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Download full textWeber, Bruce A. – 1989
This publication describes Oregon's current school funding system, and provides some criteria for evaluating alternatives that address issues of equity, balance, and stability. Oregon's school funding system depends primarily on local property taxes (57%) and a state aid program (22%) funded mainly by an income tax. This system permits a great…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Living with Oregon's Measure 5: The Costs of Property Tax Relief in Two Suburban Elementary Schools.
Smith, Gregory A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Studies the deleterious effects of Oregon's Measure 5 (a property relief measure) on two suburban elementary schools in Oregon City and West Linn. In both Oregon and California, a shift away from property taxes has not been accompanied by the development of adequate funding from other sources. Our growing willingness to provide for children's…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Class Size, Community Support, Crowding
Peer reviewedO'Toole, Daniel; Stipak, Brian – Journal of Education Finance, 2000
Passage of a 1990 tax limitation measure made Oregon one of few states since 1978 to mandate reductions in local property taxes. A survey of Oregon school superintendents revealed their fears about reduced local discretion and use of revenue management/forecasting tools and rational, goal-oriented cutback approaches. (Contains 36 footnotes.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
