The conference dealt with several aspects of the finance problems, such as the theoretical and technical aspects of school finance program design, the development of theory and techniques for working with legislative bodies and with the electorate on school support proposals, and the development of a sound partnership among the governmental units that share the responsibility for school support. The 18 papers which comprise this volume are grouped under four major headings. The first group of papers concern themselves primarily with an identification of the fiscal problems of today's schools. The next group of authors discuss the fiscal structure of schools. The political processes of working with State and local legislative bodies are examined next by a third group of authors. This section also includes papers that deal with an identification of the roles of teachers and school boards in this process. Two final papers outline the structure of intergovernmental fiscal cooperation. (Author/DN)