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Key, Logan – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
This article presents the state education finance and governance profile of Alabama. The state is home to 1,538 public schools distributed across 67 county school systems and 64 city school systems. State spending is allocated via two separate budgets, "the general fund" for all noneducation related expenditures and the Education Trust…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Expenditures, Taxes, Elementary Secondary Education
Carter, Emily – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
This article provides information on Maryland's state education finance and governance. The state provides a foundation funding program, which guarantees a minimum or foundation level of per-pupil expenditures for children in all the state's school systems; this is done through a combination of state aid and local revenue. In 2002, Maryland…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Teacher Effectiveness, State Aid, Teacher Persistence

Sunderman, Harold; Hinely, Reg – Journal of Education Finance, 1979
This article presents a case study of the school finance controversy in Texas with special emphasis on the results of two school finance bills enacted in successive sessions of the legislature. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid

Goldberg, Kalman; Scott, Robert C. – Journal of Education Finance, 2000
Presents a proposal to achieve major finance reform goals by providing property tax relief and increasing state funding out of income-tax receipts, relying on Illinois' growth dividend. The plan is funded by proportional taxes and would make school reform more politically palatable to affluent taxpayers. (28 footnotes) (MLH)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Nasstrom, Roy R. – 1977
This report documents the factors involved in the consideration of two bills by the Minnesota legislature in 1977. The first bill, designed to increase the level of state foundation aid to education, was affected by public concern over inflation and property tax rates and by the impact of enrollment decline. Lobbying efforts by organizations of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate, Foundation Programs

Mathers, Judith K.; King, Richard A. – Educational Considerations, 1997
Per-pupil property valuation extremes among Colorado school districts are as varied as the landscape. A foundation plan levels funding disparities for school operations, but financing of major capital outlay projects still depends on local property taxation. Funds are needed to finance classroom technologies and Internet connections. (MLH)
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Charter Schools, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
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
Ponessa, Joan; Boylan, Ellen – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on preschool facilities analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State Supreme Court's…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Preschool Education, School Construction, Construction Programs
Keesecker, Ward W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
It is the purpose of this chapter to show some of the more outstanding tendencies and examples of legislation affecting education in the United States during 1935 and 1936. During these years the legislature of every State had one or more legislative sessions, and, in addition, special sessions were called in many States. Moreover, many…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Education, Educational Legislation, Foundation Programs
Ponessa, Joan – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on Long Range Facilities Plans (LRFPs) analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Facilities Planning, School Construction, Construction Programs