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Ireland, Jackie – 1979
College community services, traditionally funded by the levy of special purpose taxes, have been threatened by the passage of Proposition 13 and the resultant abolishment of permissive taxes. Survey data show that the average budget cut for community services was at least 50%. These cuts resulted in: (1) a 76% increase in "fee" courses…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Budgets, Community Colleges, Community Services
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1970
This document contains papers on: (1) proposals for national foundation programs; (2) state support of education; (3) tax reform at Federal, state, and local levels; and (4) contemporary problems in school finance, including equal educational opportunity, urban school finance, grants-in-aid, Federal income tax rebates to the States, voter behavior…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Davis, Robert G. – 1973
This paper describes the development of school finance reform in Oregon from 1968 through legislative enactments in 1973 and proposals for the voters in 1974. The first section describes the 1973 school finance reform proposal, rejected by voters, as it was originally submitted (whereby the State would have assumed 95 percent of the operating…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Schools
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Advisory Committee on School Finance. – 1973
This report concentrates on the equity problem in Illinois public school finance. Central to this report is the thesis that there are three basic strategies for attacking the equity problem: make adjustments in the existing "foundation level" grant-in-aid system, abandon the "foundation" idea for a grant-in-aid system, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
Johns, Roe L., Ed.; And Others – 1970
Eleven articles on various aspects of educational finance comprise this document, volume two of the NEFP series. Volume one of this series deals with educational needs, volume three with educational planning and finance, and volume four with the impact of educational finance programs. In general, the material in this volume treats education as a…
Descriptors: Administration, Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This document represents the completion of the first phase of a study of adult and continuing education in California. The current method of funding community colleges in general, and adult/continuing education programs offered by community colleges and school districts specifically, are examined, their shortcomings noted, and alternatives to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Average Daily Attendance, Community Colleges
Strauss, Linda C. – 2001
This paper discusses the growing segments of postsecondary education that are cutting into the market niche developed by community colleges, such as for-profit institutions offering degrees at costs substantially below those of traditional schools. More institutions often mean more competition for state funding and students (tuition revenue). The…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Discourse Communities
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1996
In the mission statement that introduces this annual report, the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction defines the goals of revamping the state's "Essential Skills" program to reflect high academic standards and achievement, develop a fiscally responsible equitable school finance system, and reorganize the state department of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Clagett, Craig A. – 1993
Due to state revenue shortfalls and mandated Medicaid and welfare expenditures, substantial cuts were made in state aid to higher education institutions in Maryland in 1992. To meet the fiscal crisis, Prince George's Community College (PGCC) implemented several cost containment measures that had been considered, but not acted upon, in the past.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Costs
Halstead, Kent – 1984
Fiscal year appropriations and supporting data are presented for comparative analysis of state financing of public higher education (defined as all public institutions listed in the "Education Directory, Colleges and Universities" of the National Center for Education Statistics). The report is based on the fall collection of state…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
Three basic issues were examined in this study: (1) the variance in the purchasing power of the dollar among Texas school districts, (2) the variance in local property tax burden among Texas school districts, and (3) consideration of alternative Texas school finance formulas. Data used were from the data banks of the Texas Education Agency and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Rossmiller, Richard A.; Rossmiller, Daniel M. – 1983
Cases related to school finance, in which decisions were handed down in 1982, are reviewed in this chapter. It is observed that the constitutionality of existing state school finance programs was upheld in New York, Colorado, and Georgia, and that litigation was prevalent in the areas of taxation for schools and uses of school revenue. Issues…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Vermont Governor's Office, Montpelier. – 1985
To provoke public discussion about the role state aid should play in Vermont public education and to make a case for a state aid system structured on the broad principles of equal opportunity, fair tax burdens, and adequate funding levels, this booklet examines Vermont's system of school finance, attempting to highlight its history and its present…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Halstead, Kent – 1985
Fiscal year appropriations and supporting data are presented for comparative analysis of state financing of public higher education. The report is based on the fall collection of state appropriations data reported by M. M. Chambers. It presents a model of state rankings for seven independent factors plus eight derived measurements that together…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Junior Colleges. – 1977
Data tables relating to the 16 Mississippi public junior college districts were compiled from the 1976-77 annual report to the Junior College Commission, the FY 1979 budget requests to the Commission on Budget and Accounting, and other available sources. The report was prepared to enable junior college administrators to reflect on norms and trends…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Faculty, College Libraries, Community Colleges
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