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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1982
Reporting on school financing in Alberta, the 1982 Task Force presents its conclusions and recommendations. These are based on the evaluation of finance plans in terms of the following stated principles: educational equality and financial equity, educational program and school finance, leadership, diversity of revenue sources, and local control.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boards of Education, Categorical Aid, Educational Equity (Finance)
Walker, Billy D. – 1990
Texas public school finance is undergoing reform in response to a state Supreme Court decision in Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby, that declared the school finance system in violation of the "efficient clause" of the state constitution. State aid has declined since 1984 due to state revenue constraints, reform mandates largely funded from local…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Koltai, Leslie – 1978
The nine-college Los Angeles Community College District, which has an enrollment of 135,000 and a payroll of 11,000 and which receives 80% of its operating budget from local property taxes, faced post-Proposition 13 cutbacks of 52% of its non-restricted operating revenue. Three types of alternative budgets based on state funding possibilities were…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Ruyle, Janet H.; Glenny, Lyman A. – 1978
Results of a ten-year review of state appropriations for higher education in the states are presented. Findings reveal a wide range of differences among the regions of the nation and among the individual states. The share of education appropriations received by higher education institutions has grown considerably, with the greatest rate of growth…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance
Oregon State Legislature, Salem. Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1974
This preliminary report summarizes much of the work and findings of the research staff of the Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the Oregon Legislature. The research staff's task was to analyze Oregon's current school finance system and its various alternatives and to develop a computer simulation for predicting the impact of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Sarthory, Joseph A. – 1971
The financial plan presented in this paper removes some of the current inequities of the property tax through the following basic features: a per pupil expenditure lid up to which the State provides aid; an equalized assessment rate which is enforced; State aid distributed on the basis of the wealth of the district in comparison to the wealth of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Advisory Committee on School Finance. – 1972
This document consists of a series of papers by different authors on the subject of school finance and equal educational opportunity. One group of papers studies the effect of State aid on the scope of the educational program, reports on the status of capital assistance financing for the Illinois Public Schools, and illustrates the method of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
Michigan State Executive Office, Lansing. Bureau of Programs and Budget. – 1972
In 1969, the governor made a series of recommendations to the Legislature and to the people of Michigan regarding changes in the method of funding elementary and secondary schools. The current system, which relies heavily on the local property tax, has produced sizable inequities of educational opportunity among the children of the State. Since…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
McIntyre, Chuck – 1997
The California Community College's (CCC) funding over the past two decades was examined in order to assist the 2005 Task Force of the Chancellor's Consultation Council develop strategies to address the challenges of the future. Findings comparing 1995 to 1975 indicated that: (1) CCC general revenues have tripled, but this increase is less than…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Tollefson, Terrence A. – 1997
This paper examines the financial problems of California's community colleges caused by reduced local property tax support. In 1978 California voters enacted Proposition 13, a constitutional amendment that reduced taxes on real estate. The proposition's immediate effect on community college funding was a statewide, fifty-percent reduction in local…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1994
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: Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
Odden, Allan – 1990
After being placed on the back burner during the 1980s, school finance is again a major issue. In the 1970s, reliance on property taxes created school district disparities because of unequal tax bases. Legislative reforms enacted between 1971 and 1985 had the following characteristics: school finance formulas were revamped; the state role in…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Grkovic, Susan – 1978
Projections developed from the past quarter century trends in New York's tax and spending levels are used to forecast the future financial implications of current fiscal and educational policies. The summary report describes the manner in which the projections are achieved, identifies several concerns and issues associated with the fiscal outlook,…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Research, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Callan, Patrick M. – Chabot College Journal, 1979
Declining enrollments and fiscal stringency in the 1980's and 1990's must be met by a new management style if higher education in California is to maintain quality and meet the educational needs of the public. Unlike the situation in the 1960's and 1970's, higher education is now faced with a no-growth situation brought about by: (1) fewer young…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, College Administration, Community Colleges
Kintzer, Frederick C. – 1980
This review of tax limitation legislation and its impact on the community college, begins by examining the provisions of this type of legislation, its historical precedents, the extent to which tax limitation legislation was passed in the 1970's, and its implications for local control of community college services. Next, it is noted that…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Programs, College Role, Community Colleges
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