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Fonte, Richard – 1985
Formula funding in Illinois reflects decisions on value choices which can be grouped in the categories of enrollment linkage, mission and diversity recognition, equity and fair share, and quality and program improvement. The enrollment linkage of the Illinois formula ties credit hour grants and categorical programs directly to full-time equivalent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Financial Policy
Hashway, Robert M.; Cain, Karen Sue – 1993
This document describes a procedural alternative to current practice predicated on a critical analysis of the literature concerning the funding of public institutions of higher education. The document is partitioned into five sections. The first section describes the development of the formula concept. The next section describes how funding…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computation, Cost Estimates, Departments
Chambers, Jay G.; And Others – 1996
This study evaluated the relationship between Massachusetts special education expenditures and revenues and the overall allocation of school budgets between special and regular education. An introduction reviews the study's background, census-based funding in Massachusetts, education reform efforts in the state, the Foundation Budget approach…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Finance
Bessire, Jack – AdCom: The Newsletter of the Association of California Community College Administrators, 1991
Developed to assist two-year college administrators in understanding the application of the funding formula for California's community colleges that became effective July 1, 1991, this paper reviews revenue base limits; practical implications of the revenue base; the role of institutional growth in increasing base revenues in the absence of cost…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Administration, Community Colleges
Hashway, Robert M.; Cain, Karen Sue – 1992
This publication presents excerpts from a literature review on the process of budgeting and assessing financial need requirements for public colleges and universities. Excerpts highlight funding formula approaches used by some states and higher education institutions, linking funding with educational quality, funding formula development and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Cost Estimates
Parrish, Thomas B. – 1996
This monograph offers an overview of historical trends in the funding of special education programs, examines current issues, and considers directions for the future. After an introductory section, a section on historical perspectives notes trends in federal and state funding since 1975. A table shows the current funding formulas used by each…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Trends