The validity of the basic assumptions underlying student grant programs is examined; namely, whether student aid increases access to postsecondary education for low income groups, whether student aid promotes student choice, and whether financing higher education through students greatly aids private institutions. The major conclusions of the…

This report has three parts--recommendations, substantiation for the recommendations, and an appendix of charts and tables. The recommendations are as follows: that the state board of education be assigned the sole responsibility for planning and overseeing the educational programs and related instructional services whereby all individuals in…

To ascertain whether the needs of disadvantaged students were being met by the public community colleges of Texas, a committee was established in March 1972 by resolution of the Texas Senate. This report of the committee study contains the following chapters: 1. The Open Door?--the problem and its dimensions; student population by racial-ethnic…

This is the seventh annual report on Financial Requirements of Public Baccalaureate Institutions and Public Community Colleges in Michigan. The purpose of the report is to outline the structure for advising on the financial needs for operations for the institutions for 1974-75. The chapters of the report are: 1. Introduction; 2. State Aid to…

This preliminary report summarizes much of the work and findings of the research staff of the Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the Oregon Legislature. The research staff's task was to analyze Oregon's current school finance system and its various alternatives and to develop a computer simulation for predicting the impact of…

A survey of 72 adult basic education (ABE) programs in Ohio was conducted during the 1968-69 school year. Sixty-nine directors handled 447 ABE classes; however, about 40% were handled by three of them. Public school classrooms were the most frequently used facilities (68%). Night classes accounted for 85%. Most of the directors' time was devoted…

The traditional position of boards of education is being challenged by Federal programs and laws, private business, urbanization, the civil rights movement, teacher militancy, and student activism. If school boards are to survive as viable institutions, they must make some response and accommodation to these challenges. These accommodations must…

1974 is a watershed for New Jersey public schools, a time when the State is under court order to reform its discriminatory and ineffective method of raising and distributing educational revenues. The existing approach to financing education in the state of New Jersey assigns higher educational resources to pupils in richer school districts, yet…

The financial plan presented in this paper removes some of the current inequities of the property tax through the following basic features: a per pupil expenditure lid up to which the State provides aid; an equalized assessment rate which is enforced; State aid distributed on the basis of the wealth of the district in comparison to the wealth of…

The Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare prepared this 1970 annual report on public assistance for American Indians. Data were gathered from the 21 counties containing a majority of Indians and the City of Minneapolis Department of Public Relief. The report includes data on the State's expenditures for…

The 1971 annual report on public assistance, prepared by the Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare, presents data pertaining to expenditures for American Indians. The $8,285,789 of expenditures are broken down by program and funding source. The programs are Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance, General…

Prepared by the Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare, this 1972 annual report contains data on public assistance expenditures for American Indians. Data are broken down by program and funding source. The programs are Old Age Assistance, Aid for Dependent Children, Aid to the Blind, Aid to the Disabled,…

This paper traces the development of school reform pressures in Kansas from the implementation of the foundation program in 1965 to the passage of substitute Senate Bill 92 during the 1973 legislative session. Bill 92 is designed to produce equalization of school district expenditures and tax levies by a formula based on the concept of funding the…

This document consists of a series of papers by different authors on the subject of school finance and equal educational opportunity. One group of papers studies the effect of State aid on the scope of the educational program, reports on the status of capital assistance financing for the Illinois Public Schools, and illustrates the method of…

Section 3602 of the New York State Education Law provides supplementary means of improving the teacher-learning situation for those students having special educational needs associated with poverty. Funds are provided on an annual basis, 1970-71 being the third one for receipt of such funds by New York City. This bulletin contains summaries of…