Mayor John Lindsay of New York City discusses city-state relations in the area of financing public school education. (MK)

Illinois' governor recommends direct grants to private and parochial schools in Illinois. (MK)

In New Mexico, school aid comes from the general fund, thus allowing better coordination of State financial services. (RA)

Presents viewpoints of various national associations on the issue of State aid to private schools. (MK)

Contends that if any clear pattern is discernible in American education today, it is a growing shift of responsibility back to the States. Argues that such a shift is profound and provides evidence to support the argument. (Author/JF)

A State-by-State preview of the major educational issues facing State legislatures in 1975. (JG)

Federal support is in decline, and the future prospects are for further decline. The rise and fall of elites in this country will be determined in large by the choices of youth who accept or reject the opportunity to be educated. (Author/JN)

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)

Explains rationale for program to purchase secular educational services with State funds as a method for aiding private schools in Illinois. (MK)

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

Reviews major trends in state legislation affecting education in 1975, with particular emphasis on a number of states that either substantially increased state support for education (such as Texas), or initiated major new educational programs (such as Colorado), despite the financial pressures of inflation and recession. (JG)

Faced with a December deadline imposed by the State's highest court, New Jersey's legislature will soon convene in an extraordinary special session to consider a controversial proposal for changing the State's system of financing public education. Discusses that proposal and the current system for school finance. (Author/JF)

Table compiled by Education Commission of the States that provides broad analysis of school district revenues and expenditures by state. (EA)

State education policymakers, polled about potential school finance problems for the 1980s, ranked changes in state general aid formulas and changes in the tax structure for education at the top of seven subject areas. (Author/MLF)