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Brames, Fred – 1980
The private corporation leasing arrangement, as a source of school construction funds, is increasingly being used in Indiana; however, the principles are applicable in any state. The private corporation charges a project fee, which represents its maximum anticipated profit. The private corporation obtains the funds for the project; makes the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Business
Doversberger, Betty; Hickrod, G. Alan – 1979
In response to the likelihood of some form of tax limitation in Illinois in the near future, this study discusses a tax limitation measure that was proposed to the 81st Illinois General Assembly, the Taxpayer's Rights Amendment (also known as the Totten Bill), and compares it with measures recently passed in other states, with emphasis on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Expenditures
Chambers, M. M. – 1975
This document is a collection of data summarizing state support for higher education. The figures show a wide variation among the states and an even wider variance among institutions. While it is impossible to eliminate all inconsistencies and accomplish absolute comparability among states and among insitutions, some uniformity is achieved by…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Extension Education, Financial Support
Hickrod, G. Alan; Hubbard, Ben C. – 1975
Eight matters relative to the Illinois general purpose educational grant-in-aid that might be subjected to further research and development are discussed. The eight matters are (1) the use of a notational system based on the concept of a guaranteed expenditure for each cent of tax effort, (2) the possibility of adding a curvature to the present…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Andersen, Carol – 1975
School finance reform, in the opinion of many of those concerned, implies a shift away from the local property tax as the main source of revenue for the public schools. The inequities associated with property tax administration and the uneven distribution of property tax wealth within any given state have led to increasing concern about the wisdom…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Fiscal Capacity
Weiss, Steven J. – 1970
The purposes of this report are (1) to document the present inequalities in public school spending and local tax burdens and to identify the principal reasons for existing disparities; and (2) to review and evaluate proposals for reform of the currently inadequate public school finance systems. Previous studies, current State and Federal aid…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Falcon, James C. – 1972
The attitudes of State legislative education committee chairmen concerning possible changes in the financing and governance of education were surveyed. The chairmen provided comments on the deficiencies in federal, State, and local revenue sources; discussed problems of governance; gave their opinions on educational innovations and program…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Educational Vouchers, Federal Aid
Chambers, M. M. – 1976
The data for this report were supplied by key persons in each state who reported them to the monthly newsletter "Grapevine." The data include sums appropriated by states for operating expenses, taxes preallocated to institutions (that is, not requiring periodic appropriation), sums for all state scholarships, appropriations to statewide governing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Higher Education
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Walker, Billy D. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
This report updates developments relating to public school finance legislation in Texas during a special summer legislative session in 1984. Discussion focuses on House Bill 72, which increased teachers salaries, distributed state aid more equitably, increased equalization aid, mandated new programs, and increased state taxes. (TE)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
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Robinson, Tom; And Others – Action in Teacher Education, 1981
A study examined the methods used by several California school districts to respond to educational retrenchment. Results showed that, while respondents had difficulty separating recent educational legislaton from other aspects of retrenchment, they agreed that there was no way to produce better results in education with a reduction in resources.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
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Jefferson, Anne L. – 1996
A comparison of how American and Canadian universities receive and spend funds using data from fiscal year 1991-92 explored the link between general economic conditions and the financial health of universities. The analysis found that with respect to revenue patterns, Canadian universities receive their funds mainly from provincial governments…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1989
An overview is provided of the fiscal development of the Illinois public community college system. Introductory sections consider the history and administrative structure of the system, and explain special funding provisions of the Public Junior College Act of 1965. The next section provides a profile of past state appropriations, focusing on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History, Equalization Aid
Cloud, Robert C. – 1989
An overview is provided of trends and issues in the financial support of Texas's community colleges. Part I provides introductory comments on the functions, enrollments, and costs of the state's public community college system. Part II reviews nationwide trends in the state and local support of two-year colleges, effects of declining revenues,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Finance Reform
Berke, Joel S.; And Others – 1984
This book is designed to provide public officials, leaders of organizations concerned with school funding issues, and citizens active in educational affairs with information about the political, economic, and equity issues that underlie the school finance reform debate in New York State. It discusses present inequities and potential approaches to…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Finance Reform
Washington State Council for Postsecondary Education, Olympia. – 1977
This report is the fifth in a series of informational reports concerning the State of Washington's relative ranking in the nation in terms of various measures of support and factors that affect support levels. The report provides six national measures and contains "mini-comparisons" with the states of Oregon and California, which have…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Enrollment
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