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Gibbs, James E.; And Others – 1979
This report briefly summarizes the background, the criteria and procedures for evaluation, the findings, and the recommendations of the Tennessee School Finance Equity Study that, during the two year period ending in November, 1979, examined Tennessee's present program for financing the public schools, kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Lows, Raymond L. – 1985
This paper describes the current and proposed systems for state and local financing of public education in Illinois and discusses the ramifications for local educational planners of a change from a foundation level program to a resource cost model approach. The paper begins with a brief historical overview of the finance reform effort that began…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Sunderman, Harold; Hinely, Reg – Journal of Education Finance, 1979
This article presents a case study of the school finance controversy in Texas with special emphasis on the results of two school finance bills enacted in successive sessions of the legislature. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid

Goldberg, Kalman; Scott, Robert C. – Journal of Education Finance, 2000
Presents a proposal to achieve major finance reform goals by providing property tax relief and increasing state funding out of income-tax receipts, relying on Illinois' growth dividend. The plan is funded by proportional taxes and would make school reform more politically palatable to affluent taxpayers. (28 footnotes) (MLH)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Gibbs, James E.; And Others – 1979
This description of the Tennessee equalization plan consists of (1) a description of Tennessee's current public school finance program; (2) recommendations for change in the existing program; (3) a description of the conformance of the recommended changes to the equity guidelines developed by the United States Commissioner of Education pursuant to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
The Search for Equity in School Finance: Michigan School District Response to a Guaranteed Tax Base.
Park, Rolla Edward; Carroll, Stephen J. – 1979
Part of a three-volume report on the effects of school finance reform, this volume examines the effects of reform on Michigan school districts' budgets from 1971 to 1976. Econometric models were used. Researchers found a very small "price" effect--an elasticity of -.02. The data provide no evidence that state matching grants stimulate…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
Biles, Brenda L.; Ward, James F. – 1981
Part of a series on state education finance, this manual is intended to help Missouri educators, legislators, and citizens understand school finance reform by providing them with an overview of Missouri's financial aid to public elementary and secondary schools and by exploring selected issues in financial equity in education. The first chapter…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student

Hunter, Molly A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2000
In 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court declared the state's educational finance system unconstitutional, allowing 1 year to enact a systemic overhaul. After 3 years of public controversy, plaintiffs and the state are contesting the sufficiency of the state's response. A court-supervised remedial process may be necessary. (86 footnotes) (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education

Furno, Orlando F. – Journal of Education Finance, 1981
Discusses the purposes of the Assistance to States for State Equalization Plans Act, recounts its legislative history, describes its equity guidelines, and highlights the state plans and research studies flowing from the act. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Keating, Joseph P. – 1982
Background information is presented for use by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges Budget and Finance Committee in developing principles for allocating state funds to community college districts in 1983-84 and in the future. First, committee tasks and objectives are outlined, and the major issues affecting the allocation of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Carroll, Stephen J. – 1979
Part of a three-volume report on the effects of school finance reform, this volume examines reform efforts in California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, and New Mexico. Data on districts' tax rates, wealth, and number of pupils were obtained from state sources. Data on household income, percent urban, percent white, and percent poverty were obtained…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Chaffee, John – 1979
California Assembly Bill 65 (AB 65) attempts to equalize California school finance and improve school programs. The school finance portion of the bill arose as a response to the 1976 Serrano v. Priest decision in which the California Supreme Court said that the existing school finance system was unfair to both students and taxpayers. AB 65…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Citizens Councils, Compensatory Education