There exists a clearly and amply documented need for an alternative to the property tax as a means of supporting public education, and many fiscal experts have expressed themselves in favor of the municipal income tax as a recourse. This analysis attempts to demonstrate that since additional revenues are needed for local governments and an…

This monograph aims at presenting information and suggestions on alternative provisions and procedures for planning and effecting needed changes in education. It outlines the kinds of studies that need to be made to facilitate rational planning, describes how these studies should be conducted, and identifies the personnel to make the studies.…

This book contains conference papers by experts in educational administration, law, and economics. Six of the papers are devoted to a legal analysis of fiscal inequality among school attendance units, school districts, and States. These contributions are: (1) K. Forbis Jordan and Kern Alexander, "Constitutional Methods of Financing Public…

This document reports the results of the National Capital Outlay Project, the purposes of which were (1) to investigate the legal basis, procedures, and practices utilized by the 50 States in providing funds for public school construction and related debt service; and (2) to generate a series of capital outlay finance models that States could use…

This document contains the proceedings of the 16th annual National Conference on School Finance. The Conference participants included representatives of State education agencies, professional associations, and State legislatures, as well as professors of school finance. Topics discussed include fiscal neutrality, cost differentials and cost…