This document presents the results of a Forum study of local financial support of schools. The primary objective was to devise a yardstick to measure the local effort in a way useful to both citizens and policymakers. Data on property wealth for each of the 140 local school systems in North Carolina were developed. School systems making the…

Despite pessimism concerning school funding prospects and the deep recession of the early 1980s, this article shows that real school revenues during 1980-1988 continued to increase at substantial rates. The first section discusses school revenues in the context of the country's gross national product and personal income from 1960 to 1980. While…

This study examined the relationship between operating tax rates and selected socioeconomic variables for Illinois school districts. Districts were separately ranked by operating tax rates and then divided into four equal quartiles--low tax effort, low medium tax effort, high medium tax effort, and high tax effort. Discriminant analysis was used…

An extension of material contained in Chapter 4 of the book, "Benefits, Cost, and Finance of Public Higher Education (Chicago: Markham Publishing Co., 1969).

This research addressed the contemporary problem of declining support for school funding requests. The study examined current factors and factors over time (1969-77) that underlie school tax balloting. Data were collected from four previously studied districts and statistically analyzed. Voters' attitudes toward school community relations,…

This report describes the results of a project that has been aimed at collecting and validating data on local wealth in school districts throughout the nation for the school year 1976-77. Section 2 reviews the concepts and terminology needed to understand and interpret the data collected. Section 3 describes the conduct of the project, including…

The property tax is the single most important revenue source for local governments and school districts in New York State. Its positive attributes are its stability, simplicity, efficiency, predictability, and its contribution to local government. Yet gross inequities are associated with assessment administration of property tax. An analysis of a…

The ways in which the following three factors influence a large-city school district's "fiscal performance" are investigated: (1) The educational and occupational status of school board members, (2) the effect of public vote on the budget, and (3) the effect of the size of the school district. A regression of certain budget approval variables,…

The South Carolina Education Finance Act of 1977 aims toward equalization of public school finance in South Carolina. A major goal is the state provision of 70 percent of school funding. The bill contains three other major provisions: the Defined Minimum Program (DMP), the Index of Taxpaying Ability, and the Weighted Pupil/Base Pupil calculation.…

A progress report reviews the Milwaukee School Board's continuous program of acquiring sites and building schools. An itemized listing of 140 completed construction projects is supplemented with pertinent facts and figures, including--(1) growth factors affecting school building needs, (2) resultant increases in the physical plant, staff and…

The movement for school finance reform at the State level has not been arrested. It had been thought that the Rodriguez case would stall reform. States have moved their reform efforts ahead before and after the Rodriguez decision, with conviction. The purpose of this publication is to document school finance legislation in 1973, State-by-State.…

Compares per-pupil educational costs for rural and urban Kansas counties, including costs resulting from rural-urban migration of educated young people, and analyzes the potential impact of various school tax reforms. (JG)

Presents the arguments, pro and con, on the use of the local property tax to finance the schools. A bibliography is appended. (SJL)

The vocational teacher plays a preventative role in avoiding stripping the taxpayer. If the teacher understands his job as part of the total manpower effort, he will see certain services he can render to keep costs down and accountability up. (Editor/HD)

The long-term pattern of state assumption of public elementary and secondary education funding continued during the past decade. This trend, as shown in numerous tables, has been neither regular nor consistent among states and regions in recent years. The property tax is still the mainstay of local school districts. Includes 18 references. (MLH)