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Smith, Joanna; Gasparian, Hovanes; Perry, Nicholas; Capinpin, Fatima – Center for American Progress, 2013
How a state chooses to design its system of funding schools is ultimately a question of education governance, determining who--state policymakers, school districts, or school principals--gets to make the decisions about how and where funding is spent. States have two primary ways of funding schools: the foundation, or base funding that is intended…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, State Aid
Jordan, Brian C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Information gained from the present study should provide important policy insights into whether adjustments to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Accreditation (SDFQPA) Act funding formula have supported the original goal behind SDFQPA, which was to provide more equal funding to public elementary and secondary pupils in Kansas.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, School Districts, Educational Finance, State Legislation
Edlefson, Carla – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this descriptive case study was to describe the implementation of Ohio's version of the Evidence-Based Model (OEBM) state school finance system in 2009. Data sources included state budget documents and analyses as well as interviews with local school officials. The new system was responsive to three policy objectives ordered by the…
Descriptors: Taxes, Tax Rates, Educational Finance, Case Studies
Midgley, Andrew Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research examined the funding request process whereby higher education institutions seek financial support from state government. The study tested whether a model based on state goals and priorities for higher education could distinguish a funded request from an unfunded request. The research was qualitative and followed a comparative case…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Kolbe, Tammy; McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Mason, Loretta M. – Education Law Center, 2007
The Education Law Center (ELC) sought an independent review of special education funding in New Jersey as part of a larger group of studies intended to critique the cost study conducted by Augenblick and Palaich and Associates (APA) and the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and inform the ongoing public debate. In doing so, ELC recognized…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Policy Analysis, Program Effectiveness