Looks at latest developments in State and Federal legislation and court litigation with regard to public aid to nonpublic schools. (LN)

Discusses the effect of recent court decisions on the role of the state in school support. (JF)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) has developed a plan for a massive rearrangement of financial responsibilities among Federal, State, and local governments. (Author)

Kansas and the Federal Government are debating whether or not federal impact aid for a school district should be deducted in some way from the formula that determines how much State aid that district properly should receive. (Author/DN)

By challenging the security of bureaucratic fiefdoms, the functionalists are put on the defensive. (Author/JN)

The Federal Government's current attitude toward public education is not conducive to adequate funding for education or to efficient expenditure of those monies which it provides. More important, it is a barrier to the orderly delivery of educational services and shortchanges both school children and taxpayers. (Author/JN)

Discusses the background and issues involved in the Tilton v. Finch case in Connecticut's U.S. District Court. (MK)

Argues that the best defense against increasing federal inroads on state educational policy-making is a strong showing of state and local initiative on educational issues and in increased effort by state governments to influence educational legislation at the federal level. (JG)

Revenue sharing is not a matter of the States asking the federal government to solve their problems. (Author/JN)

Discusses the implication of recent court cases on federal and state funding of education. (JF)