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Direct linkMoore, Glenn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose and Method of Study. The primary purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze the relationship between school district expenditures and student academic achievement in 102 public elementary school districts in the state of Oklahoma. The secondary purpose was to investigate the relationship between school district expenditures and…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Public Schools
Werner, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation presents a historical case study of the Egg Harbor Township School District bond referendum that passed with an exceptionally high 92 percent of votes in January 2005. The methodology used in this study resulted in both an examination of the components of the New Jersey Public School District bond referendum process as well as an…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Educational History, Primary Education
Kraus, Brian W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze opinions of selected school district stakeholders regarding potentially critical factors in school bond referendum success and failure in Kansas during the years 2004-2007. Of the 72 eligible school districts, one district was randomly selected from each of six groups formed through a stratified random…
Descriptors: Opinions, Elections, Public Relations, Bond Issues
Peer reviewedJohnson, Paul A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2009
Often superintendents and boards of education employ an expert-based, school-centered, "decide and defend" decision making approach when dealing with critical school district issues. In the case presented here, involving what to do with an historic school building, it is an approach that did not yield the result the superintendent or board of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, School Community Relationship, Instructional Leadership, School Districts
Download full textHolt, Carleton R.; Wendt, Matthew A,; Smith, Roland M. – Rural Educator, 2006
Following two-failed school bond issues in 1995 and 1998, one mid-sized rural school district organized an effort that led to two successful school bond elections in 2001 and 2003. The school district's strategic plan mirrored many of the recommendations for successful bond referendums published in School Bond Success: A Strategy for Building…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Rural Schools, Elections, Bond Issues
Simpson, Lawrence R. – 1967
In this handbook of suggestions for operating an educational program in school districts organized under Kansas School Unification Acts I, II and III, much of the material is an attempt to relate Kansas School law to local school operation. Chapters are concerned with the historical background of school district organization in Kansas,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Educational Finance
Piele, Philip K.; Johnson, Margaret M. – 1981
While the number of cases dealing with school property issues was significantly lower than in previous years, a significant number of cases involving the detachment and attachment of land to school districts arose. Eight of the eleven cases dealing with land detachment come from Illinois. The cases concerned requests from parents that their…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Contracts, Court Litigation
Crosby, Bobby L. – 1988
This paper discusses five scenarios that have had an impact on school finance in the state of South Carolina during recent years. These scenarios include (1) the Education Finance Act of 1977 (EFA); (2) the Education Improvement Act of 1984 (EIA); (3) the issue of fiscal independence; (4) school fees; and (5) school bonds. The EFA was designed to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Change Strategies, Educational Benefits
Viles, N. E. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
This bulletin is designed as an outline to direct the attention of local officials to various features and steps meriting attention in planning and carrying out a school-plant construction program. Planning, administration, and construction practices and procedures may vary with buildings of different sizes or types of construction or with those…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, School Buildings, School Construction
