As demographic subgroups have become more homogeneous in their voting preferences, attitudes of individuals have become important factors in explaining voting tendencies. Voting on tax issues becomes a way of expressing reactions to the quality of services received and to the politics of government officials. (Author)

The small school district of Channahon, Illinois challenged the assessed valuation of a local oil refinery, won the appeal, and negotiated a settlement with the company to stabilize the assessed valuation through 1990. (MLF)

Continued economic recession, a growing national debt, and consumer overconsumption mean that a federal tax similar to a sales tax may be passed. Because the "value-added tax" will significantly affect school budgets, according to economist Anthony Carnevale, educators should demand a portion of the tax for education revenue sharing. (CJH)

Three part article includes: 1) the case for full state funding; 2) the local school district's role; 3) the case for more federal funding. (Editor)

Presents the results of a survey on school finance taken among education professionals. The questions asked cover such areas as priority of expenditures, revenue sources, adequacy of funding, length of schooling, and State vs local control. (Author/DN)

Comments on the upcoming Supreme Court decision in the Rodriquez case. (JF)

First of a series; provides an examination of public education's current financial plight and offers seven immediate reforms. (Author)

The California Supreme Court's decision overturning the State's school property tax may revolutionize school financing. (Author)

Article discusses the implications of the decision by the California Supreme Court that school financing through property taxes violates the Fourteenth Amendment. (SP)

Discusses the Serrano vs Priest decision that ruled against the use of property taxes for support of schools in California. (JF)

Reports results of a questionnaire study designed to obtain information about how businessmen, public officials, industrial workers, administrators, and teachers feel about teacher salaries and tenure, methods of financing public schools, and school fund-raising projects. (JD)

The factors affecting funding levels of South Carolina's public elementary and secondary school districts must be reexamined. If state education monies for 1988-89 had been distributed to compensate fully for local tax variations, the state's wealthiest districts would have received a 31.8% funding decrease and the poorest districts would have…