The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 is a federally funded program for, and directed by, the states and provides that the governor of the state is the official recipient of JTPA funds. A study was conducted in Tennessee to identify and document a generalizable formula for determining eligible funds used to match JTPA expenditures to…

Extension of rehabilitation services is proposed, extension to include the disadvantaged, involve more federal agencies, and utilize federal financing for related human services programs. Basics of federal funding for rehabilitation are discussed, including the methods of apportionment, eligibility criteria, and multiple programs as well as…

There is an implicit general plan currently uniting federal and state financing policies, however, it is inefficient, inequitable, and ineffective, involving obsolete state financing policies and mistaken federal responses. Implementation of another plan available would require federal intervention in state financing policies. (MLW)

This report presents data for the 1994-95 academic year on state-funded student aid in 13 tables. States awarded over $3 billion in student aid to over 1.8 million students, an increase of 8 percent over 1993-94. Of this award, 78 percent was need-based aid to undergraduate and graduate students, while 13 percent was non-need-based, and 9 percent…

In 1994 the Ohio State Legislature established Venture Capital to support school restructuring. The Venture Capital school initiative is a concept borrowed from the business community in which the corporate entity provides risk capital to parts of the organization to stimulate creative ideas and to provide opportunities for local entities to try…

This document provides general guidelines for the financial management of federal and state grants by local agencies. The publication was prepared by the Categorical Aid Management Team at the New York State Department of Education. Part 1 describes funding procedures for federal- and state-aided grants and for special legislative projects. Part 2…

A study employing a traditional equity framework was used to calculate the equity of Texas' school-finance structure. Horizontal and vertical equity as well as fiscal neutrality are used as principles in the study. Data on school-district enrollments, tax assessments, and state revenues from the Resource Planning Office of the Texas Education…

This paper presents the results of the second annual survey of state school-finance legislation conducted by the Education Finance and Economics Program of the National Education Association's Research Unit. The report, the only comprehensive 50-state survey being conducted, has three major purposes: (1) to provide an annual snapshot of state…

This document presents Georgia's guidelines for receiving state capital outlay funds. The procedure is divided into three parts: preliminary planning, design and preconstruction, and construction. The guide describes how the preliminary planning phase utilizes the state's schedule of events for project administration and provides explicit…

This report provides information regarding identification and education of gifted children in Ohio, based on data obtained from school districts on June 15, 1990. The report presents data on the number of gifted children who were identified, who received services in state-funded units, who received services in locally funded units, and who did not…

This report provides background information for discussion of major higher education finance issues and options. Terminology for comparing funding methods for public higher education across states is introduced. An overview of the evolution of the objectives of funding methods over time is provided, and detailed profiles of the major…

An analysis of Project Independence--a proposal that would limit the role of the Governor and legislature of California in determining the level of funding of local governments (including community college districts) through specification in the Constitution of the share of various state taxes to such entities--is presented in this report to the…

The Governor of California's veto actions on the 1983-84 Budget Bill amounted to a cut of $232 million, eliminating the funding necessary to implement equalization, inflation, and growth provisions. This funding cut will result in a 12% decline in the real buying power of community college budgets. The Governor's cut is particularly unfortunate…

This paper briefly reviews the development and current problems of school libraries in Quebec with emphasis on trends since 1960. The provisions of the 1960 "Code Scolaire" for school libraries are outlined (in French). Also listed (in French) are recommendations concerned with school libraries from "Le Rapport Parent," a…

Analyzes the use of different measures of sparsity of pupil population and discusses the relationship of pupil population density to the equality of educational programs. Describes in detail development of an index used in Florida to measure the extra cost of providing equal educational opportunity in sparsely settled school districts. (JG)