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New Jersey State Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education, Trenton. – 1977
An analysis by the Commission on Financial Postsecondary Education of the system by which New Jersey supports county colleges revealed disparities and inequities among the New Jersey counties in wealth and effort per full-time equivalent student, and current state financing practices that aggravate this problem. In response, alternative state…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, County School Districts, Educational Finance
Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. – 1978
Three reports are presented that address the problem of implementing 1978-79 contingency plans developed by the Los Angeles Community College District in response to a June 1978 property tax reduction initiative, Proposition 13. Report No. 1 provides an overview of district problems resulting from the tax limitation measure. Fiscal and educational…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Dept. of Research and Information Services. – 1975
This report examines various school finance issues raised by the California case of Serrano v. Priest. Chapter 1 focuses on the issue of local control; it discusses four methods of providing state aid to education in terms of how they affect local control of schools. Chapter 2 analyzes different remedies for inequitable distribution of funds and…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Services, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Zeigler, Harmon; Johnson, Karl F. – 1972
The allocation of education funds by State legislatures, the attitudes of legislators on educational issues, and the interaction of legislators with education lobbyists in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Utah, and Oregon were studied in an attempt to explain how educational resources are allocated in the 50 States and how legislators approach the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Economic Factors, Educational Attitudes, Educational Background
Thomas, J. Alan – 1974
Well-financed and appropriately organized school districts are essential if rural education is to be improved. Since all 3 levels of government (local, state, and Federal) participate in providing revenues for rural education, coordination among them is necessary. In many states, the local property tax still provides a major portion of educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
Testimony recorded in these hearings was presented by: Dr. Mark Shedd, Superintendent of Schools, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dr. Robert Blanchard, Superintendent of Schools, Portland Public Schools, Portland Oregon; Joel Berke, Director, Educational Finance and Governance Program, Policy Institute of the Syracuse University Research Corp.; James…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Kennedy, Joseph C. – 1971
Attitudes of the superintendents and school board officials of 25 major cities concerning the operation of their schools were determined. In lengthy discussions, these officials observed that big city schools need massive financial assistance from State and Federal governments, since the local property tax as a base is inadequate, and because the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Mathis, William J.; Fleming, Brenda L. – 2001
Vermont's Act 60 received national attention not only because of the controversy surrounding the sharing pool (or recapture provision) but also because of its "potential for being the most equitable system in the country." For fiscal years 1998 to 2001, tax rates have become more equitable, and a direct relationship has appeared between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Grants, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Legislation
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Nord, Stephen; Ledford, Manfred H. – Growth and Change, 1979
Describes model, data, results, and implications of a study attempting to clarify two issues previously overlooked in studies of financing public education with local property taxes: (1) that regionally aggregated data may bias test results, and (2) that local fiscal response to grant programs may vary with the wealth of school districts. (SB)
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Lewis, James H. – 1995
The system for financing education in Illinois fails to deliver sufficient resources to the school districts that need them most. Although no individual or administrative unit acts to deprive particular groups, the system as a whole does. Using Census figures, state and local tax records and information from the Illinois Board of Education, this…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Bass, Gerald R. – 1986
State education agency personnel in 48 states were surveyed regarding current financing practices that would positively affect small school districts. One-half of the states were found to currently provide some type of additional operating revenue to small schools or school districts through pupil weighting, identification as geographically…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Financial Needs
Nelson, Susan C. – 1978
The role of equity in determining how higher education should be supported is considered, along with several approaches for measuring benefits and costs of public subsidies, and conclusions from the literature. Attention is directed to equity in financing higher education because higher education is often advocated as a mechanism for providing…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
Wiener, Steve – 1979
Soaring values of agricultural land have created inequities in funding between urban and rural school districts in Minnesota. The state's Foundation Aid to school districts is formulated so that districts of high property valuation receive less Foundation Aid than those districts with low property valuation. In recent years inflation has had…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
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Bogue, E. G. – 1976
The Performance Funding Project of the State of Tennessee is discussed. The Project was instituted to explore the question of whether it is desirable and possible to allocate some portion of state funds to community colleges and universities on a performance effectiveness criterion rather than the current credit hour and enrollment criteria. Major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1977
In order to analyze the California system of community college finance within a national context, a review of recent literature was followed by an intensive study and survey of eight states, chosen to illustrate alternative solutions to California financing problems. National trends among community colleges that emerged included (1) the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Equal Education
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