Education in Great Britain has been receiving a diminishing share of the financial cake since the inception of the Rate Support Grant system and, particularly, since the introduction of post-Bains Local Authority structures. (Author/IRT)

This issue memorandum describes Constitutional Amendment A, an initiative in South Dakota that, if approved, would prohibit taxation of real property for school purposes. The report provides background information on Constitutional Amendment A, which reads as follows: "The legislature shall make such provision by general taxation as with the…

First of a series; provides an examination of public education's current financial plight and offers seven immediate reforms. (Author)

Discusses the Serrano vs Priest decision that ruled against the use of property taxes for support of schools in California. (JF)

Education can no longer rely on local property taxes and a patchwork of State aid programs, but must push for complete state financing. (RA)

State education policymakers, polled about potential school finance problems for the 1980s, ranked changes in state general aid formulas and changes in the tax structure for education at the top of seven subject areas. (Author/MLF)

Argues that typical Equalizing Matching Grant (EMG) systems for distributing state school aid cannot be expected to achieve the allocative and distributive goals of school finance. Derives a generalized EMG system and specific school aid formula that satisfy the allocative and distributive criteria. Available from: NTA-TIA, 21 East State Street,…

Examines Georgia's use of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for Education (ESPLOST). Finds that ESPLOST increases revenue disparities among districts. Discusses policy implications. (Contains 36 references.) (PKP)

Texas has had its Robin Hood school financing system in place since 1993, when the legislature adopted the system in response to a state supreme court order to equalize state spending on public schools. Under the arrangement, any district that has taxable property values exceeding $305,000 per student is not allowed to keep all of its property-tax…

As deliberations begin on its 1993-94 fiscal budget, California is for the second year in a row facing the likelihood of a decline in revenues. Under the governor's budget proposal, funds for schools would, for the third year in a row, remain at the same level per student in Average Daily Attendance (ADA). The lingering recession in California and…

This document presents statistical data by state for 1974-74 appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education. Two points stand out in summarizing the encouraging aspects of the state appropriations picture as shown in this document: (1) Many institutions show increases that are far greater than the necessary standstill…