Contents of these hearings include: a statement prepared for the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, submitted by the National Committee for Support of the Public Schools; "Future Direction for School Financing, a Response to Demands for Fiscal Equity in American Education," a monograph prepared by the National…

The introduction spells out the general provisions and the district information relative to House Bill 2019, which provides a framework for districts to operate on an extended school year. Five general guidelines are then provided that give the chronological steps to be taken to implement an extended year program from letter of intent to State…

State and Federal Governments can provide aid to local school districts in many different forms, which, in general, will have different effects on school district spending. Policymakers, therefore, need to know what the impacts of alternative aid programs will be in order to best achieve their objectives. This report presents a method, based on a…

Career education is a comprehensive effort to prepare all students for a successful participation in our society by increasing their options for career choice and by enhancing learning in all subjects and at all levels of education. To fund these endeavors will require additional financial support for all schools. Local, State, and Federal funds…

In this monograph, data is analyzed to determine whether public tax funds can be used legally to support religious elementary and secondary schools. The authors investigate the history of church-State relations, the provisions of Federal and State constitutions and statutes, and Federal court decisions concerning public aid to religious schools.…

This report is part of a 10-city national study of revenues and expenditures shared by a local government. The purpose of the study is to project operating revenues and expenditures of the Albuquerque public schools through 1975. The revenue projection includes all sources and uses various methods for estimating Federal, State, and local revenue.…

Recent court decisions have declared that those public school financing systems dependent substantially on local ad valorem (property) taxes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The violation stems from the fact that local school district spending and educational quality are dependent on the values of real property in the…

IMPORTANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN RESPECT TO OBJECTIVES, DISTRICTING AND GOVERNANCE. FINANCIAL SUPPORT, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES. CONTINUATION OF THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY, WITH PROVISION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENT ABILITIES AND GOALS, IS URGED. ALL TERRITORY IN THE STATE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS, JUNIOR…

The growing use of financial awards to students regardless of demonstrated need has aroused much debate. Small private colleges with more limited curricular offerings in heavy competition for students are those using no-need awards most in an attempt to solve their problems of enrollment and academic stature. However, large public and private…

This report presents a variety of statistical and financial data on Colorado's public schools, as required by the Colorado School Laws, Chapter 123-1-13(1). This volume is the 1973 edition of the report, which presents data up through the 1971-72 school year. Included in the report are (1) a series of graphs summarizing significant statewide data…

The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) publishes Dr. Chambers' annual report of state tax appropriations for operating expenses of higher education for 1976-77. The report reveals that the weighted average rate of gain for all 50 states over the preceding two fiscal years is 24 percent. The differences…

Author discussed three attitudes toward religion and the relationship of church and state theocracy, separationism, and "selective" separation. (Author/RK)

Based on estimates of differences in costs for school personnel and transportation in Missouri school districts, a cost-of-education index is computed, patterns of cost variation examined, and the impact of state aid allocations determined. Some conclusions are drawn as to implementing a cost index as part of school finance policy. (MF)

New York's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is described with emphasis on its effect or lack of effect on access, urban students, and middle-income parents. Its role within the three major higher education systems in the state--SUNY, CUNY, and the independents--is examined. (LBH)

The new system is based upon recommendations of the Keppel Task Force and the concept of the federal-state-institutional partnership. There are obstacles, however, regarding the division between the Administration and Congress as to policy, the determination of goals for student assistance, the different constituencies to be served, and budgetary…