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Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Advisory Committee on School Finance. – 1973
This report concentrates on the equity problem in Illinois public school finance. Central to this report is the thesis that there are three basic strategies for attacking the equity problem: make adjustments in the existing "foundation level" grant-in-aid system, abandon the "foundation" idea for a grant-in-aid system, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
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Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1992
In 1986, Illinois implemented the Children at Risk of Educational Failure preschool program. By the 1991-1992 school year, almost 25,000 children were enrolled in the program. This document reports on accessibility to, and community involvement in, the program, and instructional and evaluation practices used in the program. The section on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Breakfast Programs
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1973
An essential prerequisite to reform of present methods of financing elementary and secondary schools and the development of an equitable, adequate, and workable system of school finance is a precise understanding of how the existing system works and its impact on different school districts and population groups. This report documents the existing…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Economic Research, Educational Finance, Elementary Schools
Governor's Commission on Schools, Springfield, IL. – 1972
This report presents an analysis of Illinois' present educational finance system and makes recommendations for future legislation to improve the system. The report discusses (1) State constitutional provisions, (2) the present tax structure and alternative taxing methods, (3) proposed distribution formulas and equalization methods, (4) financing…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
Orfield, Gary; Paul, Faith G. – 1992
In response to data indicating that states having fewer post-secondary enrollees in two-year colleges had higher baccalaureate attainment, a study was undertaken to examine the possibility that a major state commitment to community colleges in response to demands for access means lower baccalaureate completion rates. The study compared Florida and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bachelors Degrees, Budgets, College Graduates
Nagle, Ami – 1995
Political changes underway at both the federal and state levels will dramatically affect public policies for children and their families in the years ahead. Drawing from over 550 budget line items in 10 state departments from 1990 to 1995, this report looks at spending on Illinois' children and families by program areas, with some specific…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Block Grants, Child Health
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