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Fox, Robert A. – Journal of School Choice, 2016
In the absence of incontrovertible performance data in support of, or opposition to, school vouchers, court decisions on their legality become increasingly important. Analysis of legal challenges provides a rich opportunity for scholars and policymakers to follow arguments for or against their positions. We present a chronicle of the litigation…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Policy Analysis, Court Litigation, Legal Problems
Romer, Roy – American School Board Journal, 1992
We need to get clear agreement in the United States on what students should know and be able to do. We also need to invest in education. An initiative filed in Colorado earmarks a one-cent sales tax for education. (MLF)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Bushweller, Kevin – American School Board Journal, 1999
Impact fees are one-time charges assessed to residential developers that help pay for new roads, libraries, school buildings, and other infrastructure needed for growing populations. The fees' highly political nature has pitted school officials against developers, with mixed results. Utah, South Carolina, Florida, and Colorado initiatives are…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Housing Industry, Lobbying
Shalala, Donna E.; And Others – 1973
In November 1972, electorates in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon decisively rejected consitutional amendments that (according to their supporters) would have reduced or eliminated reliance on the property tax as a means of financing education. School finance reformers were perplexed by these defeats. This study sets out to explain the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Finance Reform, Political Issues
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities. – 1968
This report discusses some of the financial problems facing Colorado public schools. Fiscal reform recommendations designed to improve educational quality and to provide educational equality are offered to citizens and elected leaders. Education finance problems are discussed within the context of (1) the professional staff, (2) the educational…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Expenditure per Student
Montoya, Renee Marie – Cross Reference: A Journal of Public Policy and Multicultural Education, 1978
The Colorado school finance system, which has been sued as unconstitutional because of disparities among school district expenditures per pupil, is described. Inequalities in taxation and in the provision of education to economically disadvantaged and minority group students throughout the country are discussed. (GC)
Descriptors: Community Role, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Discrimination, Educational Finance
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1972
Detailed information is provided on each of eight states included in a study of selected education finance characteristics. The eight states are Delaware, North Carolina, and Washington (States with a high level of state funding relative to total state-local funds for education); New York, Michigan, and California (moderate state aid states); and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1972
Among the major objectives of this study was the determination of the nature and extent of disparities in revenues and expenditures among a group of selected states, and among type of districts within and across these states. A common pattern in education finance characteristics was found within each type of district, particularly among central…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Expenditures