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Peer reviewedBerke, Joel S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The position is presented that state funding of public education would provide greater equality in the allocation of educational resources within each state; provide a broader, more reliable, and expansive revenue base; and revitalize local influence in educational policy. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Financial Policy, Full State Funding
Peer reviewedGuthrie, James W. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The position is presented that local property taxes provide a stable source of income during periods of economic downturn and that state taxes and disbursements for education are less likely to receive popular support. (CTM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Full State Funding, Political Issues, Property Taxes
Peer reviewedGibson, John T. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 1980
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)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Full State Funding
Peer reviewedWickert, Donald – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
This article reviews the current status of school finance in California in the aftermath of Proposition 13 and the Serrano v. Priest decision (which required determination of school funding on some basis other than district property wealth). Specific trends and directions regarding reform issues of the future are identified. (TE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Bird, R. M.; Slack, N. E. – 1978
A review of the property tax system of financing education in Ontario provides historical background for the consideration of alternative approaches to reform. The problem of declining enrollment lends a sense of immediacy to the discussion. The present system of finance is found to be unsatisfactory because of inequities in property assessment…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Ambrosie, Frank – School Business Affairs, 1983
Discusses alternative sources for school funding to replace the traditional heavy reliance on local property taxes and addresses the problem of financial inequity between school districts. Proposes complete state financing of all school districts and an increased state income tax as possible alternatives to local property tax-based school funding.…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Full State Funding
Cameron, David M. – 1978
This paper seeks a plan for financing education in Ontario that minimizes the disruptive effects of declining enrollment and changing enrollment patterns, is sensitive to the limitation of resources, and provides clear channels of authority and responsibility between citizen and policy maker. The author considers the alternatives for placing the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
