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Peer reviewedBrown, Stephen I. – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
The supreme courts of Montana, New Jersey, and Texas have overturned their respective educational finance systems. Provides analyses of the three cases and a discussion of the implications for other states. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBuchanan, Wayne; Verstegen, Deborah A. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Discusses the Montana Supreme Court's declaration that the Montana system of financing education was unconstitutional as it relates to emerging legal principles drawn from federal school finance court challenges. Speculates on future directions in state education finance equity litigation. (54 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Court Role, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
State higher education-related referenda and 1986 voter response are listed concerning compensation of state employees, facility improvement, bond issues, English as the official state language, taxes and tax policy, lotteries for financing education, state trust funds for education funding, and governing boards. (MSE)
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Constitutional Law, Educational Finance, Elections
Download full textNational Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 2003
This report describes a study aimed to help education advocates protect public schools and services from the effects of certain types of economic development subsidies. These subsidies include cutting companies' property taxes and granting long-term diversions of certain districts' property taxes to corporations making investment in those…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Corporations, Economics of Education, Educational Finance
Schwinden, Ted – 1993
In response to a Montana School Boards Association (MSBA) resolution, this report develops alternatives and recommendations on school district reorganization for submission to the Montana state legislature. The first section examines the history of school district establishment and consolidation in Montana, and points out public opposition to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Peer reviewedThro, William E. – Journal of Law and Education, 1990
In 1989, the supreme courts of Montana, Kentucky, and Texas declared their respective school finance systems unconstitutional. Explores why these cases represent a major change in litigation and will prompt a third wave of school finance reform litigation. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Baker, Jeffrey D. – 1995
This paper addresses challenges faced by the Montana University System in meeting the educational demands of a new knowledge age. The paper is organized into two sections; the first considers six factors that lay a foundation for four policy issues addressed in the second part. The six issues discussed in Part 1 include: (1) financial…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Assessment, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
