Higher education is seen as a privilege, not a right. Issues to be considered by trustees include: tenure, contracts in lieu of tenure, accreditation, territorial poaching, and financing of colleges and universities. Educational agencies or institutions that depend on the public's dollar must deliver what they promise and meet standards. (MLW)

A large portion of the general public, including senior citizens, feels disconnected from local schools. Some seniors see little reason to support tax increases to provide public education's programs and services. Highland Park Learning Center, in Roanoke City, Virginia, has brought retirees back with an innovative program that teaches basic…

The Kalamazoo Public Library recently won an election that increased local library tax support from 2.8074 mills to 4 mills. Knowing why the election was being held, when information on the issue(s) would be communicated to voters, and how the information would be disseminated contributed to its success. The funding provides for renovations, a new…

Brent's examination of the nonresidential expanded tax base (ETB) approach seriously understates the potential equity gains from a carefully designed nonresidential ETB. Practical and political hurdles to adoption of a nonresidential ETB are discussed. An algebraic implementation of a redistribution system is presented that generates significant…

lllinois's school finance reform goals may be achieved by providing property tax relief and increasing state funding out of income tax receipts, relying primarily on the state's growth dividend. Distributing the largesse of growth to poor districts over time minimizes richer citizens' sense of fiscal loss, making reform more politically palatable.…

Examines the growing age-race stratification of society, especially in California. Asserts that the future taxpayers of tommorow--disproportionate numbers of young Latinos and other minorities--must be educated and trained at levels that will enable them to support the growing population of older adults. (GC)

This report updates developments relating to public school finance legislation in Texas during a special summer legislative session in 1984. Discussion focuses on House Bill 72, which increased teachers salaries, distributed state aid more equitably, increased equalization aid, mandated new programs, and increased state taxes. (TE)

Argues that although moderate Federal deregulation of education may be beneficial, there is a risk that more radical forms of deregulation, such as the diversion of tax revenues to nonpublic schools, is likely to diminish social cohesion in general and equal educational opportunity in particular. (Author/GC)

A study examined the methods used by several California school districts to respond to educational retrenchment. Results showed that, while respondents had difficulty separating recent educational legislaton from other aspects of retrenchment, they agreed that there was no way to produce better results in education with a reduction in resources.…

The author examines sources of taxpayer discontent with property taxes and with public education. He proposes full state funding as a solution to education's financial dilemma. (Author/SJL)

The author proposes a tax target plan by which taxpayers could earmark their payments to the local public school of their choice. Several levels of this plan are described and feasibility and costs discussed. (SJL)

Notes that President Clinton's final budget provides $94 billion of tax relief for American families. Discusses the education tax credit, including the Hope Scholarship and Pell Grant awards; children's health insurance coverage, aimed primarily at low-income children; the child tax credit, aimed at working families; and the capital gains tax cut,…

The statistics presented in this report were compiled from the annual statistical report forms sent to all North Dakota public libraries by the State Library Commission. Summaries are presented for the eight library regions of the state and for each public library within the regions. For individual libraries data includes population served; income…

Mill's and Berlin's views on liberty are examined within a philosophic review of choice in education and the disestablishment of the monopolistic public school system. The discussion relates to a 1977 British Columbia law on tax support to nonpublic schools. (SJL)

Reviews major issues surrounding funding of Nebraska's public schools and presents an alternative funding system sustaining the goals of local control, tax equity, and flexibility for program quality. The new formula would add an economic factor to the weighting of pupils and alow local tax flexibility for districts losing state funding. (MLH)