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Ladd, Helen F., Ed.; Hansen, Janet S., Ed. – 1999
This book argues that better management of money is more important than in the past if the nation is to raise the achievement of all students. Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the book's origins and objectives. Chapter 2, "Setting the Stage," offers the goals of facilitating cost-efficient levels of achievement for all,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics
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Ward, James Gordon – Journal of Education Finance, 1998
Examines development of the equalization idea in American public education, discusses theorists' applications of equalization to school finance, reviews the literature on school-finance reform-litigation effects, and concludes that U.S. history has not strongly supported equalization of educational opportunities. Education is not a fundamental…
Descriptors: Conflict, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance)
Singer, Alan – 1997
Long Island, New York, including Nassau and Suffolk Counties, is a patchwork of small ethnically, racially, and economically segregated towns organized into 126 school districts. School funding patterns and problems conform to racial, ethnic, and class lines. Predominantly minority school districts generally have higher property tax rates, fewer…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research. – 1995
Alaska's public schools cost $1.2 billion in the 1992-93 school year. That included both operating and capital spending and amounted to about $10,000 for each of the state's 119,000 elementary and secondary students. Roughly one-quarter of the state government's general fund budget went to the schools, covering 64 percent of costs. About 30…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Hoffman, Charlene M. – 1993
This report attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of total federal financial support for education since fiscal year 1980 when the U.S. Department of Education became an independent agency. Six detailed tables in the appendix have additional historical data for fiscal years 1965, 1970, and 1975. Assembling data on federal funds for education…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Ascher, Carol – 1993
The system of school finance equity in Texas is described as it existed before the court case Edgewood Independent School District (ISD) v. Kirby, and the overhaul mandated by legal rulings in the evolving Edgewood case is reviewed. In Texas, as elsewhere, the system of school finance has historically been based on the local property taxes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Change
Wood, R. Craig; Honeyman, David S. – 1990
After summarizing the philosophy behind the financing of public schools, this document reviews the division of legal responsibility for education between the state and federal governments; outlines the state's responsibility for providing an equal educational opportunity for its residents; and summarizes the use of federal revenues, state…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Sandeen, Garnet Godfrey – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted of 10 Southern California community colleges to determine the effect of a 1978 tax reform/limitation initiative (Proposition 13) on the funding and scope of their community service programs. The study involved a review of community services literature, an examination of relevant college records, and interviews with…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Community Services
Ducci, Maria A. – 1991
This paper presents an overview of the financing of vocational training in Latin America. The paper is organized in six sections. The first section discusses diversification of vocational education funding as a response to crisis, as well as to a more favorable climate within businesses. In the second section, factors of change in funding of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1982
Reporting on school financing in Alberta, the 1982 Task Force presents its conclusions and recommendations. These are based on the evaluation of finance plans in terms of the following stated principles: educational equality and financial equity, educational program and school finance, leadership, diversity of revenue sources, and local control.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boards of Education, Categorical Aid, Educational Equity (Finance)
Anderson, Sandra M.; Andrew, Loyd D. – 1983
A study of the relationship between the operating costs of statewide boards for higher education and the administrative costs of institutions of higher education in 50 states is described. The analysis focuses on 61 statewide boards for higher education and 1,472 public institutions. The research design involves controlling for such variables as…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board of Education Role, College Administration, Costs
American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis, IN. – 1981
Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines the "supply-side" philosophy of economics of the Reagan Administration as compared to the "demand-side" emphasis of the past. The manipulation of the nation's economy by raising or lowering…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Credit (Finance), Economic Change
Walker, Billy D. – 1990
Texas public school finance is undergoing reform in response to a state Supreme Court decision in Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby, that declared the school finance system in violation of the "efficient clause" of the state constitution. State aid has declined since 1984 due to state revenue constraints, reform mandates largely funded from local…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Macomb Community Coll., Warren, MI. Center for Community Studies. – 1982
In spring 1982, a public opinion survey of Macomb County residents was conducted to explore the attitudes of residents with regard to tax issues and their perceptions of Macomb Community College (MCC) and its services. Telephone interviews, conducted with a random sample of 500 households, revealed: (1) unemployment was viewed as the main problem…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Koltai, Leslie – 1978
The nine-college Los Angeles Community College District, which has an enrollment of 135,000 and a payroll of 11,000 and which receives 80% of its operating budget from local property taxes, faced post-Proposition 13 cutbacks of 52% of its non-restricted operating revenue. Three types of alternative budgets based on state funding possibilities were…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
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