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Financing Public Schools In Massachusetts: Problems of the Past, the Present and the Future.

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New England School Development Council, Cambridge, MA. – 1974

This conference aimed at focusing the attention of educators, legislators, and interested citizens on the inadequacies of present methods used to finance public elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The papers presented in this document give an overview of the present problems and provide direction for the actions required to develop…

Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Elementary Schools, Equalization Aid

Why Voters Support Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.

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Ladd, Helen F.; Wilson, Julie Boatright – 1982

This paper uses data obtained by a large statewide survey of Massachusetts residents to measure the relative importance of certain motivations in influencing the overall statewide vote on Proposition 2 1/2. Proposition 2 1/2 severely restricts the ability of Massachusetts cities and towns to raise tax revenue for local services. Interviews were…

Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Community Surveys, Educational Finance