Background information is presented for use by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges Budget and Finance Committee in developing principles for allocating state funds to community college districts in 1983-84 and in the future. First, committee tasks and objectives are outlined, and the major issues affecting the allocation of…

Part of a three-volume report on the effects of school finance reform, this volume examines reform efforts in California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, and New Mexico. Data on districts' tax rates, wealth, and number of pupils were obtained from state sources. Data on household income, percent urban, percent white, and percent poverty were obtained…

California Assembly Bill 65 (AB 65) attempts to equalize California school finance and improve school programs. The school finance portion of the bill arose as a response to the 1976 Serrano v. Priest decision in which the California Supreme Court said that the existing school finance system was unfair to both students and taxpayers. AB 65…