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Sutter, Joel A.; Hopeman, Alan R., Jr. – 1986
This report is a study of the degree of equalization of school district revenues and tax rates in Minnesota, with emphasis on changes that have occurred over recent years. The report was prepared by the research staff of the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives. The study places emphasis on the role of school district property wealth in…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Income, Property Accounting
Reeder, Richard J. – 1985
Some local governments in nonmetro areas--especially those in the rural West and in very rural areas--experienced high levels of fiscal stress in the mid-seventies that were associated with high and rising local taxes. These local governments may be forced to cut back their rural development activities in the eighties. Fiscal pressures on local…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Fiscal Capacity, Local Government, Low Income
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Cleary, James – 1986
The term "cluster analysis" refers to a set of statistical methods that classify entities with similar profiles of scores on a number of measured dimensions, in order to create empirically based typologies. A 1980 Minnesota House Research Report employed cluster analysis to categorize school districts according to their relative mixtures…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Economic Status, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity
Hartman, William T.; Hwang, C. S. – 1983
This study examines the effects of the 1979 Oregon Property Tax Relief Plan on 1980-81 school district budget decisions by comparing the available tax relief, the school expenditures, and the tax levies in the state for the years 1975-81. The history of direct and indirect property tax relief in Oregon is sketched for the years prior to 1979; the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Finance Reform
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
Prepared to assist the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges in the development of its "1990-91 Basic Agenda," this paper discusses several major statewide trends with important implications for California's community colleges. The paper offers data on population and enrollment growth, labor market changes requiring…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Demography, Educational Assessment
Geske, Terry G. – 1983
Potential revenue prospects for the public schools in the Midwest basically depend on the future outlook for the midwestern economy as a whole. Accordingly, a comprehensive analysis is undertaken of the midwestern economy and tax base, and then of trends in educational spending. Topics include: (1) economic growth and taxation systems; (2)…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Economic Research, Educational Economics