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Thornton, Robert J. – Journal of Education Finance, 1981
Examines several schemes that include income (as well as property wealth) to measure school district fiscal capacity. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Fiscal Capacity, Income, Property Taxes, Resource Allocation

Yang, Thomas Wei Chi – 1975
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the degree to which school revenue equity has been improved by changing the state aid funding systems of Illinois, Michigan, and Kansas from foundation systems to power equalization systems. Chapter 1 contains the general background and rationale of the study, evaluative criteria, and definitions…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Alternative Methods for Financing Public Services: The Cases of Education and Welfare. Final Report.
Olson, Gerald W.; And Others – 1973
This document evaluates the tax burden changes that occur as selected local service functions are shifted to State government. The primary emphasis is on the analysis of alternative systems on the residents of the two central cities of the standard metropolitan statistical area, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. (NTIS)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Local Government
Thompson, David C.; And Others – 1991
Updated information is provided in this addendum to an original report that assessed the equity of the Kansas School District Equalization Act (SDEA) from 1973 to 1988. This consultants' analysis on behalf of Turner School District in "Mock v. State of Kansas" consists of five parts. Following an introduction, section 2 reviews the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Thompson, David C.; And Others – 1991
An analysis of the effect of the Kansas School District Equalization Act (SDEA) of 1973 on public school financing is provided in this consultants' report on behalf of six plaintiff school districts in "Newton United School District 373 et al., v. the State of Kansas." Following an introduction, the second section sets forth the initial…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Saalfeld, Bernard F., Comp. – 1973
This report attempts to provide a useful statistical profile of Oregon's educational system as of 1970 by comparing a number of commonly accepted indicators across a population of comparable states. Many of the tables present data on educational expenditures and fiscal effort for education, but other tables provide statistics on such educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance
Hubbell, L. Kenneth; And Others – 1973
This study evaluates the tax burden changes that occur as two local service functions, welfare and education, are shifted to State government financing. An analysis of alternative methods of such financing is undertaken, and the effects of these methods on the residents of the two central cities of Kansas City standard metropolitan statistical…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Local Government