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NOLPE School Law Journal, 1972
Presents the full text of the Minnesota case that found the method of financing public education in that State to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equal Protection

Krupey, Joyce E.; Hopeman, Alan – Journal of Education Finance, 1983
Analyzes three post-reform years in school finance in Minnesota (1973, 1979, and 1982) by examining approaches to equity in the use of foundation revenue and foundation aid, and in the corresponding tax rates. Finds that legislative and local alterations in the original finance reforms have increased revenue disparities among districts. (JW)
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid

Mazzoni, Tim L.; Malen, Betty – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
Reviews a Minnesota study of tax concessions to private school parents and provides an analysis of the strategy of constituency mobilization. The Minnesota experience shows that a mobilized, powerful issue constituency can enforce political accountability on the bargaining process and influence educational policy. Such single issue linkages…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Education Committee. – 1984
An introduction to Minnesota's educational finance system as of school year 1983-84, this compilation describes various aid programs, defines relevant terms, and shows how funds are allocated. The first section defines the following: the Foundation Aid Program, the state's basic school financing mechanism, which includes state and local funds with…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Equalization Aid
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Education Committee. – 1984
An introduction to Minnesota's educational finance system as of school year 1984-85, this compilation describes various aid programs, defines relevant terms, and shows how funds are allocated. The first section defines the following: the Foundation Aid Program, the state's basic school financing mechanism, which includes state and local funds with…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Equalization Aid
Adams, John S.; And Others – 1995
This report is the second in a series on What the 1990 Census Says about Minnesota. A group of urban specialists gathered to examine a set of metropolitan areas that share important features that were thought to be related to central-city decline as evidenced in Minnesota's Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Six cities were identified as…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Inner City, Labor Force
Obrecht, Karl A. – 1972
The history, current issues and future potential of rural township government today were the central focus of a 1972 survey of 18 townships in 6 southwestern Minnesota counties. Survey methodology included personal interviews with both residents and township officers, mailed questionnaires, and attendance at board meetings of the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Community Control, Delivery Systems
Wiener, Steve – 1979
Soaring values of agricultural land have created inequities in funding between urban and rural school districts in Minnesota. The state's Foundation Aid to school districts is formulated so that districts of high property valuation receive less Foundation Aid than those districts with low property valuation. In recent years inflation has had…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 2003
This report describes a study aimed to help education advocates protect public schools and services from the effects of certain types of economic development subsidies. These subsidies include cutting companies' property taxes and granting long-term diversions of certain districts' property taxes to corporations making investment in those…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Corporations, Economics of Education, Educational Finance
Mazzoni, Tim L., Jr. – 1974
One of twelve case studies growing out of the Educational Governance Project, this report contains a description and an analysis of the process through which Minnesota State government establishes policy for its public elementary and secondary schools. This process is affected by many factors, such as the availability of fiscal and human…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education, Educational Finance, Educational Research

Gronseth, Marsha; And Others – 1986
The Minnesota school finance system is the method by which funds are provided for the operation of public elementary and secondary schools and public postsecondary vocational-technical institutes. This document comprises a reference guide for state legislators to the Minnesota school finance system. It begins with historical and legal background…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance)