An inside look at the strengths and weaknesses of the two-tier plan which serves as Toronto's metropolitan governance model. (Author)

Recounts the now-famous Supreme Court case, San Antonio Independent School District versus Rodriguez, relating to the proposition that wealth-based inequities in school spending are unconstitutional. (RJ)

While revenue sharing is a unique and masterful windfall to local districts over the nation, if proposed cuts in current education programs are made and a special education revenue sharing bill not funded, the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction will be unable to guarantee the State's fundamental interest in education. (Author/JN)

Discusses possible future trends in educational finance following the California court decision in Serrano vs Priest. (JF)

A description of the Serrano vs. Priest class action suit in California, challenging the system of financing education through property taxes; author touches upon the possibilities for the courts becoming change agents in the struggle for social reform. (SP)

Study intends to show, "what is saved public budgets by the existence of Catholic Schools. (Author)

Discusses litigation arising from problems in financing education. Cases are treated separately and classified according to the level of government providing the financing. (Author/JF)

Promotes the argument favoring State support of schools. (LN)

This chapter reviews recent court decisions affecting the following areas of school finance: Federal and State aid, school district spending, tax levies and assessments, and bonding practices. (JH)

Two shortcomings in the implementation of guaranteed tax base or equalization formulas--limitations on state equalization aid and inaccurate portrayal of fiscal capacity--can maintain or increase financial disparities among school districts. Data on Michigan districts illustrate how inaccurate fiscal measurement expanded existing disparities…

Summarizes the findings of an Educational Testing Service study on the effectiveness of New Jersey's 1976 state reforms to equalize school taxes and to provide a "Thorough and Efficient" education. (SJL)

In the light of the uncertain benefits and the understated but escalating costs of public services, it is hardly irrational for taxpayers to attack the problem through the cost side. (Author)

Simulates effects on educational expenditures in the Boston metropolitan area of establishing a statewide tax on commercial and industrial property to finance state aid for education. Concludes that removing business property from the local tax base for education would adversely affect the pattern of educational expenditures in the Boston area.…

Recounts how the school district alienated the voters and how it won them back. (IRT)

Now that the courts have affirmed "Serrano" and specified a rigid fiscal neutrality remedy, state policymakers are confronted with numerous dilemmas and potential unintended consequences. Discusses some of the those policy dilemmas and how school finance systems need to be overhauled. (Author/RK)