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Download full textLewis, Angelo John; Benderson, Albert, Ed. – 1982
The problems of urban public schools and current reform efforts are examined in this issue of "FOCUS," a publication of the Educational Testing Service. Declining support from parents and teachers, budget cuts, declining enrollment and deficiencies in student performance in mathematics and science skills are among the problems discussed.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
Wajngurt, Clara; Jones, Enid B. – 1992
Most states fund their community colleges on a flat grant per pupil basis, though some allocate on an overall appropriation. Variations in district wealth are generally equalized by either full state support or state equalization of local tax-paying ability. Four models of state support are currently in operation: (1) negotiation of state support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Seven papers examine a number of issues that have dominated school finance research and policy in the 1970s. Among the topics covered are revenue limitation movements and school finance reform, with papers on experiences in California and Nevada; educational equity, including equity in both taxpayer rates and expenditures per student; price…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
This report briefly reviews the history of federal support of higher education in Canada and then turns, in Part II, to an overview of several factors which contribute to uncertainty over the future of federal support. It concentrates on mechanisms for federal support, and though it does not advocate a single funding option, it proposes several…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
Schoppmeyer, Martin W. – 1996
In 1995, Arkansas enacted two new bills that changed the way in which schools were financed. Act 916 required all school districts to levy a 25-mill tax based on an assessment ratio of 20 percent of use value on all property for maintenance and operation. The act also revised biennial appropriations for the State Department of Education,…
Descriptors: Average Daily Membership, Categorical Aid, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Hearn, Norman E. – 1981
Effects of Federal education policy on rural and small school include inequities and neglect. Funding formulas based on concentrations of targeted pupils and average cost per pupil appear to deprive small and rural local education agencies (LEA) of a fair share of Federal education monies. Selection criteria such as density and Education Division…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Definitions, Delivery Systems
