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O'Reilly, Fran – 1993
This report which describes state systems for financing special education programs for school-age children with disabilities, is based on a is based on a national survey of state directors of special education during the 1992-93 school year. Emphasis is on determining state funding formulas, recognizing that many states are currently in various…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Economics
Ducci, Maria A. – 1991
This paper presents an overview of the financing of vocational training in Latin America. The paper is organized in six sections. The first section discusses diversification of vocational education funding as a response to crisis, as well as to a more favorable climate within businesses. In the second section, factors of change in funding of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Thomas, Earl Preston – 1979
This document reports on a survey of 30 school districts (five percent of all New Jersey school districts) which contain over two-thirds of the State's total minority enrollment. Twenty-three of the 30 districts are classified as urban communities and over 98 percent of the minority students live in them. Property taxes are the primary source of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Tron, Esther O., Comp. – 1980
This compendium describes the programs of state financial aid to school districts that were in effect in the 1978-79 school year. The introductory section of the report is an analysis of the situation and contains summary tables. The report for each state consists of two parts. The first part reports features of the state and local systems of…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Madera Unified School District, CA. – 1977
The authors contend that a solution to the problems raised by the "Serrano" decision is impossible without an understanding of the basic facts of public education in California. Size, cost, discrepancies, and ranking in relationship to other states and the nation are advanced to place California's public school system in clearer focus.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1979
This policy statement for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities addresses student assistance, categorical/institutional assistance, tax policies, government regulation/self-regulation, and corporate and foundation policies. NAICU recommends to the Congress and the Administration a legislative amendment to Title IV of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
Rehmus, Charles M.; Wilner, Evan – 1968
A sample of Michigan cities is the basis for an evaluation of the economic benefits of collective bargaining to teachers and the economic impact of bargaining upon the school districts that employ and negotiate with them. The study's conclusions include: (1) Bargaining produced pay increases averaging 10 to 20 percent higher than teachers would…
Descriptors: Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Economic Research, Equalization Aid
Allen, James E., Jr. – 1968
The Commissioner of Education of New York discusses James B. Conant's proposal that locally levied taxes be eliminated and replaced by state financing. Local financing of schools has placed serious barriers to the solutions of a number of important educational problems: school segregation resulting from existing school district boundary lines,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Finance, Educational Problems, Educational Quality
Lopate, Carol – 1969
This report describes the two and one-half year history of the College Readiness Program (CRP) at the College of San Mateo in California. The program aimed at increasing the number of Third World students in the College and insuring that, once admitted, these students would be given necessary financial, emotional and academic backing to succeed…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Compensatory Education, Counseling
Berke, Joel S.; Sinkin, Judy G. – 1974
1974 is a watershed for New Jersey public schools, a time when the State is under court order to reform its discriminatory and ineffective method of raising and distributing educational revenues. The existing approach to financing education in the state of New Jersey assigns higher educational resources to pupils in richer school districts, yet…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
McGhehey, M. A. – 1973
This paper traces the development of school reform pressures in Kansas from the implementation of the foundation program in 1965 to the passage of substitute Senate Bill 92 during the 1973 legislative session. Bill 92 is designed to produce equalization of school district expenditures and tax levies by a formula based on the concept of funding the…
Descriptors: Conferences, Driver Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
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
Washington State Temporary Special Levy Study Commission. – 1971
This report, volume I of an indepth study of special levy problems in Washington State, represents the results of a study commission examination of finance and curriculum and contact with commission counterparts in the Federal Government, and a review of the work of other States. Included in this volume are (1) a survey of Washington State's…
Descriptors: Administrators, Assessed Valuation, Basic Skills, Costs
Ross, Larry L. – 1971
Intended for both researchers and practitioners, this analysis and bibliography cites approximately 100 publications on educational taxation, including general texts and reports, statistical reports, taxation guidelines, and alternative proposals for taxation. Topics covered in the analysis section include State and Federal aid, urban and suburban…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Assessed Valuation, Bibliographies, Equal Education
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1972
Among the major objectives of this study was the determination of the nature and extent of disparities in revenues and expenditures among a group of selected states, and among type of districts within and across these states. A common pattern in education finance characteristics was found within each type of district, particularly among central…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Expenditures
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