In a major development in the state politics of resource allocation, two rival political movements--school finance reform supporters and spending/tax limitation supporters--are going to confront each other in several states. (Author/IRT)

Examines the extent to which Minnesota's current school finance program satisfies the criteria of fiscal neutrality, equalization of fiscal effort, and accommodation of educational need. (Author/IRT)

Very little progress has taken place in achieving greater fiscal neutrality. The change in definition of local school district wealth produced a significant redistribution of basic subsidies with the relatively poorer districts receiving less funds. (Author/IRT)

The introduction of the state reimbursement program substantially improved the equity of the distribution of state funds for support of public school operations. It was not the basic intent of the program to reduce expenditure and school tax disparities and this has not been accomplished. (Author/IRT)

Seven people knowledgeable about school finance discuss the effects of finance reform at the state level. (IRT)

While state per capita expenditures for public welfare, state divorce rates, state population change rates, and percentage of persons with annual incomes between $10,000 and $19,999 accounted for .73 of explained variance in state suicide rates, effects of state per capita expenditures for public welfare were not very important when other…

A survey of 50 state departments of education revealed increased spending for gifted/talented education from 1976/77. Fourteen states reported certification requirements for teaching the gifted, and the problem most frequently identified was funding. The most common teaching topics related to creative thinking development, higher level thinking,…

Discusses finding ways to satisfy the 100 percent matching funds requirement of the Job Training Partnership Act. One solution is to demonstrate matches that already exist. The following sources for Federal, state, and local matching are examined: vocational education Federal funds to institutions of higher learning; Pell Grants; state adult…

The Department of Teaching Hospitals of the Association of American Medical Colleges' 13th annual survey of financial and general operating data for the university-owned members of the Council of Teaching Hospitals is discussed. Nearly two-thirds of the hospitals reported they received some state appropriations. (MLW)

Tables on overall appropriations and how the states rank on seven scales (appropriations for 1985-1986 per capita, per $1000 of personal income, two-year change, 10-year change, two-year change less inflation, and 10-year change less inflation) are provided. (MLW)

Questionnaires completed by 46 states provided information on the status of gifted/talented education nationally. Among results were that the amount of money allotted from state budgets increased 43 percent from 1980/81 to 1982/83 and that there was a general decrease in the influence of tax limitation measures affecting gifted/talented education.…

The Ohio state consultant for gifted education review the efforts leading to current stable funding for gifted education. He emphasizes the need for careful planning, converting plans into action, presenting funding demands in a coordinated and timely way, converting the funds into positive experiences for students, and evaluating the efforts. (CL)

Estimates the proportion of service and nonservice expenditures within a state aging department. In Massachusetts the ratio was $0.70 to $0.30 (service to nonservice) both for the state's Home Care Programs and for all activities. (JAC)