Two major issues in public school finance are fund raising and fund distributing. In this paper, four school support plans are analyzed for their effects on the distribution of funds among local districts, on the distribution of the tax burden among local, State, and national bases, and on the provisions for districts to raise or lower taxes.…

Includes results of, and recommendations based on, a study of community characteristics and school district local income expenditure. (SP)

What effect would revoking the charitable deduction have on voluntary support of higher education? (Editor)

Describes the family power equalizing" plan which would permit a return to the family as the primary locus of decision within a publicly financed system of education. (Author/LR)

Tongue-in-cheek account contains 10 useful suggestions for passage of referendums. (DE)

Community colleges often rely on local taxes as an important revenue source and must occasionally seek voter approval for a local mill levy increase--a tax on property to fund a specific activity. This chapter describes strategies for planning and carrying out a campaign for securing that approval.

Trends in state higher education funding over a 20-year period from 1969 to 1989 were studied. The four analysis objectives were to: examine aggregate state tax appropriations for higher education annually from 1969 to 1989 in the 50 states; analyze state tax appropriations in each state on a per capita basis; compare state tax appropriations per…

In this circular, school expenses are compared with the total expense for maintenance and operation of general governmental departments in 75 cities and towns of over 50,000 population that include school systems in city government costs. Data, tabulated by city, include: (1) Total payments for major functions; (2) total payments for schools; (3)…

Defines the value-added tax and examines it in light of equity, economic effects, cost of administration, and stability and yield. Compares the tax with the property tax and suggests alternative ways in which States and the Federal Government may participate in the financing of education. (DN)

Examines the dispersion of assessed valuation per pupil in Illinois and evaluates some proposals that might reduce this dispersion. The major proposal considered by the author is removal of industrial and commercial property (I & C) from local rolls. The conclusion is drawn that removing I & C from the property tax base has little or no…