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New York State Div. of the Budget, Albany. Education Study Unit. – 1976
The property tax is the single most important revenue source for local governments and school districts in New York State. Its positive attributes are its stability, simplicity, efficiency, predictability, and its contribution to local government. Yet gross inequities are associated with assessment administration of property tax. An analysis of a…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Property Appraisal
Spartz, James L. – 1990
Current expense tax rates, local current expense revenues, total current expenses from all revenue sources, and expenditures for salaries were analyzed in 16 school districts to review the effects of a state statute that significantly modified the formula of state equalization fund allocation. Twenty-four tables of financial information are used…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Allen, John C.; Filkins, Rebecca; Cordes, Sam; Jarecki, Eric J. – 1998
This report details results of the 1998 Nebraska Rural Poll, which asked rural Nebraskans their opinions on taxes, school finance, and school consolidation. Survey responses were received from 4,196 residents of Nebraska's 87 non-metropolitan counties. When asked about the tax structure, most respondents favored changing the current distribution…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Mergers, Property Taxes

Ladd, Helen F.; Wilson, Julie Boatright – 1982
This paper uses data from a large statewide survey of Massachusetts residents to measure support for Proposition 2 1/2. Proposition 2 1/2 required high tax rate communities to reduce property tax levies 15 percent per year until the tax rate is reduced to the maximum allowable rate of 2 1/2 percent of full and fair market value. Specifically, this…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Community Surveys, Educational Finance

General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
States have used a variety of strategies to educate poor students and help poor school districts adequately fund the needs of their students. This General Accounting Office report examines: (1) the size of the gap in total (state and local combined) funding between poor and wealthy districts for each state; (2) the key factors that affect the size…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid

Ladd, Helen F.; Wilson, Julie Boatright – 1982
This paper uses data obtained by a large statewide survey of Massachusetts residents to measure the relative importance of certain motivations in influencing the overall statewide vote on Proposition 2 1/2. Proposition 2 1/2 severely restricts the ability of Massachusetts cities and towns to raise tax revenue for local services. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Community Surveys, Educational Finance