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Cooley, William W.; Pomponio, Debra – 1993
Discussion of inequity in funding of Pennsylvania schools has tended to focus on differences between wealthy and poor school districts. In Pennsylvania, 180 school districts have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the existing public school funding scheme. A study of the state's 500 school districts, grouped by market value of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Financial Policy, Financial Support
Katsinas, Stephen G., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This project examines policies related to facilities at public institutions of higher education in Oklahoma in the context of a current legislative debate over a bond issue to fund facilities. The last bond issue for Oklahoma higher education was in 1968. Verification of a representative sample of 27 campus master plans validated an earlier…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Education Committee. – 1984
An introduction to Minnesota's educational finance system as of school year 1983-84, this compilation describes various aid programs, defines relevant terms, and shows how funds are allocated. The first section defines the following: the Foundation Aid Program, the state's basic school financing mechanism, which includes state and local funds with…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Equalization Aid
Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul. Education Committee. – 1984
An introduction to Minnesota's educational finance system as of school year 1984-85, this compilation describes various aid programs, defines relevant terms, and shows how funds are allocated. The first section defines the following: the Foundation Aid Program, the state's basic school financing mechanism, which includes state and local funds with…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Equalization Aid
SAMTER, EUGENE C. – 1966
THE EFFECTS OF A 1962 NEW YORK STATE AID TO EDUCATION ACT WERE INVESTIGATED IN RELATION TO AN OLD FOUNDATION PROGRAM. THIS STATE AID TO EDUCATION ACT WAS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF SHARED COST. BOTH NEW AND OLD PROGRAMS WERE APPRAISED WITH RESPECT TO THE OBJECTIVES OF SCHOOL FISCAL POLICY--EQUITY OF SUPPORT (EQUAL TREATMENT OF EQUALS), EQUALIZATION…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Lowrance, Danny; Tweeten, Luther – 1977
Utilizing data from the 1973-1974 school year, the study analyzed and compared the educational funding system presently used by Oklahoma with other school funding plans on the basis of economic efficiency and social equity. Funding plans used for comparison included Flat Grants, Minimum Foundation, Percentage Equalizing, Guaranteed Tax Base, Full…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Financial Support
League of Women Voters of Vermont, Montpelier. – 1976
This report is intended to provide a brief overview of public school finance in Vermont as of 1975. Because it is aimed at a wide audience including legislators, school board members, and taxpayers, the booklet is written in generally nontechnical language and each section is designed so that it may be read independently. Separate sections of the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Tollefson, Terrence A. – 1997
This document contains an historical overview of the Oregon community college system, including its overall mission and student enrollment information for the 1989-94 academic years. The paper describes how Oregon community colleges enjoyed strong state and local tax support until the beginning of a recession in the early 1980's. Declines in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Finance Reform

Sanchez, Bonnie – Community Services Catalyst, 1979
Cites six documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with financing community service programs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Community Services

Weatherby, James B.; And Others – 1990
This paper focuses on the identification and implementation of an adequate and appropriate funding mechanism or mechanisms for the funding of rural library services in Idaho. It is noted that the data for the report were taken primarily from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, with additional data from a 1990 survey of state library officials. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Financial Support, Library Expenditures, Library Services
Hines, Edward R.; Pruyne, Gwen – 1993
This report is an annual compilation of state higher education appropriations summarized and placed in a historical context with analysis of short-term and long-term trends. The data were first reported monthly in "The Grapevine," a publication of the Center for Higher Education at Illinois State University. The first section offers an overview…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Full State Funding
Halstead, D. Kent – 1983
Fiscal year appropriations for 1982-1983 and supporting data are presented for comparative analysis of state financing of public higher education. M. M. Chamber's annual data on state higher education appropriations are used. The data are based on a model of state rankings for seven independent factors plus eight derived measurements, which…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support, Government School Relationship
Stocker, Frederick D. – 1987
This report describes and evaluates the North Dakota state/local fiscal system, especially as it relates to financing public education. It identifies and evaluates various fiscal policy options for raising additional tax revenue for support of schools and other public services in ways consistent with the basic characteristics of the North Dakota…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. Higher Education Group. – 1987
The following invited addresses and research papers are provided: "The Question of Legitimacy" (Harry W. Arthurs); "The Historical Perspective" (H. Blair Neatby); "Politics and Its Limits on Government, Intermediaries and Universities" (Lee Southern); "State Control of Degree Granting: The Establishment of a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Financial Support
McCoy, Marilyn; Halstead, D. Kent – 1984
Information on state-level financing of higher education and on institutional revenues and expenditures is presented for fiscal year (FY) 1982, with trend data back to FY 1978. In addition to a narrative analysis, nearly 200 tables show state rankings on 46 factors involved in higher education finance. The state rankings cover state and local…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Expenditures