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Brown, Lawrence L., III; And Others – 1978
This study examines the entitlement and payment arrangements set out in the maintenance and operations portion of the impact aid laws. Section 1 provides a brief background description of the program, including the changes made in the 1974 Amendments, a recent budget history, and a description of the program's beneficiaries. Section 2 contains an…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Killalea, J. Neil; Rosthal, Richard A. – 1977
This study is an attempt to obtain a national assessment that could help inform federal policy. The study looks at all the states in order to obtain an assessment on a consistent basis, is based solely on results of reform--disparities in the distribution of education funds, and examines not only the state's status in a recent time period but also…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student, Finance Reform
Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1982
Based on a definition of equity that includes both equality in expenditure per pupil and fiscal neutrality, this paper examines equity in Illinois school finance and makes recommendations for its improvement. Following a brief introduction outlining deterioration of equity since 1977, part 2 describes further reasons for this deterioration. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Benson, Charles S. – 1971
This paper critically examines some of the ways in which schools are currently financed and argues for State assumption of educational costs as a viable alternative. The document begins with a description of current school district revenue sources and discusses the official division of responsibility for school finance between the State and local…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Fleming, Virginia – 1974
This booklet examines the problems involved in financing public education in the United States, discusses the inequities of present finance systems, describes possible changes, and suggests alternatives for constructive solutions. The author first describes present school finance systems, with special emphasis on the southern states. She then…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Matthews, Kenneth M. – 1978
Georgia's equalization aid program, intended to meet the varying needs of pupils around the state, does not take into account variations in resource costs between districts. This study, introduced by a review of previous research on the topic, was designed to analyze the impact of these variations in resource costs on equality of educational…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Indexes, Costs, Educational Finance
Conti, Dennis R. – 1978
This study compares the present method of financing Illinois public schools for the school year 1973-74 with six alternative financing models developed by the National Educational Finance Project (NEFP). The NEFP models were as follows: complete local support, flat grant with local leeway limit of 12 mills of equalized assessed valuation,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Lawrence L., III; And Others – 1977
As a base for evaluating the need for further federal involvement in school finance, this study examines changes that have taken place in the distribution of resources within the states. It examines the effectiveness of school finance reform solely in terms of results--the resource levels made available in the school districts of a state and the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1977
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that public school funding practices in the state have violated provisions of the state constitution. A citizen advisory panel has been at work to develop a comprehensive long-range plan for achieving greater equity and equality in school financing. Its final recommendations will go to the State Board of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Goertz, Margaret E. – 1979
This document is the second in a series of reports that measures progress to-date in making New Jersey's school finance system fairer to students and taxpayers alike. It examines change in the distribution of revenues and expenditures between 1975-76 and 1978-79, the equity of these distributions, how budget caps influenced these shifts, and the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Indian Education Training, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1975
Since 5 of the 24 states receiving Johnson O'Malley (JOM) funds contained school districts that applied for JOM funds to meet basic operational expenses, the study was conducted to: assess state, local and federal funds going into the districts and for what purposes and programs; assess their impact on Indian students; assess the unmet financial…
Descriptors: American Indians, Budgeting, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1974
This study is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter the historical background essential for an understanding of the Illinois situation is presented and the various provisions of the new allocation system are described. In Chapter 2 a body of scholarly and professional literature concerning criteria for evaluation of state education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Texas Research League, Austin. – 1973
This report projects Texas school costs to 1982-83 under the present school finance system and suggests alternatives for modifying the projections. It also considers high and low cost projections, foundation costs by program, student and teacher populations, the financing of special programs, the cost of salary increases, and State costs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Equalization Aid, Financial Needs
Wilken, William H.; Callahan, John J., Jr. – 1973
Traditional ways of funding our public schools are now under challenge throughout the nation. Armed with the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution, judges are handing down decisions requiring school taxes and expenditures to reflect State wealth rather than variations in local wealth. Voters in rich and poor districts alike are…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student, Fiscal Capacity
Capriola, Virginia L.; Lach, Ivan J. – 1980
This four-part report presents a graphic and textual summary of the operating budget requested by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) for fiscal year (FY) 1982. Part I details: (1) allocations to the individual colleges, the State Community College of East St. Louis (SCCESL), the ICCB Office, the State University Retirement System, and the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Community Colleges, Costs
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