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Jordan, K. Forbis – 1975
This paper discusses the merits of cost differentials and weighted-pupil formulas as vehicles for allocating State school support funds to local school districts. The research conducted by the National Educational Finance Project to identify educational program expenditures and to develop cost differentials for each educational program in a…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Oregon State Legislature, Salem. Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1974
This report examines the current school finance system in Oregon and recommends changes to make the system more equitable and less subject to variations in local property wealth. After briefly describing the inequities of the present system, most of the report discusses the committee's legislative recommendations and their probable impact. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Educational Finance Research. – 1969
This annual report summarizes, in tabular form, the major aspects of tax-based support of the public schools in New York State. Material is presented under eight chapter headings, as follows: 1) Perspectives in financing public school expenditures during the period 1968-78, 2) State support of education in New York State, 3) budget defeats--1968,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student, Operating Expenses, Regional Planning
Musmanno, Lucile; Stauffer, Alan C. – 1974
This report is designed to familiarize the reader with current changes in State systems of public school finance. It describes in summary form the major school finance changes made in 1973 by Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin. State legislative sessions in these States produced…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Furse, Bernarr S. – 1973
This paper provides background information relating to a school finance reform movement in Utah and describes the passage of a 1973 bill that provides a power equalizing system to redistribute excess revenue from local taxes in combination with State uniform school funds for a guaranteed program to all districts. The law should bring the level of…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Schools
Wugalter, Harry – 1972
This paper discusses alternative methods for financing education including sales and compensating taxes, mineral leasing, and land income. The author discusses the problem of local control under a full State funding system. He warns that merely allocating money to school districts on an equal basis will fail to accomplish equal education unless…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decentralization, Educational Finance, Equal Education
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Lows, Raymond L. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Data concerning state-local systems of financing public education in Illinois reveal inequities across districts of different types as well as between districts of the same type. The procedure should be of value in appraising school finance inequities in states with diverse patterns of school district organization. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
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Cohen, Matthew C. – Journal of Education Finance, 1983
An analysis of the relationship between district wealth and tax effort concludes that, while state aid is generally equalizing, the school funding structure is a dual system in which state aid is almost randomly spent in outlier districts. It is inferred that outliers translate guaranteed state aid into lower local taxes. (MJL)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity
Chan, Lionel – 1997
Many states have found that financing public schools through local property taxes is unlawful under their state constitutions; as a result, they must consider using state tax revenue as the primary source of local school-district funding. The recent California experience provides a sample of political economic behaviors used to respond to the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Brown, Carvin L. – CEFP Journal, 1979
There appears to be growing concern that state systems of financing capital outlay may be vulnerable to successful legal challenge. Outlines considerations for the development of a defensible conceptual base for allocating scarce capital outlay funds. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Fisher, John R.; Elhav, Moshe – 1996
This paper provides a historical review of equity in funding education in Alberta. It describes government attempts to address fiscal inequities and shows how the introduction of full spending in 1994 addressed many of the equity problems in Alberta. Full provincial funding of education has proved an overall success, but it faces the following…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Fiscal Capacity
Herrington, Carolyn D.; Nakib, Yasser A. – 1993
This paper presents an overview of Florida's fiscal status and the state of its educational fiscal reform. Five areas of concern are identified regarding educational finance--adequacy of funding, educational reform initiatives including accountability, equity, alternative tax sources, and communication. These issues indicate a highly unstable…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Augenblick, John – 1983
Achieving a state education finance program that is fair to students, taxpayers, teachers, and school districts is complicated by varying student needs and different property tax rates and school expenses among districts. Attempts at equitable allocation of state aid funds and other educational resources should be guided by the principles of…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Hines, Edward, Ed.; And Others – 1988
"Grapevine" presents timely data on state tax legislation, state appropriations for universities, colleges, and junior colleges, and legislation affecting education beyond the high school. This compilation presents issues of "Grapevine," published between 1977 and 1988, containing such articles on community colleges as: (1) "State 2-Year Colleges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Financial Support
Hay, Janet – 1977
This report summarizes enrollment, costs, and funding information for North Idaho College (NIC) and the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) for 1972 and 1977, explores new options for the future, and presents academic and vocational division funding information and capital construction data. Academic student enrollment at NIC increased 35% between…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Costs, Educational Finance, Enrollment
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