Article gives statistics showing the need to restore fiscal balance in education and the need for the shifting of certain governmental financing from lower to higher levels of government. (GB)

The greatest inequities in the Adequate Program for Education in Georgia reside not with the plan but with the implementation of the plan, notably with the absence of full funding. (Author/IRT)

Argues that a cost of education index presented in the winter 1980 issue may create inequities in the treatment of both taxpayers and pupils, mainly because of its evaluation of teacher salary costs. (IRT)

Two proposals in the bill currently circulating to reauthorize No Child Left Behind seem to be shoe-ins for making their way into federal law. The impetus behind both proposals is to help poor kids by making sure that districts spend as much money on them as gets spent on rich kids. Going against the grain, the National Council on Teacher Quality…

Discusses how wealth should be measured to arrive at State aid formulas. (JF)

Discusses the Serrano vs Priest and Rodriguez vs San Antonio Independent School District cases. (JF)

Text of Congressional testimony based on a continuing study of school finance, in which the authors recommended federal financial aid to States for undertaking reforms that will equalize educational opportunities and financial responsibilities. (Author/JF)

Compares several court rulings and their influence on the goal of equal educational opportunities. (GB)

While there is a wealth of research on school finance equity and adequacy, and school finance theory clearly documents differences between the two concepts, no study has examined whether the reforms engendered by each approach actually differ in terms of resource distribution. This study examines the issues using district level data on expenditure…

This report updates the January 1967 study of California junior college financing, considering particularly the possibility of the state assuming all operating costs of the system. Using data not available for the earlier study, it is also examines certain new areas. Section I contains the introduction, a summary, and 12 overall recommendations.…

In a major development in the state politics of resource allocation, two rival political movements--school finance reform supporters and spending/tax limitation supporters--are going to confront each other in several states. (Author/IRT)

Examines the extent to which Minnesota's current school finance program satisfies the criteria of fiscal neutrality, equalization of fiscal effort, and accommodation of educational need. (Author/IRT)

Very little progress has taken place in achieving greater fiscal neutrality. The change in definition of local school district wealth produced a significant redistribution of basic subsidies with the relatively poorer districts receiving less funds. (Author/IRT)