A multiple-issue ballot allows voters to vote on specific educational programs and their respective costs rather than forcing a yes/no choice for the entire program. (Author/IRT)

Identifies the organizational and public contact strategies used successfully by school supporters in three school funding elections in the Clayton (Missouri) School District between 1975 and 1980. Notes the types of voters contacted by block workers prior to the 1980 election and analyzes their subsequent voting behavior. (PGD)

Describes how one district mounted a successful campaign to get its budget passed after the same budget was defeated three months earlier. (IRT)

Describes the financial plight of the Toledo schools, which have closed twice in two years, and the factors that contribute to that plight. (IRT)

Ohio schools are particularly hard hit by the taxpayers' rebellion." (Author)

Reducing potential issues and potential tax resistance where budget and bond elections are concerned should be done through monitoring the media, citizen complaints, and community opinion in order to reduce other controversial issues which will have an adverse effect on these elections. (Author/JN)

Observations concerning citizen attitudes toward public education which caused the defeat of two school tax levies in Canton, Ohio. (MF)