Using data on school finance alternatives, taxpayer characteristics, and district financing in the Portland (Oregon) metropolitan area, this study tested the taxpayer equity yielded by several models of school financing. The results indicate that greater equity would occur if the state assumed a larger share of school support. (RW)

Outlines the components of the networks supporting school finance reform (increasing spending to increase equity) and supporting spending or tax limitations. Discusses areas of conflict between the two networks. Available from Transaction Periodicals Consortium, Dept. 541, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. (IRT)

Considers user charges from the perspective of (hidden) taxation theory and relevant principles (benefit, ability-to-pay, yield, neutrality, and administrative costs), based on semistructured interviews with 43 educators conducted at 18 British Columbia secondary schools. Students were offered more choices, but imposition of fees probably…

A small rural Missouri school district successfully campaigned for an 81-cent tax increase: 38 cents for a levy to operate schools, and a 43-cent bond issue that would allocate money to build new facilities. Passage of the referendum required at least a year of hard work and planning, positive advertisements, and a lot of community involvement.…

The author argues that State assumption of a greater percentage of educational costs and more consistent property assessment would make the property tax a more equitable and acceptable method of raising school revenue. (JG)

This study projects estimates of changes in State tax patterns resulting from the implementation of a modified foundation grant and a percentage equalizing grant. The resulting estimates show increased progressivity of the State tax structure under both types of grants. (Author)

Posits a generic framework for policy study disciplines based on systems analysis and uniting five dimensions--policymaking processes, policy content, administration, consequences, and context. Reviews relationships between some aspects of economic theory and taxation and applies the framework to tax policy analysis. (MJL)

This report examines the theoretical result of a change in the way Oklahoma could fund its common schools if it used a Texas tax system that relied heavily on an ad valorum tax structure or another taxation system. Using data from the 1999 school year, calculations of state aid for the more than 540 school districts were made for four scenarios:…

Analyzes cost (taxes) and benefit (expected lifetime earnings) distribution, by income class and race, of Boston's public schools. (Author)

Criticizes plans for public support of church related schools. (MK)

From the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).