Applying a Multiple Streams framework, the article documents the development and ultimate undoing of what became known as the national sales tax plan for education. The authors identify four factors that coalesced to lead the Nixon administration to propose replacing local property taxes with a federal value-added tax to finance K-12 education.…

Promotes the argument favoring State support of schools. (LN)

It is asserted that conventional school finance analysis must address itself to the social realities of politics and dealing with state legislatures, thus disputing some of the theses offered by Daniel C. Morgan in a previous article. (EH)

In effect, a portion of each American's individual income tax payments will be returned to his own State and locality by revenue sharing. (Author/JN)

This booklet discusses past and anticipated legislative activities in school finance, court actions, and research issues. It is divided into three major sections. The first covers the major school finance events of 1976 for selected states, the anticipated major events of 1977, and court actions. The second section covers the dominant issues that…

User charges are explored as an alternative source of finance for educational investment in Malawi. Two major issues are addressed: first, are families able and willing to pay; and second, what can users accomplish in terms of expanding the size of realized enrollment, given the public budget constraint. An analysis of data from primary and…

Issues surrounding costs and financing of education in developing countries are examined. The focus is primarily on Sub-Saharan Africa and within Francophone West Africa. International comparative data are used to evaluate educational cost issues, including total expenditures, expenditures per pupil, cost of teachers, student aid, other current…

The great similarity between the Canadian and American structures of school finance conceals some fundamental, constitutional, and structural differences that shape the trends in Canadian school finance. First, provincial governments exercise a high degree of centralized control over education and its finance. Second, provincial governments have…

Remarks that the Kenyan government and parents of school-age children are overburdened by their responsibility for financing secondary and higher education, stating that additional sources of funding must be found. Suggests alternative avenues such as other public sources, private sources, sources within the educational system itself, and sources…

School districts can improve their chances of avoiding financial difficulty by developing unreserved fund balance resources specifically for contingencies. Offers guidelines for establishing such a fund. (MLF)

Argues that recent federal education legislation will not eliminate unequal funding, school performance inequities, and student achievement gaps that have persisted in the poorest school districts. Asserts that adequate, equitable, and targeted human and financial resources and standards are necessary, and that the slight increases in federal…