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Peer reviewedBoyd, William Lowe – Education and Urban Society, 1979
Data from a study of eight Chicago suburban elementary school districts are used in this paper to assess the impact that declining enrollments and funds have had on the educational policies of suburban school districts. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Declining Enrollment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Illinois State General Assembly, Springfield. – 1989
This edition of the Illinois school reform law includes revisions made during the recent legislative session. The text covers every aspect of organization and administration, including finance, hiring and firing, state aid allocation, teacher training and evaluation, pupil lunches, curriculum design, educational objectives, performance audits,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Administration, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedLows, Raymond L. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Data concerning state-local systems of financing public education in Illinois reveal inequities across districts of different types as well as between districts of the same type. The procedure should be of value in appraising school finance inequities in states with diverse patterns of school district organization. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Jones, Scott – 1985
Conclusions reached by the Illinois State Board of Education Study, released in May 1985, that small schools are inferior and inefficient, that Illinois has too many schools, and that over half its schools should be closed seem to be an educational step backward. Without linking the two concepts, the study implies that school consolidation will…
Descriptors: Community Control, Consolidated Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Philosophy
Download full textGovernor's Commission on Schools, Springfield, IL. – 1973
This report contains a history of school district organization in Illinois, a statistical profile of Illinois education today, a survey of selected districts offering quality education, and an agenda for change. Findings indicate that, of the measurable factors affecting the quality of local educational opportunity, district size is most critical.…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. – 1972
Six regional Illinois public hearings, involving Illinois educators, students, parents, and community organizations, were held during the summer of 1971, and resulted in a wealth of information and testimony about Illinois education. Subsequently, a draft document specifying priority goals for state education was compiled and circulated to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Muller, Jane, Ed. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Background data pertaining to postsecondary education in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are presented as part of a seminar on statewide concerns about the future of public higher education, which was part of an inservice education program. For each state the following is included: demographic and fiscal information, a description of the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Curriculum, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
