School fundraising will remain popular, despite the risk of lawsuits. The Indiana courts advise certain actions to avoid potentially hazardous situations. These include inspecting places and situations presenting significant hazards, making plans to meet anticipated dangers, and assigning competent supervisors. Superintendents can ensure greater…

Beginning in 1980, legislation in six states to establish a Children's Trust Fund has been enacted. The legislation creates new sources of support for preventive services in the area of child abuse in Kansas, Washington, Iowa, Virginia, Michigan, and California. To show how the trust-fund concept has been and can be adapted to different political…

Supreme Court decisions about fund-raising by Political Action Committees, prayer in public schools, and disclosure of political campaign contributors are reviewed. Cases before the Court involving solicitation of funds by charities, unsolicited mailed advertisements for contraceptives, aliens, the exclusionary rule, and sex discrimination issues…

Tax laws' incentives and disincentives for charitable giving are outlined. Basics of charitable giving, partial property interests, gifts of future interest in tangible property, undivided interest gifts, ordinary income property, capital gain property, bargain sales, remainder interest gifts, estate tax, and valuation overstatement are discussed…

The National Association of Attorneys' Model Solicitation Act, which covers college and university fund-raising and has been used for state legislation, is discussed. Its origins and basic concepts, impact on institutions, and reasons for eliminating college and university exemption are examined. (MSE)

The four components of cable television--pay-cable, local origination, copyright payments and protections, and distant signals--represent a new way to maximize a school's athletic media-earning potential. Implications for collegiate fund-raising are discussed. (AF)

A report on a bill to establish an endowment program for developing institutions is presented. The bill, the Challenge Grant Amendments of 1983, would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title III, Part C, in order to: (1) encourage the development of endowment funds by developing institutions, (2) provide additional incentives to promote…

The tax on unrelated business income of charitable, educational, and other exempt organizations, a provision of the Revenue Act of 1950, is examined as it affects the trade or business activities of art museums. Special problems of art museums such as those with gift shops and eating facilities are discussed. (JMD)

Descriptions of the policies and procedures used by 11 colleges and universities in the administration of institutional investments and endowments are presented. In addition to statements of investment goals, policies and procedures for deferred giving and social responsibility in investment are included. Statements are reproduced exactly as…

The second volume on state government involvement in public radio contains statutes of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, that affect public radio and television. The compilation is up-to-date as of January 1980 and includes not only laws, but also relevant gubernatorial promulgations and formal…

Despite federal and state regulations prohibiting the sale of nonnutritious foods in competition with school lunch programs, powerful market forces are keeping vending machines in schools. In 1997, schools generated $750 million for the vending machine market. Soft-drink companies are offering million-dollar contracts to some schools. Student…

This kit on resource allocation in academic and research libraries contains nine primary source documents and a concise summary of a 1976 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey on management of fiscal spending activities in ARL libraries. Based on responses from 70 libraries, the summary discusses 3 specific subjects within the general…

With reference to current fiscal distress in California, sources of school district revenue are described, potential local revenue sources identified, and equity issues involved in increased local funding noted. (MJL)

Legal and policy challenges may occur in institutions affiliating with both the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in areas concerning women's sports. The critical question is how to maintain necessary financial support for viable women's programs. (MSE)

The Tax Reform Acts of 1976 and 1978 and their impact on charitable giving are described. Tax policy is seen to be in a state of flux with charities now no longer enjoying a favored status. The educational community needs to be alert to Congressional attitudes toward tax incentives. (MLW)