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Rist, Marilee C.; Downey, Gregg W. – American School Board Journal, 1985
The administration's proposal to end state and local tax deductions could cost public schools $24 billion in funding cuts and has far reaching ramifications for public education. Projections of state-by-state losses are presented as well as projections of tax liability increases to individuals and businesses. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Property Taxes
Spencer, Charles L., Jr. – 1983
This document examines various ways for school districts to inform taxpayers about positive educational programs in order to convince them that a particular public school system is worth the investment. A school district needs to create good public relations in order to "sell" taxpayers on an educational program. Thus educators must show that they…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Support
Odden, Allan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Argues that standards-based education reform has shifted the focus of school finance from equity to adequacy. Requires an explicit connection between the funding provided to schools and the results produced in terms of student learning. (Contains 19 references.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance)
Lingenfelter, Paul E. – Business Officer, 1983
The analytical problems faced by gross interstate comparisons of higher education funding are reviewed, the overall usefulness to decision-makers of interstate comparisons, and other approaches to comparative analysis are considered. It is claimed that the usefulness of gross interstate comparisons is limited, since both technical and structural…
Descriptors: College Planning, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Expenditures
Woodside, William S. – 1985
School-business partnerships are flourishing across the country, but many schools and students are not being reached by these efforts. It is time now to look beyond the individual partnership programs and focus on systemwide issues in order to make the vast and fundamental improvements needed in public schools. Some corporate communities are…
Descriptors: Business, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEarthman, Glen I. – Journal of Education Finance, 1984
Reviews factors that could influence planning for the provision of educational facilities in the foreseeable future: new enrollment projections, the need to address deferred maintenance problems, recent educational reform efforts, the needs of new programs, recent tax limitation measures, court action, and new approaches to raising funds. (PGD)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Costs, Court Litigation, Deferred Maintenance
McGee, Jerry C.; Krajewski, Robert J. – 1982
Since 1977, school budgetary problems have been created by a decline in state and federal tax revenues combined with a greater demand for services and declining student enrollment. The serious erosion in the fiscal health of the 50 states over the last few years means that competition for tax dollars will increase, leaving government with the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness
