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GRINNELL, HAROLD C. – 1967
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEARLY 90 PERCENT OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BUDGET IS RAISED THROUGH LOCAL TAXES. BECAUSE OF THIS HIGH DEGREE OF DEPENDENCE ON LOCAL EFFORT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY VARIES WITH PREVAILING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AMONG THE 154 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE A PUPIL ENROLLMENT OF LESS THAN 2,500. COSTS PER PUPIL IN THESE DISTRICTS DECLINE AS…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Budgets, Economic Factors, Educational Opportunities
Andersen, Carol – 1975
The term "school finance" refers to the levying of taxes to obtain revenue for our public elementary and secondary schools. For most people it brings to mind the local property tax, teacher salaries, and, perhaps, some personal memories of their own experiences in the schools. For state legislators school finance brings to mind the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Pierce, Lawrence C.; And Others – 1975
This book was prepared by the research staff of the special Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the Oregon legislature to examine alternative patterns of school finance reform that have been considered for adoption in Oregon. It presents analyses of a variety of school finance formulas, discusses possibilities for increasing school…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Educational Finance
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1973
An essential prerequisite to reform of present methods of financing elementary and secondary schools and the development of an equitable, adequate, and workable system of school finance is a precise understanding of how the existing system works and its impact on different school districts and population groups. This report documents the existing…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Economic Research, Educational Finance, Elementary Schools
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1982
Information is presented on 1980-81 tax performance and educational spending in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states, the relationship of state and local taxes to personal income in all the states, and utilization of tax ability and major tax bases. Additionally, factors producing serious state and local budgetary problems are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ornstein, Allan C. – Urban Education, 1988
Examines state revenue sources. Discusses the economic, demographic, and political factors affecting state spending over the past two decades. Predicts that the 1990s will be characterized by annual increases in educational spending that are far less than the expected rate of inflation. (FMW)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
William T. Grant Foundation, Washington, DC. Commission on Work, Family, and Citizenship. – 1991
This report identifies promising and innovative responses to employment-related education reform. Chapter 1 is an overview of the challenge of building a world-class work force. Chapters 2-10 present 50 examples of policy initiatives in digest form, organized into nine themes; each digest provides the name of a contact. Chapter 2 discusses new…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Programs, Community Services, Corporate Support
Alford, Albert L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
A growing interest in the use of nonproperty sources to replace an overburdened property tax, actually or psychologically, has been evident in recent years, particularly as school district levies have been running into stiff voter opposition. However, because school districts have relied on the property tax for their major and often sole source of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Finance, Taxes, School Districts
Halstead, Kent – 1996
This report presents the key trend indicators of public higher education systems for the fiscal year 1994-95, and national trend data for the years 1978-95, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Two brief introductory sections summarize the more exceptional findings, and define the purpose and design of the study and the indicators used.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis
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