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Gibbs, James E.; And Others – 1979
This report briefly summarizes the background, the criteria and procedures for evaluation, the findings, and the recommendations of the Tennessee School Finance Equity Study that, during the two year period ending in November, 1979, examined Tennessee's present program for financing the public schools, kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Gibbs, James E.; And Others – 1979
This description of the Tennessee equalization plan consists of (1) a description of Tennessee's current public school finance program; (2) recommendations for change in the existing program; (3) a description of the conformance of the recommended changes to the equity guidelines developed by the United States Commissioner of Education pursuant to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Download full textCoon, E. Dean; And Others – 1976
This publication is the first of a series of reports on the Alaska School Finance Study. This published report essentially covers the informational phase of the study, describing in detail the principles, basic data on current funding, and trends that comprise the current situation in educational finance nationally and in Alaska. Separate chapters…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
PDF pending restorationMcMaster, Donald; Sinkin, Judy G. – 1979
This handbook is one in a series prepared for use at workshops designed to help teachers, administrators, and legislators understand and deal with the intricacies of school finance equalization plans in their states. Rhode Island's education finance plan is discussed in this particular book. Chapter 1 discusses how Rhode Island's plan undertakes…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
Anderson, Gayle H. – 1973
After tracing the historical development of its present school finance system, the author considers Minnesota's school finance court cases and the finance disparities among its local school districts that led the 1971 legislature to increase State aid given to local school districts for maintenance expenditures. The document reviews the…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Schools
Guess, Arnold – 1973
This paper describes the processes and methodology used in a 3-year study of the Kentucky Foundation Program--a body of related Kentucky revised statutes which directs the amount and flow of State aid for public education in the State. A technical committee, a research committee, a citizens advisory council, and local study committees examined…
Descriptors: Accountability, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Conferences, Educational Finance
Chaffee, John – 1979
California Assembly Bill 65 (AB 65) attempts to equalize California school finance and improve school programs. The school finance portion of the bill arose as a response to the 1976 Serrano v. Priest decision in which the California Supreme Court said that the existing school finance system was unfair to both students and taxpayers. AB 65…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Citizens Councils, Compensatory Education
