Contradictory evidence of the relationship between education funding and student achievement could reflect heterogeneous effects by revenue source or student characteristics. This study examines potential heterogeneous effects of a particular type of local revenue--bond funds for capital investments--on achievement by socioeconomic status.…

The purpose of this study is to bring together recent innovations in the research literature around school district capital facility finance, municipal bond elections, statistical models of conditional time-varying outcomes, and data mining algorithms for automated text mining of election ballot proposals to examine the factors that influence the…

One distinction between the markets for corporate and municipal bonds involves institutional constraints that apply to some municipal bond issues. This research focuses on how public finance institutions, in particular explicit debt limits and referenda requirements, affect the borrowing cost of individual school district bond issues. The…

Past reports by the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) have sought to examine various aspects of Indiana public school funding such as the mechanisms for funding, school revenues and expenditures, as well as numerous other reports whose subjects have implications on school and program funding. This report focuses on another…

This report provides tables and charts on the results of Iowa's school bond issues from 1960-1970 inclusive. Although the report does not analyze the results of the school bond issues, it does observe that the time of year, the month, and the week in which school bond elections are held seem to have a substantial effect upon election results. (JF)

Cautions against school districts blaming taxpayer revolt" when school tax support campaign methods have not been changed in a decade or more. (EA)

Discusses 13 mistakes school leaders make in planning and executing campaigns for the passage of school bond and levy referenda. Suggests corrective action for each mistake. (PKP)

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

Adapted from the author's remarks at the 1969 convention of the American Association of School Administrators in Atlantic City.

Superintendent of Antigo Unified School District, Antigo, Wisconsin, explains the use of school-level and community-level data to build support for bond and budget referenda. Describes the benefits of data-driven decision-making. (PKP)

The manual is intended to guide attorneys and officials of school districts in the issuance and sale of school district bonds. Purchasers of school district bonds rely on the recommendations of accredited bond attorneys who render opinions concerning the validity and legality of bond issues offered for sale. This manual is designed to assist in…

Provides advice to help school districts pass bond referenda. Includes lists of why referenda fail and win and ways to develop a successful bond campaign including a referendum timeline. (MD)

A small district in New Jersey didn't wait for possible federal or state funds. Instead, it floated a special bond to cure its asbestos problems. (Author)

The first part of this article deals with how to build an effective public relations program, which is essential in securing voter funding support. The second part outlines a step-by-step way to win funding issues. (Author)