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 computing the number of weighted pupil instructional units (WPIU). A second group of papers presents the Illinois Education Association (IEA) school finance proposal and a proposed recommendation to the superintendent of public instruction, examines disparities among school districts in Illinois and State fiscal policy, presents a longitudinal study to determine whether Illinois schools are becoming more equally financed over time, describes initial efforts to stimulate application of district power equalization to Illinois Public Schools, and compares the relative contributions of the property and personal income taxes to equalization of public school support. Related documents are ED 060 544 and EA 005 217-219. (Author/DN)