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Stalking Full Fiscal Neutrality: The Distinction between School District Wealth and Tastes.
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Monk, David H. – Educational Theory, 1984
This article discusses the possibility of a state achieving a high standard of equality of fiscal neutrality while remaining committed to local district autonomy. Wealth and taste related determinants of school district behavior in providing educational opportunities are explored. Comments by Hugh G. Petrie are given. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Modern Conceptions of Educational Quality and State Policy Regarding Small Schooling Units.
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Monk, David H. – 1992
While existing research on school and school district size is not as conclusive as policymakers might wish, it does point toward several new policy directions. Some relevant findings and recommendations are: (1) a larger school or district enrollment does not guarantee desirable results; (2) recommended school sizes have been declining over time,…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Potential Effects of the Overburden Argument on the Funding of Rural Schools. Interim Report to the New York State Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education.
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Monk, David H.; And Others – 1981
Designed to serve as an introduction to research currently being conducted on behalf of the Task Force into implications for rural schools of the Levittown decision, the primary purpose of this report is to provide background information and to provoke discussion about fiscal problems in rural areas. Two sections provide historical as well as…
Descriptors: Costs, Court Litigation, Definitions, Educational Finance
The Reform of School District Organizational Structure: New York's Experimental Use of a Collaborative Study Process. Revised.
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Monk, David H.; Kadamus, James A. – 1994
This paper explores the impact of school district organizational structure on the productivity of educational systems and describes the implementation in New York State of a collaborative study process involving school district reorganization. The case for organizing schools or districts into larger units is typically made on either efficiency or…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)
Potential Effects of the Overburden Argument on the Funding of Rural Schools. Final Report to the New York State Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education.
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Monk, David H.; And Others – 1981
This report presents attempts to understand more about how six background characteristics (small scale, population sparsity, district isolation within a BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Service), interaction between a change in enrollment and initial scale of the district, rapid changes in full value property wealth over time, and large…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Assessed Valuation, Change, Delivery Systems
Organizational Alternatives for Small Rural Schools. Final Report to the Legislature of the State of New York.
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Monk, David H.; Haller, Emil J. – 1986
This report provides an overview of a two-year study which analyzed reorganization/consolidation of small rural school districts, studied alternatives of inter-district resource sharing and new instructional technologies, and developed recommendations for changes in state laws/procedures. Researchers studied 11 small rural school districts in New…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consolidated Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Responsibility