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Pheasant, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1984
Two Oregon schools districts that have been effective in managing their resources are Reedsport, a smaller district and the subject of part 1 of this bulletin; and Beaverton, one of the largest districts in the state, the focus of part 2. The Reedsport district plans the use of its funds based on a goal-setting process in the areas of instruction,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
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
Spence, David S.; Joyner, L. Felix – 1981
Funding and enrollment issues facing higher education are considered in two articles. In "Funding for Higher Education Enrollment Shifts in the 80s," David S. Spence outlines the decline in number of traditional college-age students; the trend to older, part-time, place-bound students; the increasing demands for remedial, continuing, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC. – 1980
This summary provides an overview of developments in school finance litigation since the United States Supreme Court's historic and lamentable 1973 ruling in "San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez" that wealth-based discrimination in educational expenditures does not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation
Southern Rural Development Center, State College, MS. – 1976
References with annotations in seven key rural development areas and suggestions on sources of information are contained in this selective bibliography on rural development. Community leaders, rural development committees, researchers, and community resource development personnel should find the publication useful for identifying and obtaining…
Descriptors: Agencies, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Delivery Systems
Nassau Library System, Garden City, NY. – 1975
Situated in the Manor Oaks Elementary School, the Hillside Public Library (HPL) serves as a joint school and public library. At the request of its board of trustees, a comprehensive survey of HPL operations was conducted by the Nassau County Library System. This report presents the findings of this survey, which are to be used in future planning.…
Descriptors: Facility Utilization Research, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Houston, TX. – 1973
This study examines the current Texas school finance plan, the finance plans and proposals of other states, national school finance research, and the results of a survey of Texas leaders and educators before presenting alternative revenue and distribution plans, their effects and costs, and possible revenue sources. The study was conducted under…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Cox, Millicent – 1976
California is under court order (Serrano v. Priest) to revise the system of financing public elementary and secondary education. Initial analysis had predicted that a shift to statewide taxation would result in greater educational resources at a lower tax cost for lower income families and fewer resources at a higher tax cost for wealthier…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Guthrie, James W.; And Others – 1970
This paper reports on a recent study in Michigan to assess the part played by State school finance arrangements relative to social class structure. Study results supported the premise that present systems for financing public schools tend to reinforce social class distinctions. An alternative financial plan that would help equalize educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Assessed Valuation, Bibliographies
Dillingham, Harry C. – 1969
The failure of a property tax levy, submitted to Cincinnati voters in November and December of 1966, resulted in an announced reduction within the school district's summer school, kindergarten, and interscholastic athletic programs. To determine the effect of this reduction on voter support for the schools, a stratified sample of 520 registered…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Extramural Athletics
Lee, Beatrice C., Ed. – 1973
This report consists of tables that rank States according to 129 separate data items that provide information for understanding, explaining, interpreting, and evaluating various aspects of State school systems. Although the latest available figures are used, some are estimates, and others are based on sampling studies. National totals are shown in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Average Daily Attendance, Average Daily Membership, Census Figures
Rentel, Victor M. – 1971
In this paper, presented at the sixteenth annual International Reading Association convention, the author argues that the destitution of the Appalachian region of West Virginia and Kentucky can be partially blamed on inadequate educational funding. As a result of inadequate taxing of commercial and industrial properties, adequate schools have not…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Budgets, Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1997
This publication provides information on the sources and amounts of funds available for prekindergarten through postsecondary education in Illinois common schools for 1996-97. The guidebook contains a summary of fiscal-year 1997 appropriations to the Illinois State Board of Education, as well as appropriations for educationally related purposes…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Fiscal Capacity
Augenblick, John; Sharp, Jennifer – 2003
The purpose of this paper is to explore funding issues related to charter districts. It begins with definitions of charter school and charter district. It continues with a brief discussion of public-school finance and some of the policy issues associated with distributing state funds to school districts, allowing school districts to generate…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Tollefson, Terrence A.; Garrett, Rick L.; Ingram, William G. – 1999
In 1990 a study was conducted whose purpose was to establish empirically the degree to which governance of each state community college system was centralized or decentralized. This data would provide information on which to base decisions for changing governance structures. The 1990 study was replicated in 1997. A 100% response rate was obtained…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
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