Explores aspects of four school referenda in Albuquerque in 1968 and 1969. Data suggest that income did not significantly correlate with elections utilizing the property tax as a funding base, but did so with voting behavior in an election with income tax as a funding base. (RJ)

Describes how substantial new monetary resources were made available to Chicago public schools after the Chicago School Reform Act and how they were used to stimulate change at the school level. The article briefly examines the allocation method for state chapter funds and discusses the findings from an analysis of 14 sample schools. (GLR)

It is asserted that conventional school finance analysis must address itself to the social realities of politics and dealing with state legislatures, thus disputing some of the theses offered by Daniel C. Morgan in a previous article. (EH)

Analyzes the fiscal implications of equal educational opportunity as they apply to the schools of New York City, by first placing the discussion in a national perspective and then turning to recent court decisions that have invalidated school finance systems as violations of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. (RJ)

School finance drives policy and practice in public education, yet most citizens and some practitioners know very little about how their schools are funded. The purpose of this article is to address the financial issues related to urban schools and the challenge of balancing expectations of higher levels of education with the values of equity,…