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Download full textAdams, E. Kathleen; Vincent, Phillip E. – 1978
Data on 174 Colorado school districts were used to measure districts' responses (as indicated by per-pupil expenditures) to their own fiscal capacity and to state aid that changes over time. Colorado's modified guaranteed tax base (GTB) formula was analyzed and a model constructed that took into account the formula's limits on district spending…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
Vincent, Phillip E.; Adams, E. Kathleen – 1978
The authors' review of several studies on school district fiscal response to state aid formulas precedes a summary of their research results from case studies of Colorado and Minnesota. The studies reviewed examined factors influencing district fiscal capacity and expenditure changes made in response to aid formulas, especially to…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Odden, Allan – 1978
A 1977 restudy of Colorado school finance, following a 1974 study of the effects of the state's 1973 finance reforms, indicates that Colorado school finance is still unequal. Colorado's school finance program is essentially a resource equalization plan (also known as a "guaranteed tax base" or "district power equalization"…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
