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Stephen L. Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study is intended to provide guidance to public school districts by identifying research based campaign strategies that have been proven to help with the successful passage of bond initiatives. In the United States, half of all public schools need at least one major facility repair and in Ohio, because tax initiatives in support of school…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Bond Issues, Public Schools, School Districts
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Ingle, W. Kyle; Johnson, Paul A.; Petroff, Ruth Ann – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2011
Using Anderson's (1998) framework for authentic community engagement and Levin and McEwan's (2001) "ingredients method," this comparative case study analyzed contrasting approaches to levy campaigns undertaken by two suburban school districts and the associated costs of the campaigns. We found that District A ran a campaign that…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Suburban Schools, School Districts
Wheatley, Vicki Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The relationship between components of the local school district report card, school district typology, and the outcome of public school tax levy requests were examined in this study. A correlation research design was used to measure the relationship between the independent variables (performance index, average yearly progress, value added,…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Correlation, School Statistics, Student Records
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Johnson, Paul A. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2008
Passing property tax issues is an increasing challenge for many school districts. This article examines 21 school levy strategies identified through a literature review associated with successful school levy campaigns. These strategies were then used as a framework to evaluate one district's attempts to pass a school bond levy. Whereas the study…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Politics of Education, School Community Relationship, School Districts
Christman, Larry H. – 1982
In order to make financial management of Ohio schools simpler and more understandable to the public, this Citizens' Council report recommends structural changes in school district budgeting that would necessitate changes in state law. The major problem areas identified are the districts' use of the calendar year as fiscal year, the requirement…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy, School Districts
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Barrett, Edward A.; Cawley, Allen J. – Urban Education, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Financial Support, Political Issues
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2005
Cleveland voters soundly rejected a levy intended to bolster the school district's finances, a move widely interpreted as a referendum on the performance of its leader, Barbara Byrd-Bennett. Two-thirds of the voters who turned out for the Aug. 2 special election cast their ballots against Issue 3, which would have raised more than $45 million to…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Community Support, After School Programs, Educational Finance