Two shortcomings in the implementation of guaranteed tax base or equalization formulas--limitations on state equalization aid and inaccurate portrayal of fiscal capacity--can maintain or increase financial disparities among school districts. Data on Michigan districts illustrate how inaccurate fiscal measurement expanded existing disparities…

Summarizes the findings of an Educational Testing Service study on the effectiveness of New Jersey's 1976 state reforms to equalize school taxes and to provide a "Thorough and Efficient" education. (SJL)

Describes some of the major trends and developments in Canadian school finance and discusses some of the key school finance issues presently facing provincial governments. (Author/JG)

Now that the Supreme Court in Rodriguez has declined to promote instant reform under the Federal Constitution, a central question for resolution is whether courts and legislatures should be urged only to patch up the present school finance system or to replace it with a new one. This analysis urges abandonment of local funding of public education.…

Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America," sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Under power equalization, local school tax revenues would be supplemented with State aid in such a way that all school districts that levy the same local tax rate would receive from State and local sources combined the same total income per pupil. To accomplish this the State would supplement local tax collections in low wealth school districts…

This conference aimed at focusing the attention of educators, legislators, and interested citizens on the inadequacies of present methods used to finance public elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The papers presented in this document give an overview of the present problems and provide direction for the actions required to develop…

This booklet attempts to provide the layman with information on the need to equalize educational opportunities and taxpayer burdens in a high quality State system of public schools for Texas. The publication attempts to stimulate discussion and provide a foundation, in the briefest form, for the consideration of Texas school finance issues.…

This booklet is concerned with the functioning of the State and local programs for financing public schools in Nebraska. Its purpose is to encourage more people to study the problem of educational finance both in practice and in theory. Discussion focuses on the School Foundation and Equalization Act of 1967. This legislation transferred part of…

Describes the development and use of a Potential Revenue Index for public schools that can be used to measure the extent to which a state school finance program equalizes potential property tax revenues among local education agencies. (JG)

Discusses Minnesota's recent tax reform legislation which provides for increased state financing of education. (JF)

A member of the President's Commission on School Finance presents an interpretation of that Committee's report. (JF)

Discusses the implications of the Serrano vs Priest decision. (JF)

Discusses the implications of the Serrano vs Priest decision on the Illinois State school financing system. (JF)