In order to provide better understanding of how changes in county and township government fit contemporary (1963) situations, this study reviews rural governments in Iowa since the beginning of the century. In the first part of the report, county and township governments are described as they existed in 1900. The second part examines changes which…

This document discusses a recent New Jersey act that provides funds for paying a percentage of secular educational services in nonpublic schools. Recent State and U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with the constitutionality of such aid to nonpublic schools are described. (JF)

This report presents results of a limited survey of the present status of state support of private higher education in each of the 50 states. It covers support of institutions as well as support of students. The section on each state reflects the view of the statewide coordinating body and financial aid agency that were requested to review and…

This report, the most recent of an annual series begun in 1937, offers revised information on State minimum salary laws affecting teachers as of September 1968. The first section of the report summarizes the following information for the 31 States which have minimum salary laws: (1) Year of original adoption of legislation; (2) type and amount of…

This report includes standards, administration, financing, curriculum, and relationships to other levels of education. A plan for establishing a state system of community junior colleges is presented. (FS)

This conference aimed at focusing the attention of educators, legislators, and interested citizens on the inadequacies of present methods used to finance public elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The papers presented in this document give an overview of the present problems and provide direction for the actions required to develop…

New Jersey's legislature, as the result of a decision by the State Supreme Court in Robinson vs Cahill, is now under order to implement the century-old provision in the State's constitution for "a thorough and efficient system of free public schools." In an effort to contribute to the resolution of the problems arising from this order, a…

This report was written in response to requests from the Office of Long Range Planning (OLRP) of the New York State Education Department (SED). The work covers two different areas: the continuation of program analyses and the continuation of program designs addressing problems of educational accountability. As a result of SED resource allocation…

The document, one of a series to assist in planning procedures for local and State vocational agencies, explains an information analysis system for realistic projection of future program planning and for monitoring of fund allocations for vocational education facilities projects. The system is called the State Vocational Education…

This booklet attempts to provide the layman with information on the need to equalize educational opportunities and taxpayer burdens in a high quality State system of public schools for Texas. The publication attempts to stimulate discussion and provide a foundation, in the briefest form, for the consideration of Texas school finance issues.…

According to the weighted pupil philosophy, the essence of equal educational opportunity is not in providing equal amounts of funds for the education of each child, but in providing the varying amounts of funds needed to insure a financial basis for giving each child an equal opportunity to obtain an education which meets his needs. This paper…

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts needs to develop policies concerning: (1) the future development and expansion of public institutions of higher education; (2) the continued expansion of private institutions of higher education; and (3) the establishment of relationships between these two groups of institutions that will maximize their combined…

The following are discussed in their relationship to financial support for California's community colleges: background of State aid to community colleges; the State School Fund; terms used in computation; assessed valuation; assessed valuation per ADA; the Collier Factor; the foundation program; district aid; basic aid; equalization aid; small…

Year-round schools have a place in the urban education process. However, the many fiscal pressures facing large city school systems may prohibit them from instituting the rescheduled school year. Only if State governments make fundamental reforms in their educational finance systems can urban school districts participate in the benefits of…

Continuing education is not only an extension of the K-12 continuum but also the foundation for ensuring that childhood education is fully effective since children spend most of their first eighteen years under parental influence. Lifelong learning is necessary as new facts are discovered, society's needs and individual needs change, and some…