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Hines, Edward; And Others – 1982
State tax appropriations for higher education were examined in relation to aggregate state personal income for two selected years, 1970-1971 and 1980-1981. Percentage changes for the 10-year period were calculated as were percentage differences between appropriations and personal income. States were identified according to regional and national…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Financial Support, Geographic Regions, Government School Relationship
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Jackson, Gregory A. – 1979
California's community college system has depended heavily on property taxes, which have been reduced almost 60% by the recent Jarvis-Gann amendment. A statewide study sought some indication of responses to these constraints that might occur in community colleges. Summaries of budget reductions and other actions taken were compiled in 1978 for six…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Gifford, Bernard R.; And Others – 1977
In discharging its constitutional responsibility for maintaining and supporting free public schools, the state financially aids local school districts to insure that lack of wealth is not an obstacle to providing at least a mimimum educational program. State aid to education in New York State is dependent on two factors: the full value of real…
Descriptors: Average Daily Attendance, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Gifford, Bernard R. – 1978
The Levittown v Nyquist court case is bound to have serious repercussions for New York State. In dispute is the legality of the State's system for financing elementary and secondary education. The case was initiated in 1974 by Levittown and 24 other suburban and rural school districts who claimed to be unable to generate an adequate level of local…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Marland, S.P., Jr. – 1969
Among the many factors contributing to the crisis in big-city school finance are (1) the in-migration of the poor to the cities accompanied by the out-migration of the higher-income people; (2) higher teacher salaries; (3) the new mandates placed on schools such as cradle-to-grave accomodation in educational opportunities, manpower retraining,…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Demography, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Cotoia, Anthony M. – 1975
Instructional, administrative, and support services for adult evening education in Massachusetts community colleges are totally supported by tuition paid by enrolled students. On the other hand, day divisions of these colleges are supported by taxation and paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, an adult evening division student pays…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Community Services
New Jersey State Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education, Trenton. – 1976
The equitability of current New Jersey State programs supporting higher education is the primary focus of this study. Taxpayer equity is defined as the distribution of higher education costs on the basis of ability to pay and commensurate with the distribution of higher education subsidies. The net effect of all state programs on each income group…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
Contents of these hearings include: a statement prepared for the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, submitted by the National Committee for Support of the Public Schools; "Future Direction for School Financing, a Response to Demands for Fiscal Equity in American Education," a monograph prepared by the National…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities, Educational Resources
Shannon, Thomas A.; Benson, Charles – 1972
Recent court decisions have declared that those public school financing systems dependent substantially on local ad valorem (property) taxes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The violation stems from the fact that local school district spending and educational quality are dependent on the values of real property in the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Equal Education
Chambers, M. M. – 1976
The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) publishes Dr. Chambers' annual report of state tax appropriations for operating expenses of higher education for 1976-77. The report reveals that the weighted average rate of gain for all 50 states over the preceding two fiscal years is 24 percent. The differences…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Land Grant Universities, Operating Expenses
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Hudson, C. Cale – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Reviews major issues surrounding funding of Nebraska's public schools and presents an alternative funding system sustaining the goals of local control, tax equity, and flexibility for program quality. The new formula would add an economic factor to the weighting of pupils and alow local tax flexibility for districts losing state funding. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
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Pillai, Vel; Cupoli, Edward M. – Journal of Education Finance, 1984
Evaluates estimates of full-value-equalization rates, using a study of 20 New York cities and their school districts to (1) show that these estimates contain significant errors, (2) discuss how these errors affect intergovernmental relations, and (3) analyze how they affect equity in financing local schools. (MCG)
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
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Timar, Thomas B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1994
Court-imposed school finance equalization and tax limitation measures in California have created a centralized system of school finance. Political tensions and conflict that have arisen from this centralized control are discussed, with reference to the Serrano mandate and categorical funding. (SLD)
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Centralization, Conflict, Court Litigation
Lewis, James H.; Taylor, D. Garth – 1989
A tax increase is necessary to improve Illinois public schools, as this analysis demonstrates. When Illinois is compared to the rest of the United States, it has high wealth, low taxes, and low commitment to education. In fact, it has the financial capacity to have much better funded schools. Illinois ranked 12th nationally in average buying…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
West, P. R., Sr. – 1995
The three primary sources of funding for public education in America are the federal government, the state government, and the community. This paper presents an overview of trends in funding K-12 public education; the stability of local-funding sources; the value of public education as a factor in cost; political influences on school funding;…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support
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