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National Education Association, Washington, DC. Committee on Educational Finance. – 1972
This report consists of 19 conference papers, most of which focus on the current problems, issues, and trends in educational finance; while several deal with cost effectiveness and levels of productivity. Since the concept of productivity focuses on outputs, other papers are concerned with the output-oriented concepts of accountability and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Bendixsen, Marian F. – 1972
In this report, the author describes and examines some of the policy alternatives available for the implementation of an equitable system of school finance. The author provides statistics that trace the historical disparities in interdistrict school expenditures, describes recent court challenges to school finance systems, and discusses both full…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Equal Education
Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1971
This report presents the issues and findings of this conference of superintendents from the 43 largest city school systems in the nation. The conference dealt with (1) communication and cooperation between public and nonpublic school educators and their respective school systems and (2) financing the public and nonpublic components of the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equal Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Liebschutz, David S.; Schieder, Jeffrey S.; Boyd, Donald J. – 1997
This report summarizes the proposed budgets for U.S. public elementary and secondary education for fiscal year 1998 and describes the budgets and the major factors that influence those budgets. It is the second in a series of "State Fiscal Briefs" on education finance by the Center for the Study of the States. The report is primarily based on…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Allen, John C.; Filkins, Rebecca; Cordes, Sam; Jarecki, Eric J. – 1998
This report details results of the 1998 Nebraska Rural Poll, which asked rural Nebraskans their opinions on taxes, school finance, and school consolidation. Survey responses were received from 4,196 residents of Nebraska's 87 non-metropolitan counties. When asked about the tax structure, most respondents favored changing the current distribution…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Mergers, Property Taxes
Bailey, Jon; Preston, Kim – 2000
A study examined educational property tax burdens in Nebraska counties, using data on property taxes levied, property values, and per capita income. The study found that the average school tax burdens for residents in the lowest third (by per capita income) of Nebraska counties, which were nearly all rural farmers and ranchers, were 88 percent…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Ambrosie, Frank – School Business Affairs, 1983
Discusses alternative sources for school funding to replace the traditional heavy reliance on local property taxes and addresses the problem of financial inequity between school districts. Proposes complete state financing of all school districts and an increased state income tax as possible alternatives to local property tax-based school funding.…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Full State Funding

Uchitelle, Susan – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
South Africa and the United States face similar problems: teachers' inadequacies in educating an increasingly diverse population; a culture of poverty undermining public support; urban decay and declining tax bases; insufficient resources; totally inadequate school facilities; and unrealistic expectations, considering allotted resources, faculty,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Desegregation Effects, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Richard, Alan – Education Week, 1999
Idaho's patchwork-quilt way of financing schools does not provide enough stable financial resources for many rural schools. Tax levies are sometimes unsuccessful. Some rural districts have depended on forest revenues, but this source dwindled following new environmental policies. Federal legislation may return a portion of forest revenues, but…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2005
Cleveland voters soundly rejected a levy intended to bolster the school district's finances, a move widely interpreted as a referendum on the performance of its leader, Barbara Byrd-Bennett. Two-thirds of the voters who turned out for the Aug. 2 special election cast their ballots against Issue 3, which would have raised more than $45 million to…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Community Support, After School Programs, Educational Finance
Weber, Bruce A. – 1995
During the past 5 years, Oregon has set in motion a set of fundamental changes in state policy that will radically affect schools. It has: (1) reduced property taxes without increasing other taxes in a way that will reduce state/local taxes as a share of income from 12.1 percent of personal income in 1991 to 10.3 percent in 1996; (2) shifted to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Fennell, Brian H. – 1991
Fiscal equity and taxation equity in educational finance have been key issues in the United States and Canada over the past 2 decades. Part 1 describes the Province of Alberta's search for a solution to fiscal and taxation equity by looking at the education funding system. The growing disparities in educational resources available to school…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Brazer, Harvey E.; McCarty, Therese A. – 1989
The study reported in this document found no evidence for the minicipal overburden (m/o) hypothesis of urban school finance. The theory asserts that there is a causal relationship between high levels of non-school municipal expenditure or tax rates and low levels of school spending. Demand for expenditure on education in a sample of school…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Educational Demand, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Brighton, Deb; Northup, Jim – 1990
The property tax base in Vermont's towns are overburdened as property taxes are usually the only funding method available to finance schools, police departments, highway work, recreation programs, and government in general. Attempting to offer their citizens a balanced program of services without exorbitant taxes, local officials are striving to…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Community Development, Community Planning, Educational Finance
Greer, James L. – 1985
A study analyzed the revenues of the Chicago Public Schools since 1970; all the relevant data on these revenues are compiled in this document, which presents a comprehensive picture of the finances of the Chicago Public Schools. In response to a fiscal crisis that has continued since 1979-80, the Chicago Board of Education has cut its staff by…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student