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Alspaugh, John W. – Rural Educator, 2001
A study of the financing of 96 small rural K-8 and K-12 Missouri school districts found that it was more difficult to support small rural high schools than small rural elementary schools. Small K-12 districts could convert to K-8 districts and contract with adjoining districts to instruct their high school students. (TD)
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Harvey, Lynn R. – 1995
The funding and operation of Michigan's K-12 public school system was substantially changed in March 1994, with voter approval of a constitutional amendment and legislative adoption of 24 implementing state statutes. The comprehensive school funding proposal substantially reduced local property taxes; increased, and in some cases decreased, the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hall, Robert F.; Pierson, Max E. – 1991
Growing frustration with educational finance in Illinois prompted school districts to file, in 1990, a lawsuit that demands adequate funding, equitable distribution of funds, and increased economic efficiency in public education. This document includes a description of events leading up to the suit. Early attempts to improve educational equity…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Western Montana Coll., Dillon. Montana Rural Education Center. – 1993
This report presents data on enrollments, levies, budgets, costs per pupil, and teacher salaries in 82 of Montana's 98 small rural (Class "C") school districts for fiscal year 1993-94. The average enrollment was 143 students in elementary schools and 68 students in high schools. Costs per pupil to the general fund budget without special…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Hess, G. Alfred, Jr.; And Others – 1991
School districts in Illinois are supported by revenues received primarily from local property taxes. Since the amount of local funds generated to support schools are affected by differences in property wealth, and property wealth is inequitably distributed, the funds available to provide an education to each student are also inequitably…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Barney (Don) & Associates, Portland, OR. – 1983
The fourth in a series of technical reports on public education finance in Oregon, this study identifies significant developments from 1968 to 1983 in elementary and secondary finance as well as probable future trends. In addition, it briefly compares the financial standings among Oregon school districts and compares Oregon's school finance system…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1987
The fourth report in a series on school finance describes how state school finance formulas are differentiated and the calculations used to measure local need, wealth, and effort. The following topics are addressed: (1) criteria for evaluating state school finance programs; (2) origins of state school aid formulas; (3) operation of equalization…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Lehnen, Robert G.; Johnson, Carlyn E. – 1989
This report is an update of the 1984 study "Indiana's Public Schools: An Analysis of the Past and Recommendations for the Future," which examined the Indiana school finance formula used to fund public education in the state. A fresh look is taken as a result of formula changes, and the effect of these changes on expenditures for public…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1984
The finances of major school districts in New York State during 1980-81 and 1981-82 are summarized in this report. Trend data are provided on full value, expenses, State aid, tax rates, and local levy. These items are also shown on a per pupil basis for the entire State, New York City, and the balance of the State. Eleven statistical tables are…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Expenditure per Student
Crosby, Bobby L. – 1988
This paper discusses five scenarios that have had an impact on school finance in the state of South Carolina during recent years. These scenarios include (1) the Education Finance Act of 1977 (EFA); (2) the Education Improvement Act of 1984 (EIA); (3) the issue of fiscal independence; (4) school fees; and (5) school bonds. The EFA was designed to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Change Strategies, Educational Benefits
Olson, Lawrence – 1982
The importance of higher education in providing the skilled labor force needed to respond to changing technologies; the cost-efficiency of independent higher education; and implications for government, industry, and independent higher education are considered. The most readily changing technologies include computers and electronics, satellite…
Descriptors: College Role, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Eligibility
Wolfe, Lee R. – 1982
Intended to provide information necessary for administering the School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas Act (Public Law 81-874) and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-10), this report provides financial statistics on a state-by-state basis for school district revenues by source and for school district expenditures by…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Financial Support
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1981
Intended to answer questions regarding public schools in Washington, this handbook provides an overview of the organization and financing of the state's public school system, grades K-12. Included are brief descriptions of the Basic Education Act, the basic education allocation formula, how state and local funds are included in this formula, and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Buildings, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Elementary Secondary Education
Warfield, Walter H.; And Others – 1978
Although the Illinois Farmland Assessment Act is not an educational finance reform but is designed to ease the increasing tax burden on the state's farmland and provide a uniform, state-wide method of farmland tax valuation, it has a significant impact on K-12 public school financing because of the relationship between property and public school…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Income
Brighton, Stayner – 1965
This study guide for student teachers, classroom teachers, school administrators, and interested citizens describes how public elementary and secondary schools obtain and spend their revenues. Material covered includes (1) a study of public school money problems, (2) an analysis and comparison of two hypothetical school district programs, (3) a…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Elementary Schools
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