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Peer reviewedThornton, Robert J. – Journal of Education Finance, 1981
Examines several schemes that include income (as well as property wealth) to measure school district fiscal capacity. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Fiscal Capacity, Income, Property Taxes, Resource Allocation
Download full textGreen, Harry A. – 1991
Ways of measuring the fiscal capacity of school systems are examined in this paper, which presents a representative tax system model. Fiscal capacity is influenced by factors other than tax base size; the "ideal" model should address adjustments for variations in cost across communities and school systems. The first section examines the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Thompson, David C.; And Others – 1991
An analysis of the effect of the Kansas School District Equalization Act (SDEA) of 1973 on public school financing is provided in this consultants' report on behalf of six plaintiff school districts in "Newton United School District 373 et al., v. the State of Kansas." Following an introduction, the second section sets forth the initial…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Peer reviewedKuriloff, Peter J. – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Explores the association of district enrollment, minority enrollment, wealth, poverty level, fiscal capacity, and tax effort with changes in the distribution of Pennsylvania's federal aid due to implementation of Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Examines the law's effect on paperwork, local control, and encouragement…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Demography, Economic Status
Goertz, Margaret E. – 1979
This document is the second in a series of reports that measures progress to-date in making New Jersey's school finance system fairer to students and taxpayers alike. It examines change in the distribution of revenues and expenditures between 1975-76 and 1978-79, the equity of these distributions, how budget caps influenced these shifts, and the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Wilken, William H.; Callahan, John J., Jr. – 1973
Traditional ways of funding our public schools are now under challenge throughout the nation. Armed with the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution, judges are handing down decisions requiring school taxes and expenditures to reflect State wealth rather than variations in local wealth. Voters in rich and poor districts alike are…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student, Fiscal Capacity
Citizens Research Council of Michigan, Detroit. – 1989
The historical background of and barriers to K-12 school finance reform efforts in Michigan from 1968 to 1989 are reviewed in this report. Factors inhibiting school finance reform are cost of equalization, local control, out-of-formula school districts, and property tax stability. Other factors include de facto unavailability of state personal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
