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Peer reviewedKeller, Edward C.; Hartman, William T. – Journal of Education Finance, 2001
Results of study of impact of Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act on 25 school-construction project costs from 1992-97 and effect thereof on local school districts' taxes. All districts had higher construction costs and property taxes. Projects increased construction costs for the Commonwealth and recommends revisions in prevailing wage-rate law.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Improvement, Fringe Benefits, School Construction
Hartman, William T.; Hwang, C. S. – 1983
This study examines the effects of the 1979 Oregon Property Tax Relief Plan on 1980-81 school district budget decisions by comparing the available tax relief, the school expenditures, and the tax levies in the state for the years 1975-81. The history of direct and indirect property tax relief in Oregon is sketched for the years prior to 1979; the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Finance Reform
Hartman, William T. – 1988
This report reviews local tax reform and describes an approach to simulating the effects of proposed tax reform on local school districts in Pennsylvania. The microcomputer spreadsheet simulation led to the development of a model able to meet the feasibility criteria established for such a simulation model. The model was designed to input…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
