learning services sufficient to meet a goal and argues that the…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedChambers, Jay G. – Journal of Human Resources, 1978
Based on estimates of differences in costs for school personnel and transportation in Missouri school districts, a cost-of-education index is computed, patterns of cost variation examined, and the impact of state aid allocations determined. Some conclusions are drawn as to implementing a cost index as part of school finance policy. (MF)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Cost Indexes, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkChambers, Jay G.; Perez, Maria; Esra, Phil – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2005
Within the population of students with disabilities there is a broad range of levels of expenditures. A few students with very high levels of needs can have a serious impact on the budget of an individual school district. The recent IDEA reauthorization allows state-level "local educational agency risk pools" to help distribute the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Student Needs, Educational Finance
Chambers, Jay G.; Parrish, Thomas B.; Lieberman, Joanne C.; Wolman, Jean M. – CSEF Brief, 1998
This brief summarizes data from a 1994-95 survey of the states on special education expenditures in the U.S. and analyzes other extant cost data that adjust for inflation and consider rising special education enrollments. The study estimates that the 1995-96 national expenditure for special education was about $32.6 billion (compared to $19.3…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Chambers, Jay G. – 1976
This paper formulates a comprehensive model of resource allocation in a local public school district. The theoretical framework specified could be applied equally well to any number of local public social service agencies. Section 1 develops the theoretical model describing the process of resource allocation. This involves the determination of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Resources, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
