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A Review of New York State's Foundation Aid Education Funding Formula with Recommendations for Improvement
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Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2024
The New York State Board of Regents' 2004-05 State Aid Proposal put forward the idea of instituting Foundation Aid as a response to concerns about the sufficiency of state education funding then being provided to local school districts. In 2007, prompted by legal action, a call for reform by the Regents, and the election of a new governor with a…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, State Aid, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation
Alabama's Foundation Program: An Adequate and Equitable School Funding Mechanism?
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Coe, Dennis Randal – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the foundation program was an adequate and equitable funding mechanism for public schools in the state of Alabama. This study analyzed funding and academic data and evaluated adequacy and equity through the lenses of poverty, geographic location, local tax effort, and type of school…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Foundation Programs, Public Schools, Educational Equity (Finance)
The Impacts of School Funding Formula Modifications on Equity, Fiscal Neutrality, and Adequacy
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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Michael, Robert S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
In this study, we investigate the types of overlay provisions used in public school funding and the impacts that these provisions can have on equity, fiscal neutrality, and adequacy in school funding. We begin by reviewing the various overlay provisions that could be used by states. We then turn to an analysis of Indiana's 2004 foundation aid…
Descriptors: Public Education, Funding Formulas, Educational Equity (Finance), Foundation Programs
How Unequal Are Their Vertical Equity Measures? A Comparison of Three Canadian Provinces
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Li, Xiaobin – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The purpose of this study was to compare the foundation allocation and three special allocations for special-needs students, ESL students, and students with low socioeconomic status in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia to see what these special allocations look like as vertical equity measures. Because stronger measures are needed if…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Equity (Finance)
A Fifty-State Survey of School Finance Policies and Programs: An Overview
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Verstegen, Deborah A.; Jordan, Teresa S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2009
This overview provides a synthesis of a comprehensive survey of school finance programs in the 50 states conducted in 2006-07. Information was provided by chief state school finance officers or persons with expertise in a state's public school funding-allocation system. Brief descriptions of the major Pre-K-12 funding formulae, district-based…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Trends
Tennessee School Finance Equity as Determined by Locally Funded Teaching Positions.
Peevely, Gary L.; Ray, John R. – 1989
The Tennessee School Finance Equity Study was begun in 1978 to review the equity and adequacy of Tennessee's Public School Finance Program. Changes in the structure of the Tennessee Foundation Program (TFP) did achieve greater equity in the amount of funds local districts obtained from the foundation program even though the residence of the…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student