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Ladd, Helen F., Ed.; Hansen, Janet S., Ed. – 1999
This book argues that better management of money is more important than in the past if the nation is to raise the achievement of all students. Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the book's origins and objectives. Chapter 2, "Setting the Stage," offers the goals of facilitating cost-efficient levels of achievement for all,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics
Zeigler, Harmon; Johnson, Karl F. – 1972
The allocation of education funds by State legislatures, the attitudes of legislators on educational issues, and the interaction of legislators with education lobbyists in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Utah, and Oregon were studied in an attempt to explain how educational resources are allocated in the 50 States and how legislators approach the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Economic Factors, Educational Attitudes, Educational Background
Download full textRossmiller, Richard A.; Rossmiller, Daniel M. – 1983
Cases related to school finance, in which decisions were handed down in 1982, are reviewed in this chapter. It is observed that the constitutionality of existing state school finance programs was upheld in New York, Colorado, and Georgia, and that litigation was prevalent in the areas of taxation for schools and uses of school revenue. Issues…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Rossmiller, Richard A.; Rossmiller, Daniel M. – 1980
Chapter 6 of a book on school law, this chapter deals with the financial support of schools. According to the author, the constitutionality of state support programs continued to be a major issue in school finance litigation during the past year. The number of cases involving financial aspects of programs for children with special needs increased,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Equal Education
Pierce, Lawrence C.; And Others – 1975
This book was prepared by the research staff of the special Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the Oregon legislature to examine alternative patterns of school finance reform that have been considered for adoption in Oregon. It presents analyses of a variety of school finance formulas, discusses possibilities for increasing school…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Educational Finance
King, Richard A.; Swanson, Austin D.; Sweetland, Scott R. – 2003
This third edition of this book explores traditional economic and political models and contemporary issues that affect the social, political, and economic state of schools. Like the previous two editions, this edition takes a balanced approach to understanding school finance issues by using paradigms of both the economist and the political…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
