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Hoyt, William H.; Jepsen, Christopher; Troske, Kenneth R. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2008
The passage of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) in 1990 had a dramatic impact on the funding of primary and secondary education in the state. The amount of money spent on education increased significantly with the passage of KERA with districts in rural areas of the state experiencing the largest growth in spending (Hoyt, 1999). This has…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Finance, Educational Change, Rural Urban Differences
Warner, Paul D.; And Others – 1976
Information derived from a mailed questionnaire sent to a proportionate random sample of 5,500 Kentucky licensed drivers was used to determine opinions regarding the seriousness of community problems and desired levels of government expenditures for these problem areas. Eleven community problem areas were ranked by respondents as follows:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Community Problems, Educational Finance
Roeder, Phillip W. – 2002
An updated study of Kentucky school district performance since the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) added 4 years of accountability data; compared the performance of various districts; and explored district financial and teaching resources and their impacts on performance. After the initial years of change…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)